Bad Friends presents an unflinching look at growing up rough in metropolitan Seoul, South Korea, in an environment in which "bad" friends may be the best kind...

Ancco was born just outside of Seoul in 1983, and began producign diary comics in 2002.  Bad Friends was originally published in South Korea in 2012, and was previously translated into French in 2016, and when on to win the Prix Révélation an Angoulême that year.  It has now been translated into English by Janet Hong for this D & Q edition. 

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D & Q sez: 

In Nineteen, Ancco delivers a cutting panorama of contemporary Korean society that’s much darker than one might expect, while also brimming with life and the vitality of youth.

Translated by Janet Hong.

Check out a PDF excerpt, HERE.