Many of the webcomics’ set pieces are faithfully recreated and even improved The scene where Hyun-Soo’s neighbor buzzes his door demanding to be let in might become a new classic scene of creeping horror.[caption id="attachment_1314433" align="aligncenter" width="600"] "Sweet Home" still, Netflix[/caption]A filmmaker friend thinks the show lifted visuals and moments from Lamberto Bava’s 1986 movie[...]
Sweet Home is a Korean horror webcomic that's gotten a live-action Netflix adaptation. The TV series is getting a lot of buzz and memes on the internet, which is a mark of its success. There's a reason it got a Netflix TV adaptation. The 143-chapter comic has 1.2 billion views on Webtoon, and more than […]
Magical Boy, the Studio Tapas Original webcomic created by illustrator and comic artist The Kao, will be published in a young adult graphic novel format by Scholastic. The worldwide deal grants Scholastic the rights to produce a wide range of all language formats, including novels, eBooks, and audiobooks. Set to publish in fall 2021, the graphic novel will […]
Homestuck, one of the truly unique webcomics that came out of the launch of the internet, is in danger of going away because much of it was animated using Adobe Flash, which is getting phased out by browsers by the end of this year That means that the series might go away with it A[...]
is a Kickstarter giant that continues the trend of webcomics creators taking their personally fostered audience to crowdfunding platforms without the interference of a publisher attempting to take rights or give notes As more and more major creators turn to Kickstarter, now including Scott Snyder, the comics industry may go the way of the record[...]
Jonathan Ferrara and Aaron Ferrara, the couple known on YouTube as Husband & Husband who publish a webcomic of the same name, have returned to comics with another installment of their webcomic-turned-graphic-novel, Fairy Boy. The pair run a popular YouTube channel where their almost 200,000 subscribers follow their daily lives and love story through weekly vlogs. […]
As mainstream creators and publishers have begun to flock to Kickstarter in recent years, Delliquanti and other webcomic creators have been ahead of the curve both as a modern webcomics guru and crowdfunding powerhouse.[caption id="attachment_1245709" align="aligncenter" width="600"] O Human Star is ending this year Credit: Blue Delliquanti[/caption]O Human Star Volume Three, collecting the last four years[...]
'Geoffrey Thorne first caught the public imagination as a cast member of the television series In The Heat Of The Night alongside Caroll O'Connor and Howard E. Rollins Jr. After making a mark as an actor, he completely reinvented himself as a writer, cutting his teeth working through the ranks of Star Trek: The Next […]
Oni Press is adding multiple collections of big-name webcomics to their 2020 publishing slate Following up on this month's release of Valerie Minelli's Mrs Follein hardcover collection, and the all-new omnibus editions of Chris Onstad’s strip Achewood, Oni Press announces three more print editions of modern webcomics for the summer season.Starting in May, Oni will[...]
Last Wednesday marked the launch of Season Five of the webcomic Project Wildfire, called Smoke On The Water. Project Wildfire is the brainchild of United States Marine Corps veteran turned self-taught comic book artist Quinn McGowan. A veritable Renaissance man — he's performed on hip hop stages opening for KRS-ONE, worked as a tattoo artist, […]
Homestuck ended three years ago. The seemingly endless webcomic embodied the vast weird, insularity of nerd culture on the internet. It referenced Choose Your Own Adventure text-based computer games, Science Fiction, l33t speak, spoofed yet invented its own memes, time travel, evil doppelgangers, cosmic wars, alternate universes and everything that geeks love. The series was […]
WEBTOON, the world's leading digital comics publisher, announced a partnership with Crunchyroll, the world's most popular anime streaming service. The strategic partnership will see the development and co-production of new animated content. Crunchyroll and WEBTOON will also collaborate on the distribution, licensing, and retail of each new series. Korea-owned WEBTOON is currently the most read […]
One of their first steps is a dedicated YouTube channel.[caption id="attachment_1082753" align="aligncenter" width="820"] Mongie/WEBTOON[/caption]Here's a look!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX-kJp6IZpoTheir YouTube channel started out featuring trailers for their webcomics, then interviews with creators There are also instructional videos on how to publish your comics on WEBTOON[...]
WEBTOON is a digital comics platform and app, arguably the most successful comics publisher in the world. The Korean-owned company publishes comics with phones, tablets, and other on-the-go devices in mind with its "scrolling down" reading format. This year, platform celebrates their 5th anniversary with 100 billion views annually worldwide. The app averages more than 55 […]
WEBTOON, the world’s most successful webcomics publisher – and comics publisher in general – has released their first animated series: My Giant Nerd Boyfriend, Animated - an adaptation of one of the most popular comics series on the service My Giant Nerd Boyfriend premiered on WEBTOON in March 2017 and became one of its biggest[...]
With the help of my editors Hazel Newlevant and Steenz, the Witchy book has become something truly special!
And Lion Forge editor Christina "Steenz" Stewart added:
When I started at Lion Forge two years ago, I was thrilled to be able to bring in new titles (specifically webcomics) to our acquisitions process So when I had the[...]
A lot of people think that comic book publishers should be trying to break into the webcomics market, where there are exponentially more readers available who could be converted into paying customers Image must have misheard those people, because instead of bringing the world of print comics to the web, they're bringing webcomics to print![...]
So much in fact, we want to share them with everyone! Oni Press is now live with our new free webcomics hub for all ages Learn something, share something, and be a part of a community that loves reading and sharing comics at webcomics.onipress.com Available now are Spectacle (Megan Rose Gedris), Kim Reaper (Sarah Graley),[...]
Opinions on the President of the United States tend to differ depending on who you ask (try it at your next family get-together), but there's one thing people on both sides of the aisle can agree on: we can't get enough of Trump. From our newspapers to our 24-hour cable news networks to our '80s […]
As this Instagram user, salgoolulu, demonstrates here.https://www.instagram.com/p/BTM8KI4l1Ya/But could it be an avenue for telling short, comic narratives too? Like webcomics, could Instagram now be a place for artists to tell short stories, where users swipe between panels to continue the story? It doesn't seem to be a problem for user johannathemad on the app.https://www.instagram.com/p/BTpMZvWlflH/And certainly[...]