Mike Gagnon writes for Bleeding Cool:
Korean webtoons, also known as Manhwa, have exploded into the comics industry.
Lezhin: Lezhin, owned by Lezhin Entertainment, a startup founded in 2013, is one of Webtoon's. Manhwa are Korean comics that come in many different variations such as editorial comic strips, more artistic works, webcomic serials, or manga-esque versions. You can find some of the notable Manhwa comics over at My Anime List for titles such as The Breaker, Noblesse, and Can't See, Can't Hear but Love.
For those who follow the trends, Manhwa, Korea's answer to Japan's Manga, have become a major element in modern comics in the last couple years. The trend shows no sign of slowing down.
With the advent of digital media platforms, webcomics in Korea — known there as webtoons — have become a rapidly expanding and celebrated part of Korean culture and identity.
It's this cultural acceptance that has spurred the Manhwa and webtoons' healthy and stable growth. This is in stark contrast to the often-fluctuating western counterpart found on American shores, waxing and waning with popularity, movies and media spinoffs, scandals, wallet fatigue, creative changes, and oversaturation of any property that seems remotely profitable. (How many Avengers, X-Men, or Deadpool series are there now?)
No surprise then that Manhwa has proven itself to have ever-increasing international appeal, as well. Along with that fan appeal for something outside of the standard capes and tights faire of America's mainstream also comes interest from business. Big business.
Being born of digital media, webtoons lend themselves very well to the mobile reader environment, with new publishers and distributors popping up via subscription websites and apps that seem to overcome the hurdles of user adoption much quicker and easier than their traditional counterparts of the past. One example is English language Manhwa publisher TappyToon, which reported an astonishing 2000% growth in North America's $1 billion+ industry in 2017 alone.
Those kinds of statistics are in stark contrast to the ever-deflating market shares reported by North America's mainstream print publishers. That's especially impressive when you consider that TappyToon positions itself as a premium English Manhwa publisher, with a paid service for full access to its hand-vetted series. A Netflix for comics, if you will.
With a premium branded offering, you may envision an aloof programming nerd running the show somewhere, in a room full of computers, shunning society — a preconceived notion of comics being shattered as incorrect. One of the things setting Manhwa publishers apart from that approach is that even the most premium of publishers share a deep love of the art and sharing that passion on a personal level with their customers. In Manhwa, every member of the team, all the way up to the CEO, love to connect with comics readers personally, whether it be on app forums or in person at fan conventions.
Taking TappyToon as the leading example, the company's top executives, CEO Sun Bang and head of product Ernest Woo, along with creators such as Narae Lee (known in North America for for her work on James Patterson's bestselling graphic novel Maximum Ride) have happily travelled from South Korea to New York to attend Anime NYC, with the express purpose of meeting and greeting as many Manhwa fans as possible. The company's New York-based marketing agency, Root Communications, even sent invites to comics media that had confirmed to be attending, for exclusive interview times with the company principals and talent. This is another drastic difference from North American comics, where fans and web media often find executives from their favourite publishers distant and inaccessible.
There's little surprise that this more personable approach has been rewarded by fans, with TappyToon's Kickstarter campaign for their first-ever print collection, a massive 600+ page color collection of Narae Lee's supernatural romance Bloody Sweet, hitting its $10,000 funding goal within just a few short days. Loyal fans have continued to fund the publisher's print project, with the total reaching $16,000 as of this writing. If the campaign hits $20,000 by the time it concludes on November 25th, the company will reward fans with the stretch goal of additional chapters that have previously not been published in English.
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The avid and loyal fan base doesn't just support premium services, but a wide range of webtoon services such as CrunchyRoll, Vertical, Comico, Line Webtoon and more popping up all the time, offering various levels of service and quality.
Manhwa publishers know their audience, as well, some reporting demographics as high as 90% female readership — another drastic difference between this growing trend and mainstream comics. Recognizing this diversity in readership may account in large part for the wider diversity of characters and subject matter found in Manhwa, something frustrated North American fans have been asking for from mainstream publishers, who have been slow to comply, fearing to stray too far from the decades-old male-centric profit plan.
Will Manhwa help the North American comics landscape make drastic changes? Only time will tell, but if fan response is any indication, comics fans have a lot of positive changes and great comic content to look forward to.
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The hottest drama of the summer right now is 'W,' sweeping up fans everywhere with a main character that literally jumps off the page of a manhwa, or Korean comics. While the premise has a fresh twist, there's plenty of original — and more importantly, fun and exciting — stories to discover in manhwa.
Just like Japan's manga renaissance that expanded globally, Korea's comics are now capturing the hearts of international fans. Thanks to the Hallyu wave, Korean comics, music and dramas are not only growing more and more popular worldwide, they are also connecting and influencing each other.
If you're a fan of K-pop and/or K-dramas, you'll love Korean comics like the ones featured on TappyToon.com. Thanks to their page-turning (page-scrolling?) storylines, incredible full-color artwork, and easy online accessibility, it's impossible to not get sucked in by these comics!
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Here are just a few of the great comics that you can read on TappyToon:
'Flower Boys' starts in the past, following 6 royal guards called Hwarang that serve and protect their teenaged prince. When they time-warp to the present day, the Hwarang must become — wait for it — the hottest boy band in K-pop history so they can travel to reconnect with their lost prince. Full of light-hearted comedy and (duh) handsome pop idols, 'Flower Boys' won't disappoint fans with a boy-band bias.
