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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Webtoon
What is Webtoon?
Korean digital comic designed for vertical scrolling on a smartphone.
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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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Arts11 min
Manga, manhwa, manhua: an East Asian culture glossary
Shōjo, seinen, hallyu, xianxia, webtoon: a dictionary of the terms, genres and traditions of Japan, South Korea and China, sorted by country.
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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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