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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[...]

And how they have been attracting a lot of big books from the non-Big Two. And now they are upping their staffing game, hiring Jin Kim from Webtoon as Director, Creator Strategy and Growth. Webtoon is the Korean free digital comic publisher who you will have read a lot about Bleeding Cool, probably as LINE Webtoon –[...]

Tapas Media is to add Heavy Vinyl by Carly Usdin and Nina Vakuev, the comic Boom published a couple of years ago, to their webcomics service. Tapas, formerly known as Tapastic, is a webtoon syndicate set up by South Korean entrepreneur Chang Kim in October 2012, operating from both Seoul and San Francisco by Tapas Media,[...]

LINE Webtoon, the free Korean digital comics publisher and distributor has just launched five new series, all from their Discover platform where they invite budding webcomics creators to show their work off. Unlucky is as Lucky does was a 2018 Discover Creator Contest finalist and is the wacky, not-so-lucky adventures of a 7-year-old princess, Unlucky Is As[...]

for the last few years Tom Akel has been Head of Content of LINE Webtoon, the Korean free digital comic book publisher and distributor. This has included commissioning new and original work from the likes of Stan Lee, Warren Ellis, Colleen Doran, Marc Silvestri, Katie Cook, Seth Kushner, Dean Haspiel and more, as well as publishing[...]

Dean Haspiel is set to launch the third instalment of his acclaimed Red Hook series, Starcross, debuting free at Korean digital publisher LINE Webtoon in 2019. Starcross is the fifth Webtoon series in the New Brooklyn Universe, and the anticipated follow up to The Red Hook trilogy'ssecond season, War Cry which wrapped in May Starcross will[...]

Korean digital comics publisher LINE Webtoon are launching a new "Discover Creator" with an $80,000 Grand Prize for November's winner. The contest invites creators from around the globe to submit their stories over the next three months until September 13th Webtoon has put together a panel of editors to select the eight best stories to advance into round 2,[...]

LINE Webtoons, the Korean digital free comic book service with a penchant for signing up big names has announced nine new titles, a new season for popular Katie Cook series Nothing Special and a reminder that the new rollout will contain already announced new series Outrage, by Deadpool co-creator Fabian Nicieza and artist Reilly Brown; Finality, by Warren Ellis and Colleen[...]

This Wednesday marks the launch of the next chapter of the New Brooklyn Universe with Dean Haspiel's War Cry from Line Webtoon As, ever, completely free. In the follow up to the 2017 Ringo Award-winner for Best Webcomic, The Red Hook's dead girlfriend is resurrected into War Cry, a human of mass destruction hosted by a teenage boy[...]

Korean digital comic book publisher Line Webtoon will see Legendary debut a second season for 2018 of their comic book Firebrand: The Initiation of Natali Presan, as Firebrand Season 2, by Jessica Chobot, author/producer Erika Lewis, and artist Claudia Aguirre. In season one, Natali Presano, a witch who never fit into her father's human world, fled the[...]

The free Korean webcomic platform LINE Webtoon has announced a new digital comic book Outrage, a cyber-stalking comedy/mystery series from Fabian Nicieza and Reilly Brown who previously worked together on Cable & Deadpool. Their newest series, Outrage, is the story of a mysterious individual who can navigate the Internet and physically manifest at the source of the vile bile that spews throughout[...]

LINE Webtoon, the popular Korean webcomic distributor has kicked off 2017's monthly comic launch weeks with an all-female slate in celebration of Women's History Month, and International Women's Day. LINE Webtoon are having a designated week each month designed to introduce readers to emerging fresh voices and unique comic creations And the March Launch Week has comic[...]

We will begin contacting qualified applicants in mid-February. Webtoon Comics Editor, YA & Casual Content – Webtoon Entertainment Inc We are looking for a comics Editor who is a pop culture fanatic with both the creative and logistical chops to source and develop compelling original content aimed primarily at our female, 14-24 audiences The Editor will be[...]

LINE Webtoons, the Korean webcomic company that is absolutely slaughtering its  Western competition in original work, is announcing two new exciting fantasy comic titles coming in 2017. Nothing Special from Bleeding cool favourite Katie Cook And a new franchise series Buck from probably-soon-to-be Bleeding Cool favourites Zach Howard, Mark Raicht, and Austin Harrison. And both still free. From My Little Pony:[...]

The Korean webcomic company LINE Webtoon has been snapping up all sorts of talent across the industry. Ane the latest is the Orbiter team of Warren Ellis and Colleen Doran for Finality, a gritty, murder mystery themed digital comic launching  LINE Webtoon next year, for 26 weeks And it's free[...]

  Line Webtoon, the Korean digital comics publisher that has found a large worldwide audience and the crowdfunding site Patreon have partnered for a new service that is likely to rankle some. They aim to launch a new comic creator investment program, to set a new standard in fostering and financially rewarding emerging comic talent. Their existing Discover platform[...]

As we head into San Diego Comic Con, the blockbuster Korean free digital comic publisher LINE Webtoon is dedicating the entire month of July to superheroes, making it the official theme of the month and debuting multiple new titles that all revolve around new superhero characters. This includes the  expansion of LINE Webtoon's superhero universe New[...]

Bleeding Cool has been running Tim Hanley's Gendercrunching columns on Bleeding Cool for years, measuring the "above the line" credits in comic books form major comic book publishers and seeing how they divide by gender. Well, LINE Webtoon, the popular digital comics publisher from Korea, may have some statistics to add They are making their Austin[...]

LINE Webtoon, the popular digital comics publisher pioneering the distribution and consumption of comics worldwide is releasing a special run of its horror comic Chiller. Already the center of comics conversation in Korea, China and Taiwan, Chiller is a collection of suspenseful comics published twice weekly and focusing on a different thrilling plotline, often drawing on[...]

In the case of Red Hook, at first it feels like a gun is pointed to his head – he better be good! NF: Finally, where can readers follow the adventures of New Brooklyn and its heroes? DH: You will be able to find us next year over at WebToons I got approached by Tom Akel, who[...]

By Madeline Ricchiuto Panelists Dean Haspiel, Matt Hawkins, Tom Akel, Rob Feldman, Stephen McCraine, Michelle Phan gave previews of their comics and talked craft at the LINE Webtoons panel. LINE's Webtoon app updates its comics daily, and is optimized for mobile platforms without data restrictions, as you can download them over wifi and read them on the subway[...]

Instead it's a digital comic from Korean publisher LINE Webtoon, and it retells the original Star Wars Trilogy but beginning from the point of view of a much younger Luke Skywalker growing up on Tatooine. The comic is written and drawn by Korean creator Hong Jacga, author of Korean comics Hwa Ja, Dorothy Band and The Cat Funeral, the first[...]

Over twenty years on, it is doing something very different indeed. Started in Korea, LINE Webtoon is now a popular international digital comic service and launched in the US last year And it is now the home for the last two trade paperback collections of Cyber Force, recently revived by Image studio Top Cow on the back of a successful[...]