Sa-il-gu
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Book Introduction
Created the proud democracy of Korea
Meet the most heart-pounding scenes in comics
There were countless conflicts and adversities before our society achieved a mature democracy.
Democracy did not come suddenly one day; it was achieved by ordinary citizens coming together to fight against injustice and oppression.
The 'Democratization Movement in Comics' series was launched in 2020 to correctly remember the history of the democratization movement and vividly convey the passion of that day to the younger generation. Since its publication, it has received a warm response and love from 80,000 citizen readers, including children and teenagers.
The Memorial Foundation for the Democratization Movement planned the project, and four artists, Kim Hong-mo, Yoon Tae-ho, Ma Young-shin, and Yoo Seung-ha, participated in drawing the Jeju April 3 Incident, the April 19 Revolution, the May 18 Democratization Movement, and the June 10 Democratization Movement. This year, artist Dadraegi joined the project, capturing the historical moments of the Busan-Masan Democratization Movement in a vivid cartoon.
Kim Hong-mo uses his imagination to connect the anti-Japanese protests of Jeju female divers with the Jeju April 3 Incident, and recalls the Jeju April 3 Incident through the voices of the female divers.
Yoon Tae-ho candidly shares the thoughts of those who witnessed Korea's development and the April 19 Revolution through the eyes of the generation that experienced the war.
Dadraegi reconstructs the history of the 1979 Busan-Masan Democratic Struggle, which sparked the great democratization movement of the 1980s, from the perspective of the citizens of Busan and Masan.
Ma Young-shin points out the ongoing distortion and disparagement of the May 18th Democratization Movement, and asks how we should remember Gwangju 40 years ago.
Seung-ha Yoo, who ran around the scene of the June 10th Democratic Uprising, faithfully conveys the shouts that everyone shouted together on that day in 1987, drawing on his own experience.
The series 'The Democratization Movement in Comics' provides an interesting look at the path our society has taken to achieve the democracy we have today.
All five works rediscover significant events and offer a balance of historical significance and comic fun.
All 'democratization movements' that speak of yesterday's lessons and tomorrow's hopes will continue to be remembered by mature citizens.
Meet the most heart-pounding scenes in comics
There were countless conflicts and adversities before our society achieved a mature democracy.
Democracy did not come suddenly one day; it was achieved by ordinary citizens coming together to fight against injustice and oppression.
The 'Democratization Movement in Comics' series was launched in 2020 to correctly remember the history of the democratization movement and vividly convey the passion of that day to the younger generation. Since its publication, it has received a warm response and love from 80,000 citizen readers, including children and teenagers.
The Memorial Foundation for the Democratization Movement planned the project, and four artists, Kim Hong-mo, Yoon Tae-ho, Ma Young-shin, and Yoo Seung-ha, participated in drawing the Jeju April 3 Incident, the April 19 Revolution, the May 18 Democratization Movement, and the June 10 Democratization Movement. This year, artist Dadraegi joined the project, capturing the historical moments of the Busan-Masan Democratization Movement in a vivid cartoon.
Kim Hong-mo uses his imagination to connect the anti-Japanese protests of Jeju female divers with the Jeju April 3 Incident, and recalls the Jeju April 3 Incident through the voices of the female divers.
Yoon Tae-ho candidly shares the thoughts of those who witnessed Korea's development and the April 19 Revolution through the eyes of the generation that experienced the war.
Dadraegi reconstructs the history of the 1979 Busan-Masan Democratic Struggle, which sparked the great democratization movement of the 1980s, from the perspective of the citizens of Busan and Masan.
Ma Young-shin points out the ongoing distortion and disparagement of the May 18th Democratization Movement, and asks how we should remember Gwangju 40 years ago.
Seung-ha Yoo, who ran around the scene of the June 10th Democratic Uprising, faithfully conveys the shouts that everyone shouted together on that day in 1987, drawing on his own experience.
The series 'The Democratization Movement in Comics' provides an interesting look at the path our society has taken to achieve the democracy we have today.
All five works rediscover significant events and offer a balance of historical significance and comic fun.
All 'democratization movements' that speak of yesterday's lessons and tomorrow's hopes will continue to be remembered by mature citizens.
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Planning Notes | May yesterday's stories become tomorrow's hopes.
Part 1 Brothers
Part 2 Confession Ⅰ
Part 3: Confession II
Part 4: Confession III
Part 5: Confession IV
Part 6 Confession V
Part 7 Confession VI
Part 8 Confession VII
Part 9 Confession Ⅷ
Part 10 Reconciliation
Commentary on the Work | Names of 'Revolution'
Review and References
Part 1 Brothers
Part 2 Confession Ⅰ
Part 3: Confession II
Part 4: Confession III
Part 5: Confession IV
Part 6 Confession V
Part 7 Confession VI
Part 8 Confession VII
Part 9 Confession Ⅷ
Part 10 Reconciliation
Commentary on the Work | Names of 'Revolution'
Review and References
Detailed image
Publisher's Review
“When we were liberated from the oppression of something so obvious,
Because the things we get are so obvious
It was difficult to feel it anew.
“Like air, wind, water, freedom.”
Kim Hyeon-yong, the protagonist of 『Sa-il-gu』, was born in 1936 and came into the world during the Japanese colonial period.
I was born into a Japanese world, so I grew up adapting to it, and experienced liberation and war without even knowing what they meant.
