Comics Academe: How Do You Teach Comics?
- Comics, Comics Academe, Essays
- September 12, 2014
Culture doesn't fit in a box. Neither do we.
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WWACommendations: Webtoons, Utena, How to Be a Werewolf, InvestiGATORS, and More0
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- February 20, 2020
Happy February and happy Black History Month! What comics are you reading lately? This month’s picks are packed with variety from supernatural thriller to cute romance — with fake dating! — to kid-friendly mysteries. In celebration of Black History Month, several Black creators on Webtoon recently collaborated to create a list of Black creators on
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Insta Made Me Read It: Scorching Romance and Let’s Play0
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 Romance and Let’s Play. Both are romance-themed comics with
READ MOREInsta Made Me Read It: Random Chat & The Croaking0
- Comics, Indie & Small Press, Webcomics
- 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 successful comics app. Random Chat
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Insta Made Me Read It: Fluffy Boyfriend and Little Matcha Girl0
- Comics, Indie & Small Press, Reviews, Webcomics
- September 26, 2019
This week, I’m looking at once comic I saw on the Webtoon Instagram, Little Matcha Girl. It wasn’t a promoted post, but it was a video advert for a new release—notable production investment. The other, Fluffy Boyfriend, was suggested for me by the Webtoon app based on the comics I subscribed to (i.e. the comics
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- Comics, Indie & Small Press, Reviews, Webcomics
- September 12, 2019
This column is about the webtoons that Webtoon want you to read so much they advertise them: those that appear as promoted Instagram adverts, those that appear on the Webtoon Instagram profile, and those that are promoted in-app. Matchmaker Hero was featured on the Webtoon Instagram, webtoonofficial, in early July: an animated promo image including
READ MOREInsta Made Me Read It: Lore Olympus and Blood-Ink0
Last time, we talked about the comics I’ve seen thanks to promoted Instagram ads: Cursed Princess Club and True Beauty. This time, we begin with another I’ve been seeing regularly through the same paid advertising, Lore Olympus, but I’m also branching out: I’m enjoying CPC and TB so much I’ve followed the webtoons Instagram account,
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- February 25, 2016
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- August 22, 2014
