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Boys Love for Life: 5 Stories with Gangsters

Merve Giray -
Boys Love, or BL for short, is a genre that depicts romantic and/or sexual relationships between men. It's a rich genre with stunning variety...

Interview: Choi Gyu-Seok, creator of The Awl

Deb Aoki -
Nowadays, full-color vertical scrolling webcomics or webtoons are the primary format for comics publishing in S. Korea. But much like manga from Japan, before...

5 Webtoons to help you discover Girls Love

Merve Giray -
Girls Love, or GL for short, is a sub-category in the romance genre that depicts love and/or sexual relationships between women. Solely by comparing...

Korean-American Musician BoyWithUke Launches Dreamscapes Comic

K-Comics Beat -
the Korean-American musician Charley Yang, also known as BoyWithUke has ventured into the realm of comics with his debut series, Dreamscapes.

REVIEW: Nerd and Jock is funny as it is charming

Justin Guerrero -
Justin Guerrero checks out Nerf and Jock, a surprisingly funny and very charming comic

Top 10 Romantasy webtoons you can read right now

Merve Giray -
You wake up, surrounded by the gorgeous studs from your favorite romance webtoon. WDYD?
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Anime, Film, & TV

DARK MOON: THE BLOOD ALTAR surprises with anime announcement

Hilary Leung -
Dark Moon: The Blood Altar, the webcomic based on the K-Pop group Enhypen, will receive an anime adaptation that will appear on Crunchyroll

SOLO LEVELING season 2 announced January 2025 premiere and new visuals

Hilary Leung -
Solo Leveling has announced that the second season, titled "Arise from the Shadow," will premiere in January 2025

Suicide Squad ISEKAI anime gets webtoon adaptation

K-Comics Beat -
Warner Bros. Japan announces that WIT Studio will produce its first webtoon adaptation for the Suicide Squad ISEKAI anime

WEBTOON announces comic arcs featured in Tower of God Season 2 anime

K-Comics Beat -
WEBTOON promotes the Tower of God Season 2 anime adaptation premiering this weekend on Crunchyroll by promoting the comic arcs being covered in the series

Crunchyroll announces Summer 2024 anime lineup.

K-Comics Beat -
Avoid the summer heat by watching these anime on Crunchyroll.
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Reviews

Review: UNDER THE OAK TREE Vol. 1 is a must-have for romantasy fans

Hilary Leung -
Under the Oak Tree Original story: Suji Kim Adaptation: namu Illustration: P Translator: Sena Editor: No.7, Lina Choi (Manta); Logan Balestrino (Penguin Random House) Letterer: Madeleine Jose Platform: Manta (digital); Inklore, imprint...

Review: GUARDIANS OF THE LAMB is pure id comics

Adam Wescott -
Guardians of the Lamb is loud, violent and excessive, but also a work of beautiful cartooning by an artist to watch.

Review: FINDING CAMELLIA intrigues with gender-bender plot

Hilary Leung -
The first volume of Finding Camellia sets up a gender-bender story and one girl's search to find her mother and regain her name once again.

Review: WAIT WHERE THE SHOOTING STAR FALLS is worth it

Adam Wescott -
Writer/Artist: Mr.General Store Translation: Hyun Ko Typesetting: Kara Primary QC: Thea Ilona Secondary QC: Nicole Luna Platform: Tapas Publication Date: June 11, 2021 Rating: Teen Genre: VSC (Korea), Fantasy, Fairy Tales In Table...

Review: ALIEN IDOL shoots for the moon

Adam Wescott -
A female-identified alien joins an all-boy band and hijinks ensue in this manga-esque webtoon

Review: HER TALE OF SHIM CHONG revives an old story

Adam Wescott -
Her Tale of Shim Chong Writer: Seri Artist: Biwan Colour Assistance: Yama & Piro Translation: Steven Edwards Platform: Tapas, TappyToon, pocket comics Publication Date: October 22, 2023 Rating: Teen Genre: VSC (Korea),...
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Korean Pop Culture

2024 World Webtoon Awards winners announced

Heidi MacDonald -
KOCCA has announced 10 winners in the first World Webtoon awards, including Solo Leveling and Omniscient Readers Viewpoint

DARK MOON: THE BLOOD ALTAR surprises with anime announcement

Hilary Leung -
Dark Moon: The Blood Altar, the webcomic based on the K-Pop group Enhypen, will receive an anime adaptation that will appear on Crunchyroll

SOLO LEVELING season 2 announced January 2025 premiere and new visuals

Hilary Leung -
Solo Leveling has announced that the second season, titled "Arise from the Shadow," will premiere in January 2025

Yen Press Announces Solo Leveling Collector’s Omnibus Edition

K-Comics Beat -
Yen Press announces a brand new complete omnibus edition of the original Solo Leveling novel by Chugong

Inklore picks up The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway for print release

K-Comics Beat -
Inklore Books follows up its plans to publish King's Maker next year with plans to publish The Broken Ring, also in 2025.

The Beginning After the End Comic Goes On Three-Month Hiatus

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The Beginning After The End goes on hiatus once again
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Business News

WEBTOON launches OVERTIME ELITE sports collab webcomic with Overtime

Deb Aoki -
On Thursday, October 3, WEBTOON is launching a new original sports webcomics series with a twist -- Overtime Elite is their first collaboration with...

Webcomics 101: A guide to all of your favorite webtoon platforms

Hilary Leung -
Want to check out more webtoons? Here's a guide to the best known platforms....and how much each one will cost.

GlobalComix Vertical Originals expands with Stranger Things and more from Dark Horse

Heidi MacDonald -
GlobalComix Vertical Originals is bringing more than 150 titles from Dark Horse and a slew of other publishers to the vertical scrolling format.
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