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| alias         = Seongdae Oh
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| notable works = Tales of the Unusual, The Cliff, My Wife's Memories, Beauty Water
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| hangul  = 오성대
| hanja   = 吳城垈
| rr      = O Seong Dae
| mr      = O Sŏng Dae
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{{Korean name|Oh}}
[[File:Oh Seung Dae on 2014 Taiwan comic festival .jpeg|alt=Oh Seong Dae|thumb|Oh Seong-dae ]]
'''Oh Seong-dae''' ([[Hangul]]: 오성대, [[Hanja]]: 吳城垈; born November 18, 1982) is a [[South Korea]]n [[webtoon]] artist. His notable works are anthology [[horror comics|horror]]-[[thriller (genre)|thriller]] webtoon, Tales of the Unusual, The Cliff, My Wife's Memories and Beauty Water.

== Career ==
Oh Seong-dae was born on November 18, 1982 in [[Seoul]], South Korea. He developed a love of drawing when he was in elementary school. He graduated from [[Seoul National University of Science and Technology]]. He also studied subjects about the arts and designs. He started working as a designer, but he quit shortly afterwards.

He came across the comic competition held by [[Naver|NAVER]], which gave him the chance to debut.<ref name="TICA01">{{cite web|url=http://gnn.gamer.com.tw/3/110863.html  |title=【TiCA15】LINE Webtoon《觸不可及》及《奇奇怪怪》漫畫家獨家專訪 |trans-title=<nowiki>[TiCA15]</nowiki> Exclusive Interview of the LINE Webtoon Artists: Writers of unTouchable and Tales of the Unusual |publisher=[[:zh:巴哈姆特電玩資訊站|Gamer]] |date=2015-02-11 |accessdate=2015-04-04|language=Chinese}}</ref> From October 2009 to November 2010, Writer J was serialized in NAVER [[Webtoon]] In which an eponymous deceased writer whose consciousness and memories is encased into a form of A. I. From April 2011 to August 2012, Rum Chocolate was serialized in NAVER Webtoon is about a love story between the two middle school students and from July to August 2011, a mini-series, The Cliff was serialized in NAVER Webtoon focused on two men who go hiking in the woods then accidentally get trapped at the edge of a cliff and wait for someone to save their lives.

In May 2013 onwards, an anthology webtoon, Tales of the Unusual, has been serialized in NAVER Webtoon. The anthology depicts as "unusual", "strange", and "mysterious" combines with horror, thriller and dark-urban fantasy, for visual and artworks used [[Monochrome|monochromatic]] shades with minimal color tones. Unlike his previous webtoon, it features several short stories follows characters (and cameos from previous webtoon), who find themselves in strange, surreal, and unusual experiences, usually involving bizarre and supernatural entity or witnessed to paranormal phenomena, often ending with a nonsense or [[Plot twist|unexpected twist]].

A major influences of his works was inspired by [[Korean horror]] films, an [[Urban legends]], and by the works from [[Weird fiction]] authors, including [[Stephen King]], [[Junji Ito]], [[Neil Gaiman]], [[R. L. Stine]] (who is an author of [[Goosebumps]]), [[Franz Kafka]], and [[H.P. Lovecraft]], as well as horror-thriller television series franchises: [[The Twilight Zone]], [[The X-Files]], [[Stranger Things]], and film works of [[Tim Burton]], [[Alfred Hitchcock]] and [[Stanley Kubrick]]. 

In June of the same year, the omnibus film [[Horror Stories 2]] was released. One of the stories is adapted from The Cliff.

From July to August 2014, the Chinese and English translated version of The Cliff was serialized in [[Line Webtoon|LINE Webtoon]]. From July of the same year to now, the English language version of Tales of the Unusual has also been serialized in LINE Webtoon and in August 2014, [[Sina Weibo]] user Yaoyaoxiaojing ({{lang|zh|妖妖小精}}) translated My Wife's Memories into Chinese and posted it on her Weibo. 550,000 people had shared the comic just after two days she had posted it,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ettoday.net/news/20140829/394893.htm |script-title=zh:洋蔥滿點！故事「妻子的記憶」感動55萬網友：我哭好慘 |trans-title=Full of Onions! Story My Wife's Memories Touches 550,000 People's Heart: I cried so badly |publisher=[[:zh:ETtoday 東森新聞雲|ETtoday]] |date=2014-08-29 |accessdate=2015-04-04|language=Chinese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/new/20140827/459276/ |script-title=zh:超催淚靈異故事 《妻子的記憶》用哭50萬人 |trans-title=Tear-jerking Supernatural Story My Wife's Memories: 500,000 People Shed Tears |publisher=[[Apple Daily (Taiwan)|Apple Daily]] |date=2014-08-27 |accessdate=2015-04-04|language=Chinese}}</ref> making it an instant hit among the Chinese community, and gaining him fame. From October 2014 onwards, the Chinese translated version of Tales of the Unusual has been serialized in LINE Webtoon.

