Uncomfortably happily - Yeon-Sik Hong

Inspired by Yeon-sik
Hong's attempt to
Uncomfortably, Happily
is
the
story
of
a young couple finding their way. Burdened by unmet comics deadlines and high rent, our narrator and his wife know they must make a change.
Convinced
the
absence
of
traffic noise
will
ease
his
writer's
block,
our
pair welcomes
the
idea
of
building
a
life
from scratch.
Deciding
on
a
home
atop
an
uninhabited
mountain,
they
excitedly
embrace the charms of their new rural existence. From tending to the land and attempting grocery
runs
through
snow,
to
the
com- plexities of fighting depression in seclusion, the move does not immediately prove to be the golden ticket they'd hoped for, and the silence
of
the
mountain
poses
as
much
of an
obstacle
to
output
as
the
sirens
of
the city.
Through
it
all,
though,
we
see
simple pleasures seep in and gain prominence over these commercial, and, often, comparative- ly trivial worries: the smell of the forest, the calming weight of enveloping snow, and the gratification of a stripped down life making art begin to muffle other concerns. Originally
published
in
Korean
to
great acclaim
and
winning
the
Manhwa
Today award,
Uncomfortably, Happily
uniquely explores
our
narrator's
inner
world.
Hong propels the comic with gorgeously detailed yet simple art, sharing the story of two lives unfolding
slowly,
sometimes
uncomfort- ably, yet ultimately, happily.