'Suicide Boy' webtoon artist Parkgee draws attention for his beautiful visuals

One webtoon artist is garnering much attention for his visuals in the Korean online communities these days.

Webtoon artist Parkgee is the creator behind the webtoon series 'Suicide Boy' which has been serializing on Lezhin since 2017. The story follows the life of Lee Hoon, who is a high school student filled with misery after a series of misfortunes. After his mother passed away from sickness, his abusive, alcoholic father decides to abandon the boy, leaving him with a mountain of debt. Therefore, the only path of escape Lee Hoon chooses is suicide. However, that's not as easy as Lee Hoon thought. 

The webtoon garnered attention for the storyline portraying self-harm and suicide, but now the attention has been re-directed to the artist as his photos are circulating the web. Many netizens have taken a look at the webtoon artist's photos and have fallen in love and are discussing them in various online communities. 

In particular, many netizens could not believe that artist Parkgee is actually a male as he boasted of exceptional beauty that is delicate and feminine. These netizens joined an online community where the photos were shared and commented, "He's a guy? I thought he was a girl," "I can't believe it, I looked at the photos so many times," "He's prettier than I am," "He's so pretty," "I was thinking the post was going to be about the webtoon artist who drew 'True Beauty' because it said it was a pretty webtoon artist. lol. Well, he's prettier than I am, lol," "I really enjoyed  'Suicide Boy,' and that's how the artist looks like," "Even if he was a girl, he's so pretty, but it's more shocking that he's a guy," "Parkgee draws well, I liked his webtoon," and "I knew he was a guy because of his hands and feet, lol. But' he's still pretty."