In February 2015, Oh Seong-dae attended the [[:zh:台北國際動漫節|Taipei International Comics and Animation Festival]] with another webtoon artist [[massstar]]. Both of them hosted autograph sessions in the booth of LINE Webtoon.<ref name="TICA01"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hksilicon.com/kb/articles/713732/LINE-Webtoon2015 |title=「LINE Webtoon 每日漫畫」宣布參加 2015 動漫節 |trans-title=LINE Webtoon Announce Participating 2015 Comics and Animation Festival |publisher=Hong Kong Silicon |date=2015-02-03 |accessdate=2015-04-04|language=Chinese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hksilicon.com/kb/articles/718363/LINE-Webtoon |title=雙韓作家來台會粉絲，LINE Webtoon 首度進台北國際軍動漫節 |trans-title=Dual Korean Writer Come to Taiwan to meet their fans, the First Time LINE Webtoon Joining Taipei International Comics and Animation Festival |publisher=Hong Kong Silicon |date=2015-02-11 |accessdate=2015-04-04|language=Chinese}}</ref> In June 2015, [[Sina Weibo]] user Hanmansimida ({{lang|zh|韩漫思密达}}) translated Beauty Water into Chinese and posted it on her Weibo. As the story is close to our [[life]] and voices that  concern about the present situation, it had been viewed by 1,000,000 people,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://whb.news365.com.cn/rwjj/201507/t20150708_2052549.html |archive-url=https://archive.is/20150709161810/http://whb.news365.com.cn/rwjj/201507/t20150708_2052549.html |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2015-07-09 |script-title=zh:重口味漫画最适合深夜转发？ |publisher=文汇报 |date=2015-07-08 |accessdate=2015-07-09 |language=Chinese }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://fnb.ynet.com/3.1/1507/08/10212584.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710170019/http://fnb.ynet.com/3.1/1507/08/10212584.html |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2015-07-10 |script-title=zh:你看过奇奇怪怪漫画《整容液》但一定不了解吴城垈 |publisher=北青网 |date=2015-07-08 |accessdate=2015-07-09 |language=Chinese }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guancha.cn/Celebrity/2015_07_03_325549.shtml |script-title=zh:朋友圈疯传恐怖漫画《整容液》 韩国漫画家讽刺整容业 |publisher=观察者网 |date=2015-07-03 |accessdate=2015-07-09|language=Chinese}}</ref> making it an instant hit among the Chinese community, and gaining him fame, just like last time. After knowing this, Oh Seong-dae thanked the Chinese readers on Facebook in Chinese.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/cenioh/posts/955547844501752 |title=
오성대 added 2 new photos. |publisher=吳城垈 |date=2015-07-03 |accessdate=2015-07-09|language=Chinese}}</ref>

In October 2015, NAVER Webtoon along with animation agency Delpic Design Studio created an animated promotional trailer to promoted his webtoon to Chinese fans. He also met and gave fansigns to his webtoon fans with another webtoon artist [[Jo Seok]], Son Jeho & Lee Kwangsu at China Internasional Comic Festival EXPO 2015. He also got the award "Webtoonist of the Year" from Naver, by his webtoon Tales of the Unusual on Annual Webtoonist Day 2015.

In 2018, He released first [[manhwa]], which based on the stories from Tales of the Unusual

== Works ==

=== Long comic ===
*Writer J ({{lang|ko|소설가J}}, October 2009 to November 2010, 48 episodes)
*Rum Chocolate ({{lang|ko|봉봉오쇼콜라}}, April 2011 to August 2012, 69 episodes)

=== Short comic ===
*The Cliff ({{lang|ko|절벽귀}}, July to August 2011, 9 episodes)
*The Bunker ({{lang|ko|벙커맨}}, September 2012, 1 episode)
*Celling Woman ({{lang|ko|공포의 만화책}}, June 2013, 1 episode)
*Invocamus ({{lang|ko|Invocamus}}, July 2014, 1 episode)
*S.O.S ({{lang|ko|S.O.S}}, July 2015, 1 episode)

