[Today's Cartoon] 2023.03.14
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Published: 13 Mar. 2023, 20:18

[Today's Cartoon] 2023.03.14

In a sad development, Lee Woo-young, a cartoonist famous for “Black Rubber Shoes” — acclaimed for its portrayal of the family of an elementary school student living in Seoul in the 1960s — committed suicide over a deepening conflict over the copyright of his original comics with his agent. [PARK YONG-SEOK]

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