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Editorial Comic Jobs At IDW, WebToon, Marvel And Lion Forge….
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[...]
Katie Cook's Nothing Special Comes To LINE WebToon Next Year – And Debuts At NYCC
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:[...]
LINE Webtoon And Patreon Combine To Monetise Their Discover Platform For Comic Creators
  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[...]
42% Of LINE Webtoon's Comic Creators Are Female – And Half Are Read By Women
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[...]
Experience The Horror Comic Chiller In A New Way With FX Toon
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[...]
Brooklyn Reborn – Dean Haspiel Talks Red Hook And New Brooklyn
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[...]
NYCC '15: Is LINE Webtoon Really "The Future Of Comics?"
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[...]
Reading The New Free Star Wars Comic – Not From Marvel, But From LINE WebToon
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[...]
Marc Silvestri's Cyber Force Returns For Free With LINE Webtoon
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[...]