Where did the idea for producing a comic book about a Korean admiral come from?
There isn’t much in terms of Korean history comics in the West, and translated work from Korea mainly runs in the “for girls” category. Generally speaking, most comic book readers are used to comics with superheroes in them. When I discovered who Yi Soon Shin was and what he accomplished in real life, it made me realize that heroes exist beyond the realm of comics. In many ways, these real heroes are what inspired the ones we read about. Like most non-comic readers claim that comics are “for kids,” I find it equally important to reveal that Korean stories are not just “for girls.” Especially the one we’re telling. This is a war story, and war is never pretty. Yi Soon Shin was no wimp, either. He was a warrior that killed people. He was always outnumbered; so many times he had to get his hands dirty. Aside from barking orders at his men, he was out there chopping off enemy heads and kicking ass! How many superheroes have the ability to kill thousands of men in a matter of hours without
