Innovations in Digital Comics - A Popular Revolution

The success of popular webcomics is the greatest revolution in the comics medium of the last two decades. After defining digital comics, webcomics and webtoons, this Element presents a case study of Korean platform WEBTOON, which achieved 100 billion global page views in 2019. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

List of contents

Disclaimer; 1. From digital comics to webcomics to webtoons; 2. Diversity and platformisation in comics and webcomics; 3. Female and Nonbinary authors in WEBTOON Originals; 4. Conclusions, next steps, bibliography.

Summary

The success of popular webcomics is the greatest revolution in the comics medium of the last two decades. After defining digital comics, webcomics and webtoons, this Element presents a case study of Korean platform WEBTOON, which achieved 100 billion global page views in 2019. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Product details

• Authors: Francesca Benatti, Francesca (The Open University) Benatti
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.10.2024
• EAN: 9781009319966
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0931996-6
• No. of pages: 100
• Series: Elements in Publishing and Book Culture
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Graphic Novels, Press & journalism, Gender studies, gender groups, Publishing industry and journalism, Publishing industry & book trade, Cartoons & comic strips (Children's / Teenage), Graphic novels, Comic books, Manga, Cartoons, publishing; literature