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Best K-Comics to Read on Tappytoon
Whether you're looking for a BL set on a rural farm, want to learn more about Mesopotamian mythology, or need a new action comic to whet your appetite, check out our picks!
― Webtoons have exploded in popularity over the past few years, which means there are many sites and apps to choose from when you're looking for your next read. So, we thought it might be helpful to give you a place to start, espe...
The Spring 2025 K-Comics Guide
Our companion to the Manga Guide, the K-Comics Guide, is here! With titles ranging from sweet to spicy, adventurous to laid back, and historical to contemporary, come see if you can find your next read!
― Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2025 K-Comics Guide, the companion to our manga guide! Every included manhwa was published in March or April or is an upcoming May release, although some are ...
The Best New K-Comics to Read: March 2025
From dungeons to Joseon, come find your next read with our March roundup of the most interesting new K-comics!
― March is the proverbial month of lions and lambs, but the K-comics that are debuting don't necessarily follow that pattern. If anything, it's almost all lions, although that may be because the major flavor of comics on the sites/apps that are available in English is “spicy romance.” But th...
Getting Started with K-Comics - Tapas
Whether you want to catch up on Doctor Elise, find love in a zombie outbreak, or support characters making bad decisions, you can find your next read on Tapas!
― Webtoons have exploded in popularity over the past few years, which means there are many sites and apps to choose from when you're looking for your next read. So we thought it might be helpful to give you a place to start, especially since m...
Best New K-Comics to Read: February 2025
For the romance-focused month, we've got sweet BL, a writer in a wardrobe, daring love affairs, and just enough to spice to keep it interesting.
― Ah, February, the shortest month with those two most venerable holidays, Valentine's Day and the even more beloved (and fake) Cheap Chocolate Day. It's no surprise that a lot of the K-Comics coming out across reading platforms are so romance-heavy this mon...
Getting Started with K-Comics - WEBTOON
From a fantastical cat to an office space in Hell, here are some of the best K-Comic series to start reading on WEBTOON!
― K-Comics have exploded in popularity over the past few years, and there are a lot of sites and apps to choose from when you're looking for your next read. It might be helpful to give readers a place to start, especially since most of the sites have vast libraries that can be over...
Getting Started with K-Comics - Manta
K-comics and webtoons have exploded onto the scene with lots of legal sites offering readers an overwhelming amount of choice. Rebecca offers a few good series to start with on Manta's site and app.
― K-Comics have exploded in popularity over the past few years, which means there are many sites and apps to choose from when you're looking for your next read. So, we thought it might be helpful to give ...
Best New K-Comics to Read: December 2024
Winter is the perfect time to snuggle in and do some reading. So, let's take a look at what Webtoon, Manta, Tapas, and Lezhin have to offer.
― It's the holiday season, that inescapable time of year when you can't avoid their mention even if you don't participate in the major festivals! For some of us, that means it's the perfect time to snuggle in and do some reading. Luckily for everyone, the major ...
K-Comic Creator Spotlight: Moscareto
From fluffy to fraught, the office to the palace, and everything in between, there's a lot to enjoy from this prolific author.
― With the increase in official translations of Korean comics, we have the opportunity to discover new-to-us creators, many of whom have several works, if not an entire body of them, available in English. While the sadly defunct Netcomics did a remarkable job of bringing mult...
The Fall 2024 K-Comics Guide
It's the final update of our K-Comics Guide! Be sure to come and find your next series; whether you're into social justice, historical romance, or isekai, there's something for everyone!
― Welcome to Anime News Network's Fall 2024 K-Comics Guide, the companion to our manga guide! Every included manhwa was published in September or October or is an upcoming November release, although some are ongoing...
The Fall 2024 Light Novel Guide
It's time to crack open your next book! Our guide includes light novels, deep-dives into anime series, and a retrospective from horror manga master, Junji Ito!
― Welcome to Anime News Network's Fall 2024 Light Novel Guide, the companion to our manga guide! Every included novel was published in September or October or is an upcoming November release. This guide focuses exclusively on series premieres...
Korea's WEBTOON Entertainment In Midst of Labor Dispute
WEBTOON Entertainment's labor union is requesting fair compensation after its CEO was awarded an eye-popping $30 million in cash and stock options.
― Since going public on the U.S. stock market, WEBTOON Entertainment, the world's leading platform for Korean webcomics, has been battling a series of escalating crises. The company's stock price has plummeted by 50%, and disgruntled stockholders have fil...
From Vertical Scroll to Screen: Anime Adaptations of K-Comics
It's becoming hard to miss: anime is increasingly mining Korean comics for inspiration. Let's take a look at some of the popular adaptations so far.
― It's becoming hard to miss: anime is increasingly mining Korean comics for inspiration. It's hardly a new thing, though – back in 2004, Ragnarok started the ball rolling, followed by Black God in 2009. The former series was based on a game, while the ...
Manga Guide to the Eisner Awards 2024
We have your ultimate guide to this year's competing manga, including sample pages, to introduce you to some of the best series of the year!
― Every year, a jury awards some of the best comics of the year the prestigious Eisner Award. For those honing their artistic craft, from inking to webcomics, the Eisner Awards are the industry's Oscars. The jury highlights the best in the field in over 30 cate...
Medicine and Fantasy: An Interview with Doctor Elise Manhwa Artist Mini
In her first-ever interview with foreign media, Mini discusses her background in design and what makes Doctor Elise a fan-favorite series.
― It's getting more common for anime series to seek inspiration outside of its traditional seedbeds of manga and light novels. In recent years, we've seen a rise in the number of series based on Korean properties, primarily webtoons serialized on sites like Tapas,...
Manhwa and Manga: Similar but Different Art Forms
Manhwa is starting to find its footing in American comic book sphere, but it's not just another version of "manga." Find out what makes Korean comics unique.
― The door to English-translated manga opened in the 1980s, and despite some fits and starts, essentially never looked back. Manhwa, or Korean comics, have had a much more troubled journey to popular visibility in English. Around 2006, manhwa be...
Manhwa: What Korean Comics to Start Reading
Rebecca Silverman dives into the ever-expanding world of manhwa to find some of the best series to dive into.
― It isn't fair to say that Korean comics being translated into English is new. Back in 2006, Netcomics was releasing books, and bigger publishers like Seven Seas have been venturing into those waters since at least 2012, with titles like the delightful historical mystery series Lizzie Newton...
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