14 Facts About Oh Seong-dae

Oh Seong-dae is best known for his popular horror thriller anthology webtoon series Tales of the Unusual, which has gained widespread acclaim both Korean and global readers.

Oh Seong-dae was born on November 18,1982, in Seoul, South Korea.

Oh Seong-dae developed a love of drawing when he was in elementary school.

Oh Seong-dae graduated from Seoul National University of Science and Technology.

Oh Seong-dae began his career as a designer but quit soon after.

On May 8,2013, Seong-dae created an anthology webtoon called Tales of the Unusual and published it on Naver WEBTOON.

Unlike Oh Seong-dae's previous webtoons, Tales of the Unusual is a horror and thriller genre, containing elements of supernatural, psychological suspense, mystery, satire, black comedy, drama, science fiction, and dark-modern fantasy.

For its artwork and aesthetic, Oh Seong-dae chose to use monochromatic black and white, grayscale, and darker colors, rather than mild primary colors.

Oh Seong-dae was influenced by TV anthology series, such as The Twilight Zone, Goosebumps, The X-Files, and Black Mirror.

When it comes to films, Seong-dae drew inspiration from the works of film directors, including Jason Blum, M Night Shyamalan, Darren Aronofsky, Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch, and Alfred Hitchcock, as well as korean horror films.

From October 1 to 5,2015, Oh Seong-dae attended and gave autographs to his fans with fellow webtoon artists Jo Seok, Son Jae-ho, and Lee Kwang-soo at the China International Comic Festival EXPO.

On December 18,2015, Oh Seong-dae won a "Webtoonist of the Year" for his webtoon, Tales of the Unusual on WEBTOON's Webtoonist Day.

From June 9 to 10,2016, Oh Seong-dae attended and gave autographs to his fans in the booth of WEBTOON at Beijing Comic-Con along with fellow webtoon artist Jo Seok.

On November 3,2020, Oh Seong-dae won "Today's Our Manhwa Award" for his webtoon, Tales of the Unusual from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.