alias nationality name birth_date article_title birth_name
kang pool south korean kang full 강풀 december 7 , 1974 kang full
 kang do-young
kang full

kang full -lrb- or kang pool , -rrb- is the pen name of kang do-young -lrb- born december 7 , 1974 -rrb- , a south korean webcomic artist .
regarded as a first generation webcomic artist , kang had no formal teaching in either writing or drawing comics .
his interest stemmed from painting wall posters for the student body at sangji university , turning them into eye-catching comics in order to attract attention .
as a student , he earned the nickname kang full by often wearing green clothes , ` full ' -lrb- 풀 -rrb- meaning ` grass ' -lrb- 풀 -rrb- in korean .
kang decided to become a comic artist prior to his graduation , but initially received little interest from publishers .
in april 2002 , he launched a personal website and began posting his work online , to great success .
by 2008 , his comics had reached in excess of 300 million page views .
kang has also drawn attention from the korean film industry , and several films , including `` apt '' , `` ba : bo '' , `` hello , schoolgirl '' , `` pained '' , `` the neighbor '' , and `` 26 years '' , have been based on his work .
he has also been hired as the screenwriter for a prequel to the 2006 film `` the host '' .
he also draw several books only for kids .
his picture book `` hi , friend '' has been nominated as a 14th popular book for a very short time .
