THE AWL VOL. 1

"In its moments of indulging genuine emotion, it captures the internally screaming rage that motivates us to strive for something better—in Lee's tunnel-vision POV in the wake of his superior dragging him, you can hear the ear-ringing resonance of his mental struggles." - Anime News Network 

“In a translation by Eskow, the first of a three-part series (subsequent volumes come out this fall) arrives with a notable backstory: the inspiring real-life events occurred in 2007; the original webtoon debuted in 2013; a TV series premiered in 2015, becoming the first Korean drama, according to The Korea Herald, to target labor rights. Choi, already known in the West as the screenwriter of Netflix’s cult series Hellbound, presents his everyman manhwa in detailed, realistic black-and-white—his facial close-ups are particularly affecting.” – Booklist (STARRED)

"A visceral social realist Korean comic series about labour rights, industrial corruption, worker abuse that offers a portrait of South Korean society that most people in the West don’t know about, told in a compelling and typically visceral style that Korean comics are best known for." - Bleeding Cool

"it’s a thoughtful, well-researched take on the history of the fight for workers’ rights. Readers will be impressed with how Gyu-seok sprinkles consciousness-raising in with pop comics action." – Publishers Weekly

“Ablaze Publishing may have released one of the year's best manhwa/manga/comics in Choi Gyu-seok's The AWL.” – Asian Movie Pulse