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Getting Started with K-Comics - Tapas
Whether you want to catch up on Doctor Elise, find love in a zombie outbreak, or support characters making bad decisions, you can find your next read on Tapas!
― Webtoons have exploded in popularity over the past few years, which means there are many sites and apps to choose from when you're looking for your next read. So we thought it might be helpful to give you a place to start, especially since m...
IDW Extends Partnership with Toho to Launch 'Kai-Sei Era' Connected Godzilla Universe Comics
Ongoing Godzilla comic book series renews in July after 10 years
― ICv2 reported on Wednesday that IDW Publishing has extended its partnership with Toho International, Inc. through 2029 to launch the new "Kai-Sei Era" connected universe in the Godzilla franchise. The ongoing Godzilla comic book series (pictured right) will renew after a decade in July 2025. Writer Tim Seeley and artist Nicola Čižmeši...
Blackpink's LISA to Release Comic Project
56-page limited-edition comic features artwork by Japanese artist MINOMIYABI
― LISA of BLACKPINK is preparing for her solo debut with the release of her album ALTER-EGO on February 28. Earlier this month, she rereleased the single "Born Again," featuring Doja Cat and RAYE, signaling the start of her solo career. Alongside the album, LISA is launching ALTER-EGO: THE OFFICIAL COMIC in collaboration wi...
Best New K-Comics to Read: February 2025
For the romance-focused month, we've got sweet BL, a writer in a wardrobe, daring love affairs, and just enough to spice to keep it interesting.
― Ah, February, the shortest month with those two most venerable holidays, Valentine's Day and the even more beloved (and fake) Cheap Chocolate Day. It's no surprise that a lot of the K-Comics coming out across reading platforms are so romance-heavy this mon...
The Beginning After The End Web Comic's TurtleMe on His Upcoming Anime Adaptation
A decade after launch, The Beginning After The End is getting the anime treatment. We spoke with the series creator about developing the world and any concerns about the format change up.
― The Beginning After the End is a lot of things. It's a web novel, a webcomic and in 2025, it's going to be an anime directed by Keitaro Motonaga at studio A-CAT. Written by TurtleMe, the story starts with King Gr...
Udon Entertainment Signs Deal With Lunar Distribution After Diamond's Bankruptcy Filing
Lunar to distribute Street Fighter vs. Rival Schools #1, Mega Man #0 on Free Comic Book Day
― Udon Entertainment announced on February 13 that it has entered a non-exclusive distribution agreement with Lunar Distribution to handle its direct market sales, beginning with May 2025-shipping comic book products. With the agreement, Udon Entertainment's two 2025 Free Comic Book Day titles — Street Fighter...
Dark Horse Comics Confirms Layoffs
Layoffs follow split of parent Embracer Group into 3 companies in April 2024
― Dark Horse Comics announced on Tuesday through a statement given to The Beat website that it has begun laying off staff positions as of Monday earlier this week, but did not comment on how many positions or who it has laid off. Dark Horse stated that it is responding to "increasing overhead, changing market conditions, and...
Japan International Manga Award Winners Announced
The contest garnered over 700 entries from 95 countries.
― The Japan International Manga Award Facebook page announced the award winners of the 18th Japan International MANGA Award on January 17. The post notes there is one Gold Award, three Silver Award, and 11 Bronze Award winners. The post further states an award ceremony will be held in Tokyo sometime in March. The Japan International Manga Awar...
Webtoon Stagtown Set for Hollywood Live-Action Film Adaptation
Margot Robbie's production company will co-produce film
― WEBTOON Entertainment announced on Tuesday that the horror series Stagtown, serialized on its English platform, will be adapted into a live-action film. Stagtown originated from Naver Webtoon's global amateur creator platform, CANVAS. The horror webtoon follows protagonist Frankie as he returns to his eerie hometown of Stagtown and encounters...
Exclusive: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto Crossover Comic's Issue #1 Gets 2nd Printing, Reveals New Cover
1st issue sold out at distributor level, 2nd printing out on March 12
― IDW Publishing has provided ANN with an exclusive first look at the all-new cover for the second printing of the first issue of it and Viz Media's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto four-issue crossover comic series. The comic's first issue has sold out at the distributor level, receiving more than 100,000 orders. The second p...
WEBTOON, Capcom Announce Monster Hunter Wilds Webcomic Contest
Total of 12 winners will be chosen by panel of judges
― WEBTOON and Capcom have launched the Monster Hunter Wilds webcomic contest. The contest invites creators to develop original webcomics based on the Monster Hunter universe. A total of 12 prize packs will be awarded for outstanding submissions. The contest is part of WEBTOON's Branded Contest program, which connects creators with official brand ...