Having lost his father in an air raid and being drafted at a young age to avoid bullets on the battlefield, what mattered most to him was not causes like peace, freedom, or democracy, but immediate survival.
In 1960, when the voices of students and citizens denouncing the March 15 rigged election and seeking to realize democracy were loud, Hyeon-yong, who was busy solving the problem of making a living, tried to ignore the unfair reality despite his younger brother's criticism that he was a "coward."
Hyun-yong feels complex emotions as he watches his younger brother Hyun-seok and his friend Seok-min, who, unlike his cynical self, jump into dangerous battlefields and shout for justice.
Having lived through the turbulent modern history, he reached the age of eighty. In the winter of 2016, he finally realized that avoidance and indifference were not the only answers, and he quietly visited the square where the revolution took place 60 years ago, holding a candle.
The candlelight vigil of Hyun-yong, who appeared to be nothing more than a snobby old man, is a message of reconciliation carefully delivered to his family, friends, and all citizens who participated in the revolution. It also serves as a clue to inheriting the spirit of the April 19 Revolution and further understanding our differing historical experiences.
The turbulent history of Korean democracy and the people within it, as depicted by Yoon Tae-ho.
On April 19, 1960, students and citizens launched a democratic revolution against the March 15 rigged election and Syngman Rhee's dictatorship.
How could people who had to struggle for immediate survival while experiencing colonial rule, liberation, war, and division be able to call for democracy so actively? Yoon Tae-ho's "Sa-il-gu" perfectly captures the turbulent modern and contemporary history of Korea from the Japanese colonial period to the April 19 Revolution, focusing on the growth of democracy and the people within it.
This work asks what the April 19 Revolution meant to countless people whose lives were not recorded in history, and provides an answer through the life of the protagonist, Hyeon-yong.
The seasoned directing and composition of Yoon Tae-ho, a representative cartoonist of our time, and the solid storyline deliver a weighty message stand out.
"Sa-il-gu" emphasizes that each individual in history experienced the April 19 Revolution in their own unique position, and that the democracy achieved through struggle and resistance is indebted to all those who lived during that era.
This work, which shows how generations who experienced different events can understand each other, teaches the new generation who came to the square with candles how to understand the past broadly.
The honest confession of the protagonist, who has witnessed the growth of democracy from the back of history, speaks truthfully to all of us who live with a debt to that day 60 years ago, and makes us ponder what name to give to our own 'revolution.'
Because the things we get are so obvious
It was difficult to feel it anew.
“Like air, wind, water, freedom.”
Kim Hyeon-yong, the protagonist of 『Sa-il-gu』, was born in 1936 and came into the world during the Japanese colonial period.
I was born into a Japanese world, so I grew up adapting to it, and experienced liberation and war without even knowing what they meant.
Having lost his father in an air raid and being drafted at a young age to avoid bullets on the battlefield, what mattered most to him was not causes like peace, freedom, or democracy, but immediate survival.
In 1960, when the voices of students and citizens denouncing the March 15 rigged election and seeking to realize democracy were loud, Hyeon-yong, who was busy solving the problem of making a living, tried to ignore the unfair reality despite his younger brother's criticism that he was a "coward."
Hyun-yong feels complex emotions as he watches his younger brother Hyun-seok and his friend Seok-min, who, unlike his cynical self, jump into dangerous battlefields and shout for justice.
Having lived through the turbulent modern history, he reached the age of eighty. In the winter of 2016, he finally realized that avoidance and indifference were not the only answers, and he quietly visited the square where the revolution took place 60 years ago, holding a candle.
The candlelight vigil of Hyun-yong, who appeared to be nothing more than a snobby old man, is a message of reconciliation carefully delivered to his family, friends, and all citizens who participated in the revolution. It also serves as a clue to inheriting the spirit of the April 19 Revolution and further understanding our differing historical experiences.
The turbulent history of Korean democracy and the people within it, as depicted by Yoon Tae-ho.
On April 19, 1960, students and citizens launched a democratic revolution against the March 15 rigged election and Syngman Rhee's dictatorship.
How could people who had to struggle for immediate survival while experiencing colonial rule, liberation, war, and division be able to call for democracy so actively? Yoon Tae-ho's "Sa-il-gu" perfectly captures the turbulent modern and contemporary history of Korea from the Japanese colonial period to the April 19 Revolution, focusing on the growth of democracy and the people within it.
This work asks what the April 19 Revolution meant to countless people whose lives were not recorded in history, and provides an answer through the life of the protagonist, Hyeon-yong.
The seasoned directing and composition of Yoon Tae-ho, a representative cartoonist of our time, and the solid storyline deliver a weighty message stand out.
"Sa-il-gu" emphasizes that each individual in history experienced the April 19 Revolution in their own unique position, and that the democracy achieved through struggle and resistance is indebted to all those who lived during that era.
This work, which shows how generations who experienced different events can understand each other, teaches the new generation who came to the square with candles how to understand the past broadly.
The honest confession of the protagonist, who has witnessed the growth of democracy from the back of history, speaks truthfully to all of us who live with a debt to that day 60 years ago, and makes us ponder what name to give to our own 'revolution.'
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: April 3, 2020
- Page count, weight, size: 208 pages | 330g | 145*200*20mm
- ISBN13: 9788936486556
- ISBN10: 8936486551
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