In summer, the fountain at Gwanghwamun Square feels refreshing. Children run barefoot, giggling, through the streams of water that defy gravity. Their clothes are soaked, but their faces are full of ...

“I didn’t care that Admiral Yi Sun-shin wasn’t well-known in the U.S. because the story of a real hero speaks to everyone,” said Onrie Kompan. The 42-year-old American comics writer has spent the past ...