Overtime Is Bringing Sports and Young Anime Fans Together
Founded in 2016, Overtime looks to marry social media, youth sports, and anime fandom. Their latest project? The Overtime Elite webcomic created by Brandon Chen and Inuupen.
― The idea that dorky hobbies and media are niche and ridiculed by more mainstream culture persists in the public consciousness despite there being a growing number of examples to the contrary. Olympic 100-meter dash gold medali...
Tokyopop Enters Publishing Partnership with Mattel to Release Hot Wheels, Barbie Graphic Novels
― Tokyopop announced on Thursday that it is entering a publishing partnership with toy company Mattel to develop original manga-style graphic novels based on Mattel's Hot Wheels and Barbie brands. The graphic novels will be for children ages eight to 12 and will debut in print in 2026. Tokyopop announced in May a multi-year sales and distribution agreement with Penguin Random House Publisher Service...
Viral Hit K-Comic Review
Viral Hit is very hard to read because of how relatable it is on two major fronts.
― Viral Hit is very hard to read because it is relatable on two major fronts. The first one is its depiction of modern-day bullying and humiliation. The second is that Viral Hit very much leans into seeing life through the perspective of an absolute self-aware loser. Our protagonist, Hobin, is someone who is physically...
Daughter of A Thousand Faces Webcomic Returns to Tapas With 2nd Season
Series follows Shen Yuhua, royal outcast turned disciple of ancient demon
― Tapas Entertainment announced on December 20 the return of the Eisner-nominated fantasy webcomic series Daughter of A Thousand Faces by Velinxi. The second season premiered on December 20 at 12:00 p.m. EST with Episode 42, followed by weekly episodes every Friday. The series follows Shen Yuhua, a royal outcast turned discipl...
Best New K-Comics to Read: December 2024
Winter is the perfect time to snuggle in and do some reading. So, let's take a look at what Webtoon, Manta, Tapas, and Lezhin have to offer.
― It's the holiday season, that inescapable time of year when you can't avoid their mention even if you don't participate in the major festivals! For some of us, that means it's the perfect time to snuggle in and do some reading. Luckily for everyone, the major ...
Marvel, Toho Announce Godzilla vs. Fantastic Four Crossover Comic (Updated)
1st of 6 one-shots ships on March 19 to set stage for next summer's Godzilla and Marvel limited series
― Marvel announced on Tuesday that it is teaming up with Toho International to release the crossover Godzilla vs. Fantastic Four one-shot comic, written by Ryan North and illustrated by John Romita Jr. This first Godzilla vs. issue goes on sale on March 19. The company describes the story: In GODZIL...
K-Comic Creator Spotlight: Moscareto
From fluffy to fraught, the office to the palace, and everything in between, there's a lot to enjoy from this prolific author.
― With the increase in official translations of Korean comics, we have the opportunity to discover new-to-us creators, many of whom have several works, if not an entire body of them, available in English. While the sadly defunct Netcomics did a remarkable job of bringing mult...
I Raised a Black Dragon K-Comic Review
I Raised a Black Dragon isn't perfect, something that mostly comes down to an ending that simply screams for a sequel. But it's also a nice twist on some of its genre's staler elements and a good read overall.
― Have you ever wondered what happened to the person who used to be the owner of a body taken over by an isekai'd soul? Not many books seem to care, but Sottan's I Raised a Black Dragon isn't o...
Dinghai Fusheng Records Volume 1 Manhua Review
Dinghai Fusheng Records is a good break-in point for the danmei-curious.
― Danmei can sometimes feel overwhelming if you've never read it before. Mostly that comes down to the fact that the novels tend to be at least one hundred pages longer than your typical light novel, if not more, and the novels have been the greater part of what's been officially released in English, both digitally and physicall...
Imitation Volumes 1-4 K-Comic Review
The mentions of dieting in this K-pop comic are all so casually done up until this point that I at first thought that I was overreacting by zeroing in on them.
― The idol industry is no joke. It would be easy to forget how vicious it can be, given that a lot of manga, manhwa, and anime try to give us a romanticized portrait, and at first, it looks like Imitation may be doing the same thing. It follow...
Who Made Me a Princess Volumes 4-6 K-Comics Review
Who Made Me a Princess was good in its first three books, but it's very good in its second. The final three volumes should be excellent if things continue on this trajectory.
