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Batman: Wayne Family Adventures Gets A Second WebToons Series
And already it will be returning for a second season on Wednesday, the 28th of September, with new episodes rolling out every Wednesday exclusively on Korean digital publisher Webtoon, as before The series will also crossover with one of their other DC Webtoon titles, Vixen: NYC.   #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 25%; } #gallery-1 img[...]
I'm The Grim Reaper, Jumps From Webtoon To Viz Media Graphic Novels
Graveweaver's YA graphic novel series, I'm The Grim Reaper, based on the Webtoon comic book of the same name, has sold the first four books to Julia Patrick at VIZ Media I'm The Grim Reaper is the story of a girl named Scarlet who dies and makes a Faustian bargain to become a grim reaper[...]
Lookism Anime Based on Hit Webtoon Hits Netflix November 4th
Lookism is the latest anime series adapted from a hit webtoon coming to Netflix on November 4th A pudgy high school student who's the victim of bullies awakes one morning to discover that he now has a handsome face and perfect body, and his whole life changes He's perfect at everything now Girls throw themselves[...]
Hellbound: Tudum Confirms Season 2 of Webtoon Horror Series
The upcoming continuation of this critically acclaimed series was revealed today at Tudum, the Netflix Global Fan event, and fans can look forward to Season 2 exploring the themes of mortality, sin, and justice with greater scale and depth. "Hellbound" key art: Netflix Based on the legendary webtoon The Hellbound by Yeon Sang-ho and Choi Gyu-seok, Season 1 featured[...]
Webtoon Launch DC Comics Red Hood & The Outlaws With Artemis & Bizarro
Webtoon has launched a new DC Comics series today, with the first three episodes for free and the next six episodes available if you pay for a Fastpass The comic is Red Hood: Outlaws featuring the team of DC Comics characters, Red Hood, Artemis and Bizarro. Originally created by Scott Lobdell and Kenneth Rocafort, Red Hood[...]
Miles Burks Auctions Webtoon ComicEncore! To HarperAlley
Encore! by debut graphic novelist Miles Burks, is adapted from his popular Webtoon strip of the same name and Miles Burks auctioned off the print publication rights to Rose Pleuler at HarperAlley What's it about? "When Clayton Noguchi's ex-best friend Aron Santos lands in his theatre class due to an unfulfilled graduation requirement, the boys rekindle their[...]
WHat's Going On With Tapas?
Yesterday, Bleeding Cool scooped the news that the major webtoon publisher Tapas Media, has informed its employees of a number of imminent layoffs in editorial at the publisher including Michele Wells, former Executive Editor and co-EIC of DC Comics Last night saw a number of employees and ex-employees, usually working together remotely, meet up for[...]
Webtoon Calls Comics "A Side-Hustle" In Ad Campaign, Apologises
Recently, the world-leading comic book publisher, Webtoon, launched a new advertising campaign on public transport in Chicago and London Lots of images of popular Webtoon comic books, with "cute comment" headlines highlighting the appeal of the Webtoon comic book reading experience Here is one seen by public transport user Kyon Kyuu, and posted on Twitter, Photo[...]
Webtoon Buys eBook Initiative Japan, Adds To Their Service
Digital comic book publisher Webtoon's Japanese subsidiary Line Digital Frontier, has completed its acquisition of eBook Initiative Japan, a Japanese e-book service provider Already the world's biggest comic book publisher, Webtoon is now expected to be the biggest in Japan as well. Line Digital Frontier already operates the Japanese webtoon service Line Manga, and after securing[...]
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DC Comics and Webtoon are launching a new slate of DC IP digital vertical strips, after their announcement last year and Batman: Wayne Family Adventures. VIXEN: NYC (May 26), written by Jasmine Walls with lead artist Manou Azumi Mari Jiwe grew up in a small, seaside town in North Carolina, but upon graduating high school seeks to[...]
Alex De Campi, Skylar Patridge & Kelly Fitzpatrick Webtoon Reversal
Alex De Campi, Skylar Patridge and Kelly Fitzpatrick are launching a new comic book series on Webtoon, in a word where magic has become a thing again, after a reversal of the laws of nature And it is called Reversal De Campi writes "It has oddly been a lot of fun (but a BUNCH of[...]
A Business Proposal: Tapas Digital Comic is Latest Netflix K-Drama
Kakao Entertainment Corp's global hit web novel and webtoon A Business Proposal is the latest digital comic to become a live-action K-Drama, now available on Netflix Series Since first released, the popular webnovel and webtoon have garnered over 450 million views in Korea and other global markets as of February 2022 and are exclusively available[...]
Does Webtoon Show that Korean Comics are Obsessed with Revenge?
Between WEBTOON and Tapas as apps on people's phones, manhwa is reaching tens of millions of readers worldwide, far more than manga or DC and Marvel comics When you read enough of a particular country's stories and pop culture, you start to see the themes the culture is more obsessed with In Korean comics, the[...]
BTS Webtoon Comic Hits 15 Million Views In First Two Days Of Publication
The licensed webcomic from KPop band BTS and their studios Hybe, 7Fates: Chako had broken all of Webtoon's records so far, since it was released last week, garnering 15 million views within two days of its global release, making it the highest viewed title ever launched by Webtoon 7Fates: Chako is described as "a dynamic[...]
Marvel Launches Eternals Comic Series On Digitally O Webtoons
Marvel and Webtoon have announced Eternals: The 500 Year War, a seven-issue series to launch on Marvel Unlimited today on January 12th to coincide with The Eternals film release today on Disney+, followed by a launch on Webtoon, the world's largest digital comics platform, on the 20th of January, Marvel Unlimited Launches Eternals Comic Digitally With[...]
