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Derek Kirk Kim


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Comics & Graphic Novels


Derek Kirk Kim is an award-winning Korean-American cartoonist. He won both major industry awards in 2004, the Eisner and the Harvey, for his debut graphic novel Same Difference and Other Stories, which was originally serialized on his website Lowbright (formerly known as "Small Stories"). He also won the Ignatz Award for promising new talent, in 2003, for the same graphic novel (which was originally published with the help of a 2002 Xeric Award).

Kim came to the United States when he was eight. He considers himself fortunate to have received formal training in the visual arts and in the craft of writing. Much of his early highly acclaimed work was done while living with his parents in Pacifica, California. He now lives in Portland, Oregon. ...more

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Average rating: 3.82 · 19,354 ratings · 2,073 reviews · 29 distinct works • Similar authors
Same Difference
3.68 avg rating — 2,359 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions
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3.63 avg rating — 2,115 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions
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Tune: Vanishing Point (Tune...
3.69 avg rating — 736 ratings — published 2012
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Same Difference & Other Sto...
3.72 avg rating — 704 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions
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The Last Mermaid Book One
3.87 avg rating — 305 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions
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Tune: Still Life (Tune, #2)
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The Last Mermaid #1
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The Last Mermaid #2
4.27 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions
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The Last Mermaid #3
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The Last Mermaid #4
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Series by Derek Kirk Kim

Tune: Vanishing Point Tune: Still Life
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The Last Mermaid #1 The Last Mermaid #2 The Last Mermaid #3 The Last Mermaid #4 The Last Mermaid #5 The Last Mermaid #6
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“Who knows anybody?”
― Derek Kirk Kim, Same Difference
tags: friendshiphip, life, slice-of-life, society
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