― It's practically narrative law that if the villainess character turns out to be good, the heroine must be bad. We've seen that play out over a plethora of series, and while there are exceptions, it happens often enough to feel...
Free Comic Book Day 2025 Lists New Speed Racer Comic by Mad Cave Studios
Mad Cave, Tatsunoko announced Speed Racer collaboration last week
― Diamond Comic Distributors is listing a new Speed Racer comic book from U.S.-based independent comic book publisher Mad Cave Studios. Participating retailers will offer the "Speed Racer #0" issue during Free Comic Book Day on May 3, 2025. Other titles related to Japanese media at next year's event include: BOOM! Studios: Power Ranger...
The Fall 2024 K-Comics Guide
It's the final update of our K-Comics Guide! Be sure to come and find your next series; whether you're into social justice, historical romance, or isekai, there's something for everyone!
― Welcome to Anime News Network's Fall 2024 K-Comics Guide, the companion to our manga guide! Every included manhwa was published in September or October or is an upcoming November release, although some are ongoing...
Punch Drunk Love Volumes 1-2 K-Comic Review
Seon-woo and Tae-moon’s relationship is almost entirely based on sex for most of these two volumes, so if you’re looking for something that puts the “without” in PWP, this is the series for you.
― Readers of BL manhwa and novels may recognize the name of the author of Punch Drunk Love: Moscareto is also the author of The New Recruit, another office romance. But the setting is the only thing these two...
From Vertical Scroll to Screen: Anime Adaptations of K-Comics
It's becoming hard to miss: anime is increasingly mining Korean comics for inspiration. Let's take a look at some of the popular adaptations so far.
― It's becoming hard to miss: anime is increasingly mining Korean comics for inspiration. It's hardly a new thing, though – back in 2004, Ragnarok started the ball rolling, followed by Black God in 2009. The former series was based on a game, while the ...
See You in My 19th Life Volumes 1-3 K-Comic Review
The K-Comic series See You in My 19th Life is a love story that is as much about the tragic past as the hopeful present.
― Tragedy and romance have been linked almost since the dawn of literature. Why else would stories of doomed lovers like Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet or historical tales of Cleopatra and her lovers be so lionized? For many readers, the fine line between the potential for a happy ...
Exclusive: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto Crossover Comic's Issue #1 Unveils 6 Preview Pages
Pre-order deadline for issue #1 is October 7
― IDW Publishing has provided ANN with an exclusive first look at six preview pages for issue #1 of it and Viz Media's upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto four-issue crossover comic series. The pre-order deadline for the first issue is October 7. IMG tmnt-naruto-1.jpg
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Exclusive: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto Crossover Comic's Issue #1 Variant Cover Revealed
Kim Jacinto draws variant cover for issue #1 shipping on November 13
― IDW Publishing has provided ANN with an exclusive first look at the variant cover for it and Viz Media's upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto crossover comic series with four issues. Kim Jacinto drew the artwork for the below variant, which will be a 1:50 variant (meaning that retailers receive one copy of the variant fo...
Your Letter K-Comic Review
Drenched in shades of blue and highlighted with earth tones, Your Letter's deceptively simple art and story make it a beautiful book. It's a hopeful story, replete with quiet magic and a terrible familiarity makes it stick with you.
― Magic realism is a more difficult genre to do well than you might realize. Authors need to balance the mundane with the magical, building a recognizable world but with ...
Not-Sew-Wicked Stepmom Volumes 1-3 Manhwa Review
Even when a rival rears her head, author Iru knows how to handle it without making it feel like too much of a retread of manhwa's greatest hits, and it's just a very well-put-together story overall.
― Not-Sew-Wicked Stepmom has an odd history in English. Some years ago, Korean novel translators WordExcerpt released the source novel as I'm Only a Stepmother, but my Daughter is Just Too Cute! as both a...
Unholy Blood Volumes 1-2 Manhwa Review
With attractive art, a couple of good moments of humor, and a decent take on vampire lore, this is a series that's worth checking out – especially if it keeps getting stronger as it goes on.
― There are vampires, and there are vampires, something most lore agrees on. That means there are two distinct types of bloodsucker in plenty of vampire mythos: the original ones, who may well have been born that...
Who Made Me a Princess Volumes 1-3 Manhwa Review
Gorgeous art and an interesting mix of subgenres make this manhwa a must-read.
― In The Perks of Being an S-Class Heroine, heroine Ailette's greatest desire is to be reborn into what she calls a “child-raising romantasy,” a subgenre of isekai where the heroine, an ordinary woman in her previous life, ends up starting from babyhood as the pampered princess of a powerful ruler. She doesn't mention that...
