Graphic Novel Brings Historic Naval Battle to Life

Published on 2016/05/01 | Source

American gaphic novelist Onrie Kompan has illustrated the famous naval Battle of Myeongnyang in which Admiral Yi Sun-shin defeated a 330-strong invading Japanese fleet ships with only a dozen of his famous turtle ships.

A preview of "Yi Soon Shin: Fallen Avenger" is published Thursday, which marks the birthday of Yi, on the website of the Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival and on YouTube.

The full graphic novel will be unveiled at Comicon in New York this October.

Sales of Kompan's trilogy, "Warrior and Defender", which first featured Yi's feats, totaled around 50,000 copies in the U.S. alone. It was published in Korean last year.

Kompan will visit Seoul in July and meet fans at the festival.