The digital comics platform Webtoon has announced the WEBTOONies fan awards as part of its 9th anniversary celebrations since its release in the US. The WEBTOONies awards will comprise ten categories including Most Valuable Character, Best Wow Moment, Best Scene Stealer, Cruelest Cliffhanger and more. Voting takes place via the Webtoon app and will close July 23. Winners will be announced in a live-streamed event on July 29. Participating fans will be in for a chance to win a custom commissioned sketch from one of the big names on the platform.
The WEBTOONies 2023 categories in full are:
MOST VALUABLE CHARACTER 2023
- Persephone, Lore Olympus
- Kim Dokja, Omniscient Reader
- Rayne Liebert, Homesick
- Aro, The Witch and the Bull
- Gray, Weak Hero
- Lucia, Suitor Armor
SCENE STEALER 2023
- Dohwa Baek, Operation: True Love
- Seo-jun Han, True Beauty
- Cael, For My Derelict Favorite
- Yeri Han, Get Schooled
- Laverne, Cursed Princess Club
- Hanssum Ochinchin, Not So Shoujo Love Story
BIGGEST SCHEMER 2023
- Rachel, Tower of God
- Adam Bahri, The Guy Upstairs
- Kieran, Purple Hyacinth
- Suji, Trash Belongs in the Trash Can
- Romeo, Go Away Romeo
- Lloyd Frontera, The Greatest Estate Developer
THE O.T.P. TO RULE THEM ALL 2023
- Zaida & Kade, Down to Earth
- Malori & Velverose, Mage & Demon Queen
- Shin-ae & Nol, I Love You
- Poppy & Tora, Midnight Poppy Land
- Kang Dae & Bo Seon, To the Stars and Back
- Siren & Kappa, Castle Swimmer
CRUELEST CLIFFHANGER 2023
- “Thanks. See ya later.”, Homesick
- “Gotcha.”, In the Bleak Midwinter
- “I won’t lose you too.”, Subzero
- “Mom. Dad.”, Everything’s Fine
- “Please live, my son…”, Ordeal
- “Tell me what you see.”, The Prince of Southland
BEST AT BEING THE WORST 2023
- Sumin, Marry My Husband
- Satan, I’m the Grim Reaper
- Zeus, Lore Olympus
- Ra-Im, Operation: True Love
- Rashta, The Remarried Empress
- The Plaid King, Cursed Princess Club
DEFINITELY DRESSING FOR REVENGE 2023
- Jiwon, Marry My Husband
- Heinrey, The Remarried Empress
- Eunha, Get Schooled
- Maedea, Your Throne
- Kayden, Eleceed
- Isabella De Mare, I’m the Queen in this Life
WEBTOON WOW MOMENT 2023
- “That I’m just like her…”, Phase
- “…just you and me now”, unOrdinary
- “There was ‘ME’”, Lookism
- “You should stay here”, Tower of God
- “Zero-inch Punch”, Hanlim Gym
- “I missed you”, Windbreaker
BIGGEST SWOON MOMENT 2023
- “Food’s almost done.”, Down to Earth
- “Let me spoil you”, Hello Baby
- “Let’s start dating”, Maybe Meant to Be
- “I like you too, okay?”, Jackson’s Diary
- “I love you”, Daytime Star
- “…but you found me”, Not so Shoujo Love Story
MOST THRILLING MOMENT 2023
- Razor scene, Horang’s Nightmare
- First witness murder, The Guy Upstairs
- Murder of Officer Tom, Everything is Fine
- Fight scene over boy, Death Rescheduled
- Marbles falling out of head, Stagtown
- Teddy bear comes alive, The Dummy’s Dummy
Webtoon, also known as Line Webtoon is a publishing platform of vertical scroll comics designed primarily for smartphone users. Webtoon is now the industry leader of vertical scroll comics content worldwide – so much so that the form is synonymously known as ‘webtoons’. The service launched in South Korea in 2004 and began rapidly expanding to other territories in 2014 via a global app. Many Webtoon hosted series have received awards – the most successful of which being Rachel Smythe’s Lore Olympus, which has received multiple Eisner, Harvey, Ringo and Hugo award nominations and wins.
