SIU stands for Slave. In. Utero; it is the pen name of the author of Tower of God (신의 탑). His real name is Lee Jong-Hui. He was born on 29th May, 1986.[2][3]
History[]
SIU majored in Art Education in college and later undertook South Korea’s mandatory military service. There he met a sun-im (top) that also liked manhwa, so begin to draw any character arising out of his mind.
According to him, the story "was about a boy who entered the Tower chasing a girl that was everything to him, and the Tower that examined the boy." Concluding his military service, he had filled up 10 sketchbooks. The argument over those notebooks served him to create 'Tower of God'.
For more than 6 months, he had posted his work to Naver’s Challenge League until Naver contacted him and asked if he wanted to publish Tower of God officially. That’s how Tower of God debuted and won fame in a short time.
SIU regularly posts descriptions of random characters appearing in Tower of God in his blog and the Naver’s Cafe. The extra content acts as expansion material for Tower of God, a great story within Talse Uzer.
He regularly blogs biographies of random characters who feature in ToG or have yet to. It's all part of his extensive worldbuilding scenario: Tower of God is merely a part of his grand Talse Uzer Story. The universe of Talse Uzer is governed by a set of laws and history can never be changed. As such, there is a very finite aspect to Talse Uzer Stories.
Particularities[]
SIU appears to enjoy purposefully introducing ambiguous characters.
He has been known to name his characters after football players as well as fish. Ja Wangname's name backwards reads (Nan-"I am") (Wangja-"prince").
SIU has stated that while he enjoys video games, he doesn't currently play any.
He has already finished his 2 year military service. Tower of God was born from sketches he made during the service, in fact. However, he occasionally has to go back for a short army practice, since he will be part of the reserve army for some time. Over the course of the series SIU received several assistants such as Sweet Pea,[4] Kate Joh and Void-R who assist him with the drawing and animation for the chapters.
His favorite music artists are Radiohead, Queen and The Beatles, while his favorite food is fried chicken and his favorite fruit is watermelon. He normally ate three watermelons in two weeks.
Links to SIU[]
- SIU's blog on naver
- SIU's works on naver
- SIU's me2day
- SIU's twitter
- Interview about SIU's musical taste.
- Interview during Seoul Comic World
- Interview by Crunchyroll
Appearances[]
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- Lee Jong Hui (SIU)'s first face reveal was at YouTube Interview Video that was posted by WEBTOON YouTube Channel.
- Lee Jong Hui (SIU) attended meet and greet with webtoon fans in Germany, at Frankfurt Book Fair 2013 together along with author of Noblesse and God of Highschool. One of Tower of God Fans managed to filmed the autograph session with author SIU.
- According to the youtube video that was uploaded at February 15, 2015 by "bam lakun" channel, it is said in the video description that this is the first talkshow author SIU ever held for his Tower of God fans in the South Korea.
Additional materials for Tower of God[]
- Mangahelper compilations
- GoDai's translations
- LaFa's translations
- r/Bunnyasbanana's translations
- Outdated
- Stat cards
- Crown Game
- Black & White version (1), (2)
- Blogposts
- Bonus stories
Assistants[]
SIU had a few assistants who helped him in the colour, 3D modelling or background of Tower of God. The assistants are credited at the end of each Korean chapter. Assistants started getting credit on the English release from Pt.3 Ch.69 and onwards.
- sweet pea: Pt.2 Ch.33 - Pt.2 Ch.110
- INES: Pt.2 Ch.77 - Pt.2 Ch.154
- BORI: Pt.2 Ch.111 - Pt.2 Ch.154
- 장지수 (Jang Jisoo): Pt.2 Ch.129 - Pt.2 Ch.194
- Kate Joh: Pt.2 Ch.137 - Pt.2 Ch.178
- Void-R: Pt.2 Ch.160 - Pt.2 Ch.178
- 차원의 죽순 (Dimensional Bamboo Shoot): Pt.2 Ch.179 - Pt.3 Ch.133
- 박한별 (Park Hanbyul): Pt.2 Ch.187 - Pt.2 Ch.208[5]
- Mr. Juksun (3D background) artist. Pt.2 Ch.194
- 뭘녀 (What): Pt.2 Ch.284 - Pt.3 Ch.68
- 햄닭 (Ham Chicken): Pt.2 Ch.302 - Pt.3 Ch.68
- 김윤희 (Kim Yunhee): Pt.3 Ch.22 - Pt.3 Ch.124
- 귤로나 (Gyullona): Pt.3 Ch.133 - Pt.3 Ch.181
- |B: Pt.3 Ch.143 - Pt.3 Ch.154
Current assisstants
- 전수진 (Jeon Soojin): Pt.2 Ch.195 -
- 아람 (Aram): Pt.3 Ch.69 -
- NAD: Pt.3 Ch.125 -
- 이시열 (Siyeol Lee): Pt.3 Ch.134 -
- 윤혜진 (Hyejin Yun): Pt.3 Ch.157 -
Gallery[]
SIU Photos (Lee Jong Hui)[]
Blog sketches[]
Trivia[]
- There might be some misunderstanding between foreign fans before, that SIU might stand for "Slave. In. Utero". But looking at the fact that SIU's social media such as @NAVER Blog and @me2day has identical account name which is "inutero", without any separation marks. It seems like the author actually nicknamed himself as "inutero" over the internet. And perhaps, the pen name SIU actually meant to be "Slave Inutero".
References[]
- ↑ Vol.2 Ch.171: 38F - Hell Train: A Month (6)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Twitter Status SIU's Birthday
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Vol.2 Ch.200: 39F - Hell Train: The 'Name Hunt' Station (3)#Blog Post
- ↑ Vol.2 Ch.33: 21F – Flower of Zygaena (5)
- ↑ Only known assistant to be fired, see blogpost for context