Spencer native to release newest installment in comic series

Published 1:00 am Saturday, October 10, 2026

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An upcoming Kickstarter campaign will introduce the third installment of a hotly-anticipated comic from Spencer native Shequeta Smith.

On Tuesday, Smith will kick off the funding campaign for “Young Grandmaster Choi Chapter 3: Under the Chuseok Moon,” the most recent in her widely read series following the adventures of her larger-than-life character.

“Young Grandmaster Choi is actually the prequel to the graphic novel that I did between 2016 and 2021,” Smith said.

That graphic novel is Rayven Choi, a gritty tale about revenge.

“It’s about a 5-year-old girl who witnesses her parents die on a train,” Smith said. “A hitman kills her parents and she gets sent to Korea for witness protection. She spends 20 years there…and decides to come back to America to find the killer and become a bounty hunter.”

Smith said that she was encouraged by Rayven Choi readers to create another series, geared more toward a younger audience, which is what sparked the idea for Young Grandmaster Choi.

Young Grandmaster Choi tells the story of the titular character’s life in Korea, after ...