Tag: LINE Webtoon
INTERVIEW: How Leeanne “Mongie” Krecic Went From Head of IT to Featured Webtoon Creator
Leeanne "Mongie" Krecic creates the popular series 'Let's Play' on LINE Webtoon. The Beat talks to the creator about her past, success, and social anxiety.
Convention News: Comic Con Seoul kicks off this weekend and Ace Comic-Con hits Chicago...
Some convention news that has been brewing as the schedule continues to expand.
• Ace Comic Con has announced a Midwest show, to be held at Chicago's Navy Pier on October 12-14th, the week after...
SDCC ’18: INTERVIEW – Celebrating Artistic Progression & Expanding Creative Visions with DEAN...
He returns to SDCC after a 12 year absence
Artists You Should Know: GIRLS HAVE A BLOG’s Sarah Bollinger & Tara Kurtzhals on...
Dive into the creative process and inspirations for the creators of Girls Have a Blog and Knight & Beard, two of the brightest young talents in comics today.
Common Writing a Song and Score for Webcomic
In the most Hollywood-sounding comics press release of all time, sometime in early 2018, LINE Webtoon will host a webcomic titled Caster, based on an original concept by Noble Transmission ("a comic book entertainment company...
A Year of Free Comics: Seth Kushner’s The Brooklynite ends its run
We've spotlighted a few of the comics in the "New Brooklyn" universe on Line Webtoon since this series began. And here's the last one: The Brooklynite by Seth Kushner and Sheamus Beyale, with additional...
A Year of Free Comics: My Giant Nerd Boyfriend helps kick off Webtoon’s female...
Fishball is a woman who has a very tall boyfriend. When I first saw the title of this strip I thught it was some kind of fantasy strip but, no it's just about have...
A Year of Free Comics: Brooklyn is A New, Strange Superhero Society in Haspiel’s...
The Red Hook by Dean Haspiel is part of the New Brooklyn, superhero universe which launched on WEbtoon a while ago. Its set in a world where Brooklyn is sentient and has seceded from the...
LINE Webtoon launches The Brooklynite by Kushner and Bayale
Mobile comics platform LINE Webtoon expanded its "New Brooklyn" super hero universe today with the launch of The Brooklynite. The series was created by the late Seth Kushner and artist Shamus Beyale, with additional art...
LINE Webtoon and Patreon team up to invest up to $3,600,000 in webcomics
The massively successful global webcomics portal LINE Webtoon and crowdfunding site Patreon are teaming up tp help fund more webcomics in several innovative ways, it was announced today. A Patreon button has has integrated...
LINE Webtoon rolls out Superhero Month with Stan Lee, Heroine Chic and more of...
LINE Webtoon's series of theme months continues with July's "Superheroes" launch. The mobile-based comics platform is rolling out several series including the second comic in the New Brooklyn superhero universe, the return of Heroine Chic, and the debut of The Badguys, winner of the Stan Lee/POW! Entertainment Superhero Comics Contest.
LINE Webtoon: readership is 50% female
Mobile comics platform LINE Webtoon is huge in Korea and getting bigger here, and they are no slouches in the diversity department. According to a release, 42% of LINE WEbstoon's creators are female, 48% of its comics feature female leads, and 50% of its over 6 million daily readers are women. Impressive, if not surprising statistics. And they'll discuss them more at a “Women in Digital Comics” panel to be held at SXSW on Friday, March 18th. Participants include moderator Tom Akel, LINE Webtoon's director of content, and 2 Broke Girls’ star Beth Behrs (Dents), digital star Michelle Phan (Helios : Femina), LINE Webtoon creators Kaitlyn Narvaza (Where Tangents Meet, Siren’s Lament) and Susanna Nousiainen (ShootAround), and one of the winners of LINE Webtoon’s recent Superhero Comics Contest, Sandra Diaz (Supersonic Girl).
