Self-portrait, by Frank Cho

Frank Cho, born Duk Hyun Cho, is an American comic strip creator, writer and illustrator. The second of three children, Cho was born in Seoul in 1971, but moved to the United States at the age of six and grew up in Beltsville, Maryland. He attended Prince George's Community College, before transferring to the University of Maryland School of Nursing, ultimately graduating with a B.S. in Nursing in 1996. Image File history File links Frank_Cho. ... Image File history File links Frank_Cho. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... Seoul (Sŏul 서울) ) is the capital and largest city of South Korea (Republic of Korea). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Beltsville is a census-designated place located in Prince Georges County, Maryland. ... Prince Georges Community College was opened in 1958. ... University of Maryland, Baltimore, (also known as UMB, and occasionally as UMAB due to its former name, University of Maryland at Baltimore) was founded in 1807. ... A Bachelor of Science (B.S., B.Sc. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Cho received no formal training as an artist. He got his start writing and drawing a cartoon strip called University² for The Diamondback, the student newspaper at the University of Maryland, College Park. After graduation, Cho adapted elements of this work for use in a professionally syndicated strip, Liberty Meadows. He grew tired of newspaper censorship, and ultimately converted Liberty Meadows to a monthly publication. The University of Maryland, College Park (also known as UM, UMD, or UMCP) is a public university located in College Park, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C., USA. As the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland, the university is most often referred to as the University of Maryland... The University of Maryland, College Park (also known as UM, UMD, or UMCP) is a public university located in College Park, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C., USA. As the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland, the university is most often referred to as the University of Maryland... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Cho has also drawn a wide variety of other professional material, including a new version of Shanna the She-Devil in 2005 for Marvel Comics. His Shanna series was originally meant to feature "mature" artwork including nude drawings of the heroine, but Marvel later decided to have Cho censor his already completed pages for the first five issues, and the 7-issue series did not feature nudity. However, Marvel plans to release in 2007 a hardcover collection, which will contain the uncensored artwork. Cover to Shanna, the She-Devil #1. ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Entertainment, Inc. ...

Frank Cho has recently drawn two issues of "The New Avengers" for Marvel comics. These issues include trademark Cho-isms; the character of Wolverine is depicted wearing a t-shirt that bears the logo "Beltsville", and many Liberty Meadows charachters make cameo appearances. In July 2006 Marvel Comics announced Brian Bendis and Frank Cho will team on a new ongoing series titled The Mighty Avengers, expected to launch early 2007. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Entertainment, Inc. ... Brian Michael Bendis (he often signs his artwork with a simple BENDIS! and is also known as BMB) is an American comic book writer and erstwhile artist. ...

His artistic style is generally detailed and realistic, but he frequently makes use of absurd or anachronistic elements in his work, such as dinosaurs, pin-up girls, and Pogo-style anthropomorphic animals. He also enjoys breaking the fourth wall, frequently inserting himself into his work in the guise of a talking chimpanzee, and on several occasions he has drawn strips that feature his characters interacting with other popular syndicated features (for example, a character stuck in a pipe being ejected into a nearby panel apparently taken from Blondie). The Liberty Meadows denizens have found also themselves sharing their strip with Calvin & Hobbes, Li'l Abner, Hagar the Horrible, Dilbert, and Cathy, among others. Orders & Suborders Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Theropoda Ornithischia Thyreophora Ornithopoda Marginocephalia Dinosaurs were vertebrate animals that dominated the terrestrial ecosystem for over 160 million years, first appearing approximately 230 million years ago. ... This image of Betty Grable became the archetype of pin-ups during World War II A pin-up girl is a model whose mass-produced pictures see wide appeal as pop culture. ... Pogo as drawn by Walt Kelly. ... The fourth wall is the imaginary invisible wall at the front of the stage in a proscenium theatre, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play. ... Type Species Simia troglodytes Blumenbach, 1775 Species Pan troglodytes Pan paniscus Chimpanzee, often shortened to chimp, is the common name for the two extant species in the genus Pan. ... Blondie logo, featuring Dagwood, Blondie, Daisy the dog, son Alexander, and daughter Cookie. ... Calvin and Hobbes is a comic strip written and illustrated by Bill Watterson, following the humorous antics of Calvin, an imaginative six-year-old boy, and Hobbes, his energetic and sardonic – albeit stuffed – tiger. ... Lil Abner was a comic strip in United States newspapers, featuring a fictional clan of hillbillies in the town of Dogpatch. ... Hägar the Hørrible is the title and the name of the main character of a syndicated comic strip, created in 1973, by Dik Browne, distributed to 1,900 newspapers in 58 countries, in 13 languages. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Cathy is a daily comic strip drawn by Cathy Guisewite. ...

As of 2006, Cho lives in Columbia, Maryland with his wife Cari and two children. 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The People Tree statue has become a symbol of Columbia, Maryland. ...

Awards

Frank Cho has been nominated for (and occasionally won) the Eisner Award, Harvey Award, The National Cartoonist Society Award, and several others. The Will Eisner Comic Industry Award is given for creative achievement in comic books. ... The Harvey Awards are given for achievement in comic books. ... The National Cartoonists Society is an organization of professional cartoonists created in 1946. ...

External links

• Welcome to Frank Cho's Liberty Meadows
• Liberty Meadows strips online at Comics.com
• Frank Cho forum message board