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Innovations in Digital Comics

A Popular Revolution

Francesca Benatti author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:3rd Oct '24

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Webcomics devised for mobile screen reach millions of readers worldwide. What types of authors and stories do they include?

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.The success of popular webcomics (comics produced and read entirely digitally) is the greatest revolution in the comics medium of the last two decades. Webcomics exploit a socio-technical convergence between digital platforms and participatory cultures, enabling global authors to work together with global audiences to transcend established print comics structures. 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. The study analyses data from their website, including views, subscriptions and likes, to quantify and assess whether WEBTOON's commercial and critical success is connected to its inclusion of a wider range of genres and of a more diverse author base than mainstream English-language print comics. In so doing, it performs the first Book Historical study of webcomics and webtoons. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

ISBN: 9781009319966

Dimensions: 178mm x 127mm x 5mm

Weight: 95g

100 pages