![]() ![]() The medium has thus gained a reputation for producing content whose appeal stretches beyond the traditional comic book audience of young males. As with other novel forms of digital distribution, this allowed new types of creators to reach large audiences and, in some cases at least, make significant money. These platforms made it easy for authors to release content that may not have appealed to traditional publishers. ![]() Since emerging almost two decades ago, the medium has become a force in its home country, pushed by South Korean companies such as Naver Corp. Webtoons are colorful digital comics designed to be scrolled through on mobile devices, usually consisting of serialized stories doled out in short episodes. These characters are gallant in the grand old-fashioned sense, devoted to one another and to home. Conroy remains a magician of the page.-The New York Times Book Review Richly imagined. ![]() a big sweeping novel of friendship and marriage.-The Washington Post. But while American audiences were bingeing on Squid Game and All of Us Are Dead over the last two years, another Korean cultural phenomenon was quietly insinuating itself into the US media diet: the webtoon. Praise for South of Broad Vintage Pat Conroy. The boom in Korean television in the US has been hard for anyone with a Netflix account to miss. ![]()
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