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CibbuanoFrank Cho
May 29th 2008 02:23
Frank Cho is an American cartoonist that is best known for his syndicated strip, Liberty Meadows, which features a chimpanzee, some king of alien, a surly pig and two beautiful women.
When I first saw Liberty Meadows in the Sunday comics, I knew this guy was a rare talent. It didn't make me laugh the same way that Calvin and Hobbes did, but Cho uses the strip as an interesting self-deprecating mirror. His characters are all short and ugly, lusting after the remarkable beauty of the female characters.
He's won several cartoonist awards, some of which are very prestigious, but his parents will never be satisfied. His family is Korean, and insisted that he go into engineering or medicine. They forced him into Nursing, a slight compromise. From an interview with a Washington newspaper:
"My parents were saying, 'Artist is not an honorable profession and you will starve'....In fact, last time I saw my mom she asked, 'Have you ever thought about going back to school and getting a computer degree?'""
Cho and I share a similar interest... we both like adventure comic books, and we're both obsessed with the female form. Cho finally quit the syndicated game and jumped out of his shell, allowing him to draw the things that he really likes: beautiful women. See Shanna, for example:
Ah, wonderful. Cho manages to capture motion and the body responding to motion so well. Is it a natural talent? Or is he just obsessed? Either way, I'm going to buy one of his latest books....
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