=== Anthology comic ===
*Tales of the Unusual ({{lang|ko|기기괴괴}}, May 2013 to now, 62 stories)
**The Gallery of the Damned ({{lang|ko|저주받은 갤러리}}, May to July 2013, 10 episodes)
**An African Incident ({{lang|ko|아프리카에서 생긴 일}}, July to August 2013, 6 episodes)
**To Kill a Magician ({{lang|ko|마술사 죽이기}}, September to October 2013, 6 episodes)
**The Reset Elevator ({{lang|ko|리셋 엘리베이터}}, October to November 2013, 4 episodes)
**My Wife's Memories ({{lang|ko|아내의 기억}}, October to November 2013, 6 episodes)
**Camping ({{lang|ko|캠핑}}, January 2014, 2 episodes)
**A Mysterious Package ({{lang|ko|상자 키우기}}, January to February 2014, 4 episodes)
**The Mysterious Potter ({{lang|ko|곰보할배 도자기}}, February to March 2014, 4 episodes)
**Winning Numbers ({{lang|ko|당첨번호}}, March to April 2014, 6 episodes)
**Ghost Hunting ({{lang|ko|귀신잡기}}, May to June 2013, 5 episodes)
**The Painting ({{lang|ko|여인화}}, October 2014, 2 episodes)
**Evolving Reincarnation ({{lang|ko|진화환생법}}, October to December 2014, 8 episodes)
**The Chat Room ({{lang|ko|채팅만남}}, December 2014, 1 episode)
**Murderous Rage ({{lang|ko|살의}}, January 2015, 3 episodes)
**Lex Talionis ({{lang|la|Lex Talionis}}, January 2015, 1 episode)
**Beauty Water ({{lang|ko|성형수}}, February to April 2015, 11 episodes)
**Growth Water ({{lang|la|괴모수}}, May 2015, 1 episode)
**The Man and the Dog ({{lang|ko|남자와 개}}, May to July 2015, 8 episodes)
**The Dream-sharing Stone ({{lang|ko|꿈공유석}}, July 2015, 4 episodes)
**Regeneration Seed ({{lang|ko|재생종자}}, August 2015, 3 episodes)
**The Ghost App ({{lang|ko|심령어플}}, September 2015, 1 episode)
**The Ghost Polaroids ({{lang|ko|고스트 폴라로이드}}, September 2015, 2 episodes)
**Jayce's Pen ({{lang|ko|제이스의 펜}}, September to October 2015, 4 episodes)
**Insomnia ({{lang|ko|불면증}}, October 2015, 1 episode)
**The Break-In ({{lang|ko|도난}}, November 2015, 2 episodes)
**Lucidity Controller ({{lang|ko|루시드컨}}, November to December 2015, 5 episodes)
**Earth Warrior Taletron ({{lang|ko|지구용사 기괴트론}}, December 2015 to January 2016, 4 episodes)
**Bone Dice ({{lang|ko|본 다이스}}, January to February 2016, 4 episodes)
**Kiveiru's Library ({{lang|ko|키베이루의 서재}}, May to June 2016, 8 episodes)
**Real Implant ({{lang|ko|Real Implant}}, June 2016, 1 episode)
**Revenge ({{lang|ko|복수}}, July 2016, 1 episode)
**Drawings ({{lang|ko|그림}}, July 2016, 2 episodes)
**Lurker ({{lang|ko|Lurker}}, August 2016, 4 episodes)
**The Pet Wig ({{lang|ko|애완가발}}, September 2016, 3 episodes)
**The Future Spirit ({{lang|ko|미래사령}}, September to November 2016, 10 episodes)

== Adaptations ==
*''[[Horror Stories 2]]'' (2013)
*''[[Yonimo Kimyona Monogatari]]'' (2017)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{ko icon}} [https://www.facebook.com/cenioh Oh Seong-dae's Facebook account]
*{{ko icon}} [http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/list.nhn?titleId=94761 Writer J - NAVER Webtoon]
*{{ko icon}} [http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/list.nhn?titleId=316913 Rum Chocolate - NAVER Webtoon]
*{{ko icon}} [http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/list.nhn?titleId=485489 The Cliff - NAVER Webtoon]
*{{ko icon}} [http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/list.nhn?titleId=557672 Tales of the Unusual - NAVER Webtoon]
*[http://www.webtoons.com/en/thriller/the-cliff/list?title_no=80 The Cliff - LINE Webtoon]
*[http://www.webtoons.com/en/thriller/tales-of-the-unusual/list?title_no=68 Tales of the Unusual - LINE Webtoon]
*{{zh-hant}} [http://www.webtoons.com/zh-hant/thriller/the-cliff/list?title_no=173 The Cliff - LINE Webtoon]
*{{zh-hant}} [http://www.webtoons.com/zh-hant/thriller/tales-of-the-unusual/list?title_no=290 Tales of the Unusual - LINE Webtoon]

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