Bleeding Cool's Comic Book and Graphic Novel JobWatch
Finds, assigns, negotiates with, and schedules freelance translators, rewriters, and letterers for the production of graphic novels, simultaneous serializations, and tradebooks." Wattpad: Wattpad in Toronto is looking to hire a Graphic Novels Editor, editing WEBTOON stories from scroll format to graphic novel page layout "Adapting existing direct publishing operations to suit the needs of graphic novel format;[...]
Blades Of Furry Webtoon Comic To Become A Graphic Novel In 2023
Emily Erdos and Deya Muniz have created a YA graphic novel Blades Of Furry, based on their Webtoon webcomic of the same name, in which Emile, a promising rookie in the high-stakes world of battle ice skating, learns the deepest secret of reigning champion Radu's and must decide whether to use it to take his[...]
DC's Bobbie Chase, Now Executive Editor of Webtoon's Printed Comics
Webtoon has just hired Bobbie Chase as its new Executive Editor Previously Chase was previously Vice President of Global Publishing Initiatives & Digital Strategy at DC Entertainment, where she launched the company's graphic novel imprint aimed at middle grade and YA readers, and previously worked for Marvel Comics and Disney. And at Webtoon, Chase will be in[...]
Jeremy Holt on House Of Slay
William's super alter ego can control the weather, Tina Leung's has telekinesis, Laura Kim's can teleport, Phillip Lim's is bulletproof, and Prabal Gurung's has telepathy and emotion control. Jeremy Holt took their real life experiences in creating the comic book and emphasises that the battles between good and evil don't occur in grimy back alleys or[...]
Wattpad WEBTOON Studios to Produce TV, Movies from Webcomics, Ebooks
Wattpad Webtoon Studios has announced that it is developing three new film and TV projects from series on its social storytelling platforms Wattpad and digital comic platform Webtoon The projects are the WEBTOON series Gremoryland and the Wattpad serialized ebooks Unholy Matrimony and I'm a Gay Wizard. Wattpad WEBTOON official logo As Deadline reported, screenwriter, playwright &[...]
Deadpool's Co-Creator Gets A Kickstarter – No, The Other One
Then again when it launched as a Webtoon comic in 2018 But finally Outrage, the comic from Deadpool co-creator Fabian Nicieza and Fabian's collaborator on Cable & Deadpool, Reilly Brown, is coming to Kickstarter… we presume that it will be a smoother path for Fabian Nicieza than the other Deadpool co-creator Rob Liefeld, who after eight years is[...]
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Stemming off the huge success of the online comic, Ismahawk has put together a short-form series inspired by the Webtoon comic Batman: Wayne Family Adventures The first original DC Comics story by Webtoon, it would go on to draw in more than 400,000 readers in its first two days alone Directed by Ismahawk's Danny Shepherd,[...]
Black Eyed Peas' Taboo Writes Ghost Rider: Kushala Marvel Webtoon
Earl are writing a new Marvel eight-part webtoon comic for the Marvel Infinity line, digital-first exclusive to Marvel Unlimited, drawn by Guillermo Sanna and Vanesa del Rey, and coloured by Jordie Bellaire And it will continue the story of Ghost Rider: Kushala from the Spirits Of Vengeance: Spirit Rider one-shot, which will also join Marvel[...]
Red Hook in PTSD: Post-Traumatic Superhero Disorder
The series finale of Dean Haspiel's The Red Hook ends with PTSD: Post-Traumatic Superhero Disorder, has just launched at Webtoon The comic tells the story of The Red Hook, a super-thief who is bequeathed the omni-fist of altruism and transformed into a hero against his will, a year after a sentient Brooklyn's heart is broken and physically secedes from[...]
Dean Haspiel's Red Hook Ends With Post-Traumatic Superhero Disorder
The series finale of Dean Haspiel's The Red Hook ends with PTSD: Post-Traumatic Superhero Disorder, launching September 29th at Webtoon The comic tells the story of The Red Hook, a super-thief who is bequeathed the omni-fist of altruism and transformed into a hero against his will, a year after a sentient Brooklyn's heart is broken[...]
Big Ethel Energy: Archie Comics’ First collaboration with WEBTOON
Archie Comics has partnered with WEBTOON to collaborate and develop its next fan-favorite comic series, Big Ethel Energy Featuring the talented works of writer Keryl Brown Ahmed and artist Siobhan Keenan, Bit Ethel Energy showcases the Riverdale character as fans have never seen her before The first three episodes of the series will launch exclusively[...]
Batman: Wayne Family Adventures is the First DC-Webtoon collaboration
The first WEBTOON series from a DC Comics property has arrived, and of course, it's Batman! It's always Batman! Batman: Wayne Family Adventures premiered its first 3 chapters on the WEBTOON app and website on Wednesday They're free to read. "Batman: Wayne Family Adventures" key art, DC Comics, WEBTOON The series is an all-ages character-based comedy featuring[...]
Fanboy Rampage: Webtoon Comic Creators – Amateur Or Professional?
Rob Salkowitz, author of Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture, wrote an article for comic book retailer site ICV2 last week on webtoon comic creation, looking at comic book industry moves into digital and specifically mobile digital in the comic book industry, including DC's deal with Webtoon and Tapas' hiring former DC Comics editorial[...]
Yumi’s Cells: Hit Webtoon Gets Live-Action K-Drama on Rakuten Viki
Webtoon is one of the most successful comics publishers in the world with more than 67 million readers logging on every month to read sometimes quirky, but always creative, comic series and some of the most popular comics have even made the leap to television The latest Webtoon to get a live-action TV adaptation is[...]