Massstar

massstar
Nationality	South Korean
Area(s)	Webtoon artist
Notable works	unTouchable

Massstar
Hangul	맛스타
Revised Romanization	Mat Seu Ta
McCune–Reischauer	Mat Sŭ T'a

massstar (Korean: 맛스타) is a South Korean webtoon artist. She is best known for her webcomic unTouchable.

Career

massstar developed a love of drawing when she was young, and wanted to be a comics artist since she was in primary school. However, she hesitated to take up comics due to a belief in South Korea that comic artists are unable to feed themselves. When she was in university, she decided that she should try to follow her passion because she "only lived once." massstar participated in a comic competition held by Naver, which gave her the chance to debut.^[1]

massstar created the webtoon unTouchable, a story about vampires who absorb energy as a source of life through physical contact rather than drinking blood.^[2] From February 12, 2014, to March 31, 2017, unTouchable was serialized on WEBTOON. In July of the same year, the Chinese and English translated versions of unTouchable were serialized on the service as well.

From February 10 to 15, 2015, massstar attended the Taipei International Comics and Animation Festival together with fellow webtoon artist Oh Seong-dae. Both of them hosted autograph sessions in the WEBTOON booth.^[1][3][4]

unTouchable was later adapted into a Chinese television series in 2017. The series stars Zhang Yuxi and Xing Zhaolin, and gained a significant following.

References

1. "【TiCA15】WEBTOON《觸不可及》及《奇奇怪怪》漫畫家獨家專訪" [[TiCA15] Exclusive Interview of the WEBTOON Artists: Writers of unTouchable and Tales of the Unusual] (in Chinese). Gamer. February 11, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
2. Aquino, Sideny (September 2, 2017). "Hit Korean Manhwa We're Hoping To See On Screen". Inquirer.net.
3. "「WEBTOON 每日漫畫」宣布參加 2015 動漫節" [WEBTOON Announce Participating 2015 Comics and Animation Festival] (in Chinese). Hong Kong Silicon. February 3, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
4. "雙韓作家來台會粉絲，WEBTOON 首度進台北國際軍動漫節" [Dual Korean Writer Come to Taiwan to meet their fans, the First Time WEBTOON Joining Taipei International Comics and Animation Festival] (in Chinese). Hong Kong Silicon. February 11, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2015.

External links

• (in Korean) unTouchable on Naver Webtoon
• (in English) unTouchable on WEBTOON