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The Kotoba Interactive journal.

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Korea
Korea Manhwa Museum
Culture7 min

Vertical scrolling: the grammar webtoons invented

The long panel, silence made of empty space, the thumb as a cut: what vertical scrolling changed in drawn storytelling, and what it cannot do.

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Korea
Entree vitree du Musee coreen du manhwa a Bucheon, enseigne rouge portant l'inscription en hangeul 한국만화박물관 et sa traduction Korea Manhwa Museum, avec des statues de personnages de bande dessinee coreenne postees sur le parvis
Pop Culture7 min

Solo Leveling: how a Korean manhwa conquered the world

From a 2016 web novel to the first Korean Anime of the Year: the trajectory of Solo Leveling, its narrative codes and what it changed for webtoons.

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Korea
Illustration de Lee Do-yeong, pionnière de la bande dessinée coréenne moderne.
Culture6 min

Webtoon: how Korea reinvented the comic

History and codes of the Korean webtoon: from manhwa to vertical mobile scroll, the Naver and Kakao platforms, the free model and adaptations into global K-dramas.

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