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Webtoon Entertainment, the serial comics platform, was founded in South Korea in 2005 by CEO Junkoo Kim, Naver. [16] Since its launch in 2013, WEBTOON has become the most popular mobile app, catering to young adults who enjoy reading comics and webcomic content. [17]
Webtoons (Korean: 웹툰) are a type of episodic digital comic that originated in South Korea usually meant to be read on smartphones.While webtoons were mostly unknown outside of South Korea during their inception, there has been a surge in popularity internationally thanks to the easy online accessibility and variety of free online comic content. [1]
In keeping with their goal of publishing comics through the most progressive and innovative means possible, Komikwerks began distributing free comics for the Sony PlayStation Portable in December 2005. At the 2005 San Diego Comic-Con, the company unveiled a slate of illustrated novels for young readers. The new book imprint is named Actionopolis.
Tapas was founded by San Francisco-based Korean entrepreneur Chang Kim and Young-Jun Jang in 2012, [5] [2] [3] initially under the name Comic Panda. [8] [nb 1] The Wall Street Journal described Kim as a "serial entrepreneur"; he was once in charge of Samsung's mobile content strategy, [9] and he sold his Korean blogging company TNC to Google [5] [10] and also worked for Google on Blogger.
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By 2005, webcomics hosting had become a business in its own right, with sites such as Webcomics Nation. [24] Traditional comic book publishers, such as Marvel Comics and Slave Labour Graphics, did not begin making serious digital efforts until 2006 and 2007. [25] DC Comics launched its web comic imprint, Zuda Comics in October 2007. [26]
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Also in June 2000 they had launched the free comics web hosting service Keenspace [9] [11] [12] [13] (later renamed Comic Genesis [14]). In 2001 Keenspot launched its own printed comic book line and launched graphic novel collections in 2002 both at San Diego Comic-Con. By August in 2002, Keenspot opened a retail store, selling brandname toys ...