The Horizon Volumes 1-3 Manhwa Review
There's a sincerity about the story that goes a long way toward making this readable and engaging, even if dark dystopias aren't your preferred genre.
― It's not hard to see why JH's three-volume manhwa The Horizon has been nominated for an Eisner Award. Something about the series screams “critical darling” in that most literary ways – everything about its bleakness, its metaphors, and its late-break...
Bloody Sweet Volumes 1-2 Manhwa Review
This is a good series to check out if you like more bite with your vampire romances.
― Going into Bloody Sweet, I expected to find a fluffy rom-com about a girl and the vampire she accidentally gets attached to. Instead, I found a story about a bullied high school girl whose bullies are smart enough to evade all of the checks and balances the school has put in place. When Naerim accidentally awakens ...
The Dangerous Convenience Store Manhwa Volume 1 Review
The plot is excellent in the romance camp. Everything that happens is to get Eui-joon and Gunwoo together, and it works pretty well.
― You can read The Dangerous Convenience Store in English two ways. The first is to read it on the manhwa site/app Manta, which has all seventy-five chapters and four bonus stories available. The second is to read Seven Seas' print (or ebook) edition, which, as of this ...
Dark Moon: The Blood Altar Volumes 1-2 Manhwa Review
Some books are good. Some books read like self-insert fanfiction from the early days of AO3, but you can't stop reading and enjoying them. Dark Moon: The Blood Altar is one of those.
― Some books are good. Some books are not and read sort of like self-insert fanfiction from the early days of AO3, but even though you recognize that they aren't objectively filled with literary merit, you can't stop rea...
Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint Volume 1 Manhwa Review
This is for the ones who knew the Red Wedding was coming, gleefully chuckled when the film Bridge to Terabithia grossly misled parents, and always read the book before seeing the movie.
― This one's for the smug readers, the ones who knew the Red Wedding was coming, who gleefully chuckled when the film for Bridge to Terabithia grossly misled parents as to what it was about, and who always read the bo...
A Returner's Magic Should Be Special Volumes 1-3 Manhwa Review
Despite hitting a lot of very familiar beats, there's something about A Returner's Magic Should Be Special that's incredibly readable.
― Despite hitting a lot of very familiar beats, there's something about A Returner's Magic Should Be Special that's incredibly readable. Yes, our hero Desir Herrman is the typical overpowered protagonist seen in so many isekai and time loop stories, and yes, he's faci...
What's Wrong with Secretary Kim? Volumes 1-3 Manhwa Review
A kidnapping incident, a possible romantic triangle, and family business politics make What's Wrong with Secretary Kim? a page-turner.
― Although there are plenty of differences between manga and manhwa, a modern trend seems true for both: originating as a novel. What's Wrong with Secretary Kim? began its life that way in 2013. GyeongYun Jeong's book has been adapted into a live-action television ser...
Ennead Manhwa Volume 1 Review
Ennead is undoubtedly a must-read if you're interested in Ancient Egypt and its mythology, but it's also just an interesting story in its own right.
― Although it isn't fair to say that Egyptian mythology gets no exposure in pop culture, it certainly doesn't have the same recognizability as Greco-Roman or Norse mythologies regarding ancient cultures. Authors like Pauline Gedge and Danielle S. LeBlanc...
Villains are Destined to Die Manhwa Review
Well-written, making use of actual game mechanics in ways that benefit the story, Villains are Destined to Die is simply a good series.
― How many times has this happened to you? You're reading an isekai story that takes place in an otome game, but as you go on, you begin to realize that the story's creator has never played an otome game. Maybe it's the weird way they talk about game mechanics, or ma...
True Beauty Manhwa Volume 1-3 Review
True Beauty is the newest addition to the category of media I think of as "I know it's popular, but I really don't see why."
― I've gotten the feeling that part of my reaction to True Beauty may be due to unfair expectations from the English title. The original Korean title, which translates literally to The Rise of a Goddess, may give a more accurate impression. The phrase "true beauty" evokes the ...
Power Rangers Spinoff Comic to Focus on Pink Ranger
Boom! Studios and Saban Brands announced on Tuesday that they will launch a mini comic series focusing on Kimberly Hart, the Pink Ranger from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The series, titled Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Pink, will begin in May and is slated for six issues. Brenden Fletcher and Kelly Thompson are writing the series and Daniele Di Nicuolo is providing the art. Elsa Charretierdrew t...
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