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Thu, August 11, 2022 | 05:06
Webtoon 'Sound of Heart' runs record-long in Naver
웹툰 “마음의 소리” 네이버 최장연재
Posted : 2014-01-20 17:14
Updated : 2014-01-20 17:14
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Sound of Heart casts, with Cho Seok, their creator, on right / Courtesy of Money Today
Sound of Heart casts, with Cho Seok, their creator, on right
/ Courtesy of Money Today

By Ko Dong-hwan


"Sound of Heart," a webtoon from Korea's most popular search engine Naver, welcomed its 800th episode on Friday, boasting the longest survival in the nation's webtoon history, sources said Monday.

Embarked in September 2006, the series, written and drawn by the 31-year-old cartoonist Cho Seok, has so far recorded over 2 billion accumulated hits, attracting as many as 75,000 comments in a single episode.

In the 800th episode, the main character Cho Seok (who impersonates the cartoonist) proposes to his girlfriend Ae Bong by asking, "I need a new character for this family-oriented cartoon series. Will you make me one?"

According to the sources, Cho only wishes to make the last episode when his fans demanded it, although the episode smacked of possible ending with his cartoon ego's proposal to Ae Bong.

Sound of Heart, posted every Monday and Thursday, deals with mundane recipes from ubiquitous daily lives and introduces the cartoonist's real entourage, including his brother, girlfriend, parents, pets and even his girlfriend's parents.

According to Cho's interview with the sources, he never blew submission of his cartoon materials to Naver during his 7-year-long career.

Graduated from Jeonju University's video cultural studies in 2002, Cho's vision through Sound of Heart is to infuse intuitive interest in cartoons to those who haven't been generic fans to graphic novels.


웹툰 “마음의 소리” 네이버 최장연재

2006년 9월 연재를 시작한 ‘마음의 소리’가 17일 800회를 맞았다. 웹툰 사상 최장 연재다. 누적 조회 수는 20억 건을 넘었고 회당 달리는 댓글 수가 많을 땐 7만5000개도 넘는다.

‘마음의 소리’는 일상을 소재로 한 개그 만화이다 보니 그의 형 조준을 비롯해 가족은 물론이고 여자친구 애봉이, 강아지 센세이션, 고양이 정남이까지 주요 캐릭터로 등장한다. 그는 “때론 10초 만에 그린 만화가 10시간 공들여 그렸을 때보다 재밌는 경우도 있다”고 했다.

만화가 조석의 미덕은 성실함이다. 7년 넘게 연재하면서 한 번도 연재를 쉬거나 마감시간을 넘긴 적이 없다.

800회에선 캐릭터 조석이 여자친구 애봉에게 프러포즈하는 장면이 나왔다. “가족 만화라 신 캐릭(캐릭터)이 필요해. 만들어 줘”라고 했다가 욕먹는 장면이다.

그는 중고교 시절부터 만화 잘 그리는 아이였다. 친구들은 “네가 만화가 되면 내가 꼭 사볼게”라고 했다. 하지만 만화 그려서는 먹고살기 힘들 것 같았다. 2002년 전주대 영상문화학과에 입학한 것도 만화 그리는 친구들과 같이 학교에 다니고 싶어서였다. 하지만 가진 재주가 만화 그리는 것뿐인지라 웹툰 연재는 생업이 됐다. 
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