New Trend of Comics in Korea

Originally, the world's famous country is Japan in comics. Korean comics market has always been under the shadow of Japan's. However, there now is new trend in comics market in Korea. This is WEBTOON.  Webtoon is a mixed word among Web and Cartoon. This means web-based cartoon. And Korea is one of most powerful and developed country in this field.

Webtoon is a possible replacement of a ordinary comic book. Actually, Korean comics market has always been struggling with business because people usually don't buy a comic book. Instead, they just rent a books as lower price than it's original cost. Because of this, the market couldn't success quiet long time. However, Webtoon service is absolutely different with original one because this is free. you don't need to pay even a cent for watching it. Many companies just offer a lot of Webtoons to public as free. In addition, the quality of them is really good and even better than just comic books. For theses reason, lots of people enjoy watching them. And it's now kind of daily routine to young generation.

This has also a great impact on economy, especially on film industry in Korea. A lot of Korean movies have been made from Webtoons.

 These movies were made from famous Webtoons and also got a lot of audiences. Also, many Webtoons now are being made into movies. From this fact. we can imagine how strong their impact on the society and industry is in Korea