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

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

Heidi MacDonald - September 10, 2024

Suicide Squad ISEKAI anime gets webtoon adaptation

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

K-Comics Beat - August 19, 2024

AI-powered curation rolls out on Kakao Page and Naver WEBTOON in Korea

Kakao and WEBTOON are separately addressing the curation problem in Korea by actively rolling out new AI-powered curation engines

August 6, 2024

WEBTOON goes public with the TOON SQUARE event in NYC

The Beat's Justin Guerrero recaps TOON SQUARE, a small event where WEBTOON fans got meet other fans, cosplayers, and creators, to celebrate the comics platform debuting on the stock market.

June 28, 2024

WEBTOON’s latest SEC filing opens up the books, with some surprises

Following the initial SEC filing confirming plans for an initial public stock offering at the beginning of the month, WEBTOON's latest filing with the SEC reveals some impressive figures

June 27, 2024

WEBTOON goes public today – will Wall St. keep scrolling?

K-Comics Beat - June 27, 2024

WEBTOON goes public on the New York Stock Exchange today, under the ticker WBTN, with shares priced at $18-21 to start

Comings and Goings at Image, D&Q, IDW, Zenesope and more

K-Comics Beat - June 7, 2024

Lots of people on the move, as IDW, Image and D&Q have made hires, and some other folks have left their positions; and a new company!

Webtoon Entertainment Takes First Step Towards US Stock Market

K-Comics Beat - June 4, 2024

The Korean digital comics giant in Webtoon Entertainment has started the process to pursue a listing on the United States stock market.

Japanese digital manga distributor Infocom bought by Blackstone Inc. in billion dollar move

K-Comics Beat - May 31, 2024

The bidding war for one of Japan's largest digital manga distribution platforms ends, with US private equity firm Blackstone comoing out on top

Kakao Piccoma to shutter French webtoon app, operations in Europe

K-Comics Beat - May 15, 2024

After a two year run and launching its expansion to great fanfare in 2021, Kakao's Piccoma digital comics platform will shut down French-language European operations in September.

AI manga translation start-up Orange gets $20 million in funding

K-Comics Beat - May 7, 2024

Orange Inc., developers of a Japanese-to-English language manga localization tool, announced earlier this week that it secured 2.92 billion yen (approximately $19.4 million USD,...