An official notice released by Redice Studio revealed that Solo Leveling illustrator Jang Seong-rak, commonly known as Dubu, passed away on July 23, 2022.

According to Redice, the illustrator had a sudden deterioration of health. Seong-rak usually suffered from chronic diseases and the cause of death was attributed to cerebral hemorrhage caused due to this.

A private funeral was held for the illustrator with only family members and acquaintances in attendance.

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— REDICE+ (레드아이스) (@REDICE_STUDIO) July 25, 2022

The studio thanked the readers of Solo Leveling for all their support. The entire staff and production crew of Redice studio, for which Seong-rak served as a CEO, sent their condolences.

Solo Leveling in the only major webtoon that Seong-rak has been associated with. The webtoon had come to an end after publishing 179 chapters on Dec 29, 2021.

The webtoon, which is an adaptation of the web-novel of the same name by Chugong, originally started on KakaoPage in Korea and has 2 seasons.

Yen Press licensed the webtoon and published a volume in paperback format earlier this year.

An anime adaptation by A-1 Studios had also been announced. The anime will release sometime in 2023 and will be streamed by Crunchyroll.

Source: Redice studio’s official Twitter account.