Heo Young-man made 28 movies...The reason why I mentioned this later year at the moment that reminded me of my retirement (Ras)

Jul 08, 2025

"I couldn't draw cartoons while doing an eating show"

MBC 'Radio Star' (Planned by Kang Young-sun, Director Kim Myung-yeop, Hwang Yoon-sang, Byun Da-hee) 'Hororok, which will air at 10:30 p.m. on the 9th! Heo Young-man, Choi Ja, Lee Kuk-ju, and Park Eun-young will appear in the special 'Gourmet Road' to hold a talk that stimulates your taste.

Heo Young-man "I can't draw cartoons because of mukbang these days", and tells the current situation of living as a diner after appearing in 'Hae-man Heo's Baekban-Gi-haeng' (hereinafter 'Baekban-Gi-haeng'). He surprised everyone by preparing caricatures of the MCs he drew himself, referring to actor Son Seok-gu, who appeared with him in 『Baekban Travel』, saying "The painting skills are great."

In addition, the top 3 best restaurants selected by themselves will be revealed, and "The smell of the sea disappears when the dried pollack is washed too much.", "As soon as the night is chewed, the scent bursts..." he said, adding a realistic food evaluation.

He said "Kim Gu-ra is this good at scratching. That was fun." He expressed his favor with Kim Gu-ra's unique sharp speech and presented his own paintings to the MCs. In addition, when asked about Choi Bul-am and Kim Young-chul, who are considered middle-aged mukbang circles 'troika', he added a pleasant self-evaluation, saying, `I'm the number one among the active roles,' turning the scene into a sea of laughter.

On the other hand, Heo Young-man sympathizes with the evaluation that Korean culinary cartoons are divided into before and after 'Sikgu', and reveals that 'Sikgu' has been made a practical work like an actual cookbook through three years of direct coverage. In particular, he directly reveals the bag, which was essential for coverage at the time, and hosts 'What's in My Bag'.

He opens the bag and surprises the MCs by taking out personal belongings and work tools such as card wallets, fire extinguishers, masks, and hand mirrors, as well as 'comic diary notes' that he uses himself. In particular, "Close to 60 books" is revealed, revealing the picture diary that he has always carried and consistently used, drawing admiration from the field.

Heo Young-man also looks back on his more than 50 years of comic book life and mentions representative works such as 'Taza' and 'Gaksital', saying that there are only about 28 movies made into movies, and he cites the most valuable works. In addition, among the characters of "'Fly Superboard', Shao-jung said, "I thought it would be fun to set it as a setting where my ears are hidden in crumpled skin and I can't hear well," and told the story of the character's birth that he also set himself as a fun element.

Also, when asked about the moment that made him think of retirement, he mentioned his junior cartoonist Lee Mal-nyeon and said "Come with alcohol" to raise questions about the story and what message he would have left.

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Heo Young-man made 28 movies...The reason why I mentioned this later year at the moment that reminded me of my retirement (Ras)

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