For a title more closer to reality, 'Delicious Love' is a webtoon written and drawn by the Lala Sisters (famous for their hit comic 'Rewind: Spring Again'). The main character, Sungjoon, is a talented chef who has enjoyed dazzling culinary success, but has yet to find true love. This comic features true-to-life fashion, a sweet romance, and, of course, yummy Korean dishes that each have a special meaning in the story. 'Delicious Love' was recently made into a web drama miniseries starring Gongchan of B1A4 as Sungjoon.
The Lala Sisters' original hit comic 'Rewind' follows the plight of a sorrowful mother who commits suicide after the death of her daughter — only to find that she is traveling back through time and may have a chance to save the child. But in a strange and cruel twist of fate, she can't control the flow of time, presenting a new set of challenges and a look back on the choices she's made.
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Sound familiar? The K-drama 'God's Gift – 14 Days' had a similar storyline; viewers noticed this during the drama's broadcast, although the comic had been drawn 2 years earlier.
In any case, it's clear this comic team has a knack for storytelling, and the ups and downs of a loving mother and her touching story is one that shouldn't be missed.
TappyToon has a range of comics in all genres, including the fantasy-romance between a shaman and vampire in 'Bloody Sweet' (top selling title on Kakao in Korea), comedy webtoons like 'Heartthrob Daycare Center' (slated to be produced as a drama in China), and even anime-inspired action/sci-fi such as the hit manhwa 'Automata.'
These and many more titles are available on TappyToon.com and the mobile Android app (iPhone coming soon), so what are you waiting for? Find your new favorite manhwa on TappyToon — and keep an eye out for new additions in the coming months ahead!
Soompiers, what are your favorite Korean comics? Let us know in the comments!
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The avid and loyal fan base doesn't just support premium services, but a wide range of webtoon services such as CrunchyRoll, Vertical, Comico, Line Webtoon and more popping up all the time, offering various levels of service and quality.
Manhwa publishers know their audience, as well, some reporting demographics as high as 90% female readership — another drastic difference between this growing trend and mainstream comics. Recognizing this diversity in readership may account in large part for the wider diversity of characters and subject matter found in Manhwa, something frustrated North American fans have been asking for from mainstream publishers, who have been slow to comply, fearing to stray too far from the decades-old male-centric profit plan.
Will Manhwa help the North American comics landscape make drastic changes? Only time will tell, but if fan response is any indication, comics fans have a lot of positive changes and great comic content to look forward to.
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The hottest drama of the summer right now is 'W,' sweeping up fans everywhere with a main character that literally jumps off the page of a manhwa, or Korean comics. While the premise has a fresh twist, there's plenty of original — and more importantly, fun and exciting — stories to discover in manhwa.
Just like Japan's manga renaissance that expanded globally, Korea's comics are now capturing the hearts of international fans. Thanks to the Hallyu wave, Korean comics, music and dramas are not only growing more and more popular worldwide, they are also connecting and influencing each other.
If you're a fan of K-pop and/or K-dramas, you'll love Korean comics like the ones featured on TappyToon.com. Thanks to their page-turning (page-scrolling?) storylines, incredible full-color artwork, and easy online accessibility, it's impossible to not get sucked in by these comics!
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Here are just a few of the great comics that you can read on TappyToon:
'Flower Boys' starts in the past, following 6 royal guards called Hwarang that serve and protect their teenaged prince. When they time-warp to the present day, the Hwarang must become — wait for it — the hottest boy band in K-pop history so they can travel to reconnect with their lost prince. Full of light-hearted comedy and (duh) handsome pop idols, 'Flower Boys' won't disappoint fans with a boy-band bias.
For a title more closer to reality, 'Delicious Love' is a webtoon written and drawn by the Lala Sisters (famous for their hit comic 'Rewind: Spring Again'). The main character, Sungjoon, is a talented chef who has enjoyed dazzling culinary success, but has yet to find true love. This comic features true-to-life fashion, a sweet romance, and, of course, yummy Korean dishes that each have a special meaning in the story. 'Delicious Love' was recently made into a web drama miniseries starring Gongchan of B1A4 as Sungjoon.
The Lala Sisters' original hit comic 'Rewind' follows the plight of a sorrowful mother who commits suicide after the death of her daughter — only to find that she is traveling back through time and may have a chance to save the child. But in a strange and cruel twist of fate, she can't control the flow of time, presenting a new set of challenges and a look back on the choices she's made.
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Sound familiar? The K-drama 'God's Gift – 14 Days' had a similar storyline; viewers noticed this during the drama's broadcast, although the comic had been drawn 2 years earlier.
In any case, it's clear this comic team has a knack for storytelling, and the ups and downs of a loving mother and her touching story is one that shouldn't be missed.
TappyToon has a range of comics in all genres, including the fantasy-romance between a shaman and vampire in 'Bloody Sweet' (top selling title on Kakao in Korea), comedy webtoons like 'Heartthrob Daycare Center' (slated to be produced as a drama in China), and even anime-inspired action/sci-fi such as the hit manhwa 'Automata.'
These and many more titles are available on TappyToon.com and the mobile Android app (iPhone coming soon), so what are you waiting for? Find your new favorite manhwa on TappyToon — and keep an eye out for new additions in the coming months ahead!
Soompiers, what are your favorite Korean comics? Let us know in the comments!
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