The Great Successor

Name: The Great Successor
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Kim Jong-Un | A North Korea Graphic Novel

Written by: Ha Tae Keung · Illustrated by: Choi Byeong-Seon

A graphic account of Kim Jong-un’s rise, mixing political history, biography and visual satire. These pages demonstrate the book’s documentary-comic approach.

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History drawn in panels

A graphic account of Kim Jong-un’s rise, mixing political history, biography and visual satire. These pages demonstrate the book’s documentary-comic approach.

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The succession is announced

September 28th, 2010. Kim Jong-un appears at the Korean Workers’ Party conference. Kim Kyong-hui, Kim Jong-un and Choi Ryong-hae were promoted to general. The third generation of succession has begun.

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A political history told in panels

The Great Successor is a graphic work: the story of Kim Jong-un’s rise is drawn, not summarized. It was written by Ha Tae Keung, founder of Open Radio for North Korea, and illustrated by Choi Byeong-Seon, a Pyongyang-born cartoonist whose work includes Cartoon Korean History and Cartoon World History. Korean sound effects and labels remain in the panels, with translations in footnotes.