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Previously on Comics: We’ve Lost Trina Robbins, and A Study Finds the Comics Industry Kinda Sucks

April 15, 2024

Hey everyone. Good morning! It’s your Friendly Neighbourhood Previously Editor with a round-up of all the news in the world of comics and entertainment. We’ve lost some greats in the comics world since our last Previously, so this is going to be a somber piece.

News, Webcomics

Webtoon’s Unclear Moderation Policies Drive Away Canvas Creators

April 15, 2022

[Publisher’s note: This article’s headline has been updated to reflect clarifications provided by WEBTOON on Monday, April 18, 2022. WEBTOON wished to clarify that they do not have censorship policies, as our headline originally indicated, but rather, they have publicly available ...

Comics, Essays, Webcomics

A Brief History of Webcomics: 2010 to Now

November 12, 2021

Though comics have been posted online since there was an online to post them on (the earliest known webcomic being uploaded on CompuServe in 1985), in the last decade, the landscape of the internet and digital comic hosting have changed drastically. Today, even children read webcomics on their ...

Comics, Reviews, Webcomics

REVIEW: The Shadow Prophet Unfolds its Mysteries on Webtoon

September 9, 2021

“Is this 1984 but manga?” asks a meme. At its simplest form, yes, The Shadow Prophet can be described so, but there are definitely more than four cranes in this Webtoon series.

Reviews, Webcomics

REVIEW: Heir’s Game Brings a Swashbuckling Romance to Webtoon

February 18, 2021

As a kid I loved The Three Musketeers and the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. I loved the big feathered hats and the rapiers, the swashbuckling and the adventures. I was therefore thrilled to discover Heir’s Game by Suspu, a Webtoon with all the rapiers and adventures anyone could want, and ...

Reviews, Webcomics

REVIEW: The Women of Lavender Jack

August 27, 2020

In 2019 there were several Webtoons nominated for the “Best Webcomic” Eisner award, two that were (and still are) extremely popular (Let’s Play by Mongie and Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe) and one less so. Lavender Jack by Dan Schkade was a comic I had never heard of until I saw it on the ...

Reviews, Webcomics

Third Shift Society is Tired

July 14, 2020

Third Shift Society by Meredith Moriarty is a Webtoon Original comic about a broke 20-something named Ellie who discovers she has psychic powers and becomes a paranormal investigator, working with a mysterious man who has a Jack-O-Lantern for a head. The first season is now complete, and since ...

Comics, Webcomics

Insta Made Me Read It: Scorching Romance and Let’s Play

October 22, 2019

Insta Made Me Read It is a twice-monthly column covering the webtoons advertised by LINE Webtoon on their Instagram account and on their app. The focus is on what’s both popular and encouraged to be popular by the publisher-platform itself. This time, I’ve been reading Scorching ...

Comics, Indie & Small Press, Reviews

Benji Nate’s Lorna is Cute, Violent and Relatable

October 15, 2019

Lorna Benji Nate Silver Sprocket May 2019 A review copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Lorna is a comic about a girl who loves knives, loves to threaten boys, collects skeletons, and maybe is the reason those skeletons are available to be collected. ...

Comics, Indie & Small Press, Webcomics

Insta Made Me Read It: Random Chat & The Croaking

October 10, 2019

Insta Made Me Read It is a column zoned in on the webtoons that get repped by the official Instagram account of Line Webtoon. I think it’s interesting and telling which titles get real support from the platform, and what that tells us about the target audience for this tremendously ...

LINE Webtoon

Previously on Comics: We’ve Lost Trina Robbins, and A Study Finds the Comics Industry Kinda Sucks

Webtoon’s Unclear Moderation Policies Drive Away Canvas Creators

A Brief History of Webcomics: 2010 to Now

REVIEW: The Shadow Prophet Unfolds its Mysteries on Webtoon

REVIEW: Heir’s Game Brings a Swashbuckling Romance to Webtoon

REVIEW: The Women of Lavender Jack

Third Shift Society is Tired

Insta Made Me Read It: Scorching Romance and Let’s Play

Benji Nate’s Lorna is Cute, Violent and Relatable

Insta Made Me Read It: Random Chat & The Croaking

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