Best Coolest-Younhee

This is an assignment for "Graphic Novel Appreciation" class I am taking at BYU

(Readers: Younhee, you take the most random classes; Me: Yes I do,,)

Here we go:

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Answer the questionnaire I handed out in class, and post a link to your answers with the title "Best Coolest + (your name)". Please answer these questions spontaneously, without doing any outside research or review. I'd just like to get a better sense of who you are. There are no wrong answers; most of these questions pertain to your tastes and interests. If you don't have an answer to something or a firm opinion on this or that, just say "I don't know". (That said, there is also nothing wrong with letting questions that you don’t have an answer to spark interest enough to go on a date night with wikipedia – or something to that effect) Thanks:

1. Outside of school and your comics, have you written any fiction or non-fiction? Do you like to read prose fiction or non-fiction?

· Yes, I've written a short story or two for fun that are fiction, and I also wrote a version or two of my life story, so I guess that counts as non-fiction?

· Yes, I usually enjoy reading prose fiction more, but I enjoy reading biography type of non-fictions as well--people are interesting :)

2. Would you say you have a good awareness of the history of American comics?

· Nope, not at all I’d say

3. Off the top of your head, could you name 5 artists who worked in comics before 1980? Do you have a favorite?

· No

4. Could you name 5 artists who work or worked in newspaper comics?

· I can not

5. Could you name any contemporary cartoonists from Europe? Do you have a favorite?

· No

6. Could you name any contemporary manga artists from Japan? Do you have a favorite?

· CLAMP, Takeshi Obata, Yuu Watase

· I’d say I like CLAMP best out of the three.

7. Do you read European comics?

· I do not

8. Do you read any manga?

· I used to, not as of late

9. Do you regularly draw in a sketchbook or write in a journal?

· I regularly draw in a sketchbook, and I write my thoughts down from time to time but not exclusively in a set journal

10. Would you say you have a good working ability to drawing with brush and ink? If so, how long have you used a brush? What types?

· I don’t know, I haven’t tried yet, other than a calligraphy brush and ink to do calligraphy from about 10 years ago in Korea.

11. Which magazines or websites do you regularly read in order to get comics news?

· I used to go to Onemanga.com until about 2 years ago when I stopped reading, that was when the only series that I was reading at the time ended.

12. Which magazines or websites do you regularly read in order to get news of current events?

· I don’t read magazines or websites in order to get news of current events, I usually find out the really big events from other sources though (such as people in my life, online networking, checking email, etc.)

13. Do you go to comic book conventions or festivals? If so--which ones?

· No

14. Have you ever sat through a portfolio review with a professional editor? If so, could you briefly sum up their message for you?

· No, that sounds very helpful and awesome though, what an opportunity!

15. Have you ever had your work published? If so, where?

· No, maybe someday :)

16. How long have you been drawing?

· Ever since before I learned to talk, according to my mom

17. Do you like to go to museums? Do you have any favorite "fine" artists, either living or dead? Film directors?

· Yes I do!

· Um,,,DaVinci was cool

· I like almost all of Hayao Miyazaki's films, I've enjoyed many of M. Night Shyamalan's as well, I don't know a lot of directors though,,

18. Would you think it could be useful or beneficial to watch a film or films as a group and discuss it afterwards as it may relate to comics? Do you have a recommendation for such a film?

· That sounds like a good idea.

· Hmm,,,The Incredibles, Sky High (though I've never seen it myself), Atlantis, Bolt (at least the 1st Sequence)

19. What ethnographic background do you have and how confident are you in acting as an expert of resource of that background?

· Umm,,Culture wise I guess I am pretty confident with Korean background, Japan, not so confident, and maybe some what confident with the American Deaf culture

· Graphic Novel/Entertainment wise, little confident in all three

20. What comic or book or movie have you read/seen at least 5 times? And 10 times?

· 5: Megamind, Princess and the Frog, Second-hand Lion, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, The Village, Treasure Planet, Dumbo, Toy Story, Mulan, The Little Mermaid, Pirates of the Caribbean, Il Mare, Classic, Children of Heaven, Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration, The Testaments, The Book of Mormon,

· 10: Jumanji, Land Before Time, Home Alone, Totoro, Castle in the Sky, Spirited Away, The Princess Bride, The Prince of Egypt, The Music Thief (Book)