How are South Korean webtoons any different from the usual webcomics?
Just like the huge range of webcomics that exist in English, the range of Korean webtoons is massive, so it's difficult to speak for all of them.But as a rule of thumb....1. Professionalism. It's a job, not a hobby. Some webcomic artists make money for their work (and treat their webcomic as their primary source of income), but a lot do not. In Korea, most webtoons are serialised after a contract with Naver/Daum/Lehzin Comics etc. In this aspect, it operates like the online version of the Japanese system of serialised manga.2. Quality. As a result of this professionalism, a lot of them are 'better'. Obviously a lot of this is subjective, but as a fairly enthusiastic consumer of both webcomics in English and webtoons in Korean, I would say that the quality in general, but especially with artwork, is superior with webtoons. It's also due to the fact that most series only update once a week, whilst many webcomic artists would upload several times a week, some even daily. The volume of each update is also larger with webtoons. Also due to the stability of the webtoon being a job that pays, I think more webtoon artists are incentivised to start big, fancy projects, series that will go on for years. This allows for good plots and planned progression of the narrative. If you've seen the range of (illegally) translated webtoons available in English, it might be difficult to believe, but the range and scope of some webtoons are remarkably complex and the quality excellent. My guess is that in a few years, the K-pop boom will also encompass webtoons and they'll have an international fanbase in the same way as manga. 3. Money. There are more webtoons than webcomics that you have to pay for. Lehzin Comics, one of the biggest forces in the webtoon industry right now, is a prime example of this. Some popular works on primarily free platforms like Naver and Daum also become pay-per-view upon finishing serialisation. This is in part due to...4. Publication. From what I understand, most webcomic artists publish small-scale, or independently for fan-meetings. In contrast, a lot of popular webtoons are published by large publishing houses and sold in non-specialist bookstores.5. Mainstream pop culture. Webtoons on platforms like Naver are mainstream in ways that are frankly unimaginable for webcomics. Many have been made into films and dramas, and they become cultural icons and references in the same way as TV shows, movies or novels.
Why do Korean webtoons not have pages?
Can you explain what you mean by pages?If you mean web pages on Korean comics and toons, there are plenty.You just need to search them on Naver and Daum not on Google.Excuse my ignorance if the question was about something else.
Why do Korean webtoons not have pages?
Can you explain what you mean by pages?If you mean web pages on Korean comics and toons, there are plenty.You just need to search them on Naver and Daum not on Google.Excuse my ignorance if the question was about something else.
Which is better for publishing webtoons/webcomics, LINE Webtoons or Lezhin Comics?
I can’t really say much about pay or anything like that since I haven’t published any comics in both websites. But since you’re talking about Lezhin, I’m assuming you also want to know about the compensation given to artists, so I’ll try to talk about that as well.First of all, LINE is a free website. Free meaning everyone can post their work as long as they meet certain requirements. Also, as someone has answered in another question, you may gain audience quicker there since reading your comic would not cost the readers a penny. However that also depends on your content and your upload schedule, not just the website.Lezhin on the other hand is a premium service. Your works will be published there once you get licensed by the company, though the only way I know that you can be licensed is through submitting your work for the World Comics Contest, which has specific requirements (70 panels per chapter, submit at least 2 chapters, must have character bios and storyline, and the series must be planned to be at least 24 episodes or longer). I personally haven't read much on that website, since most (most comics have only 2 free episoded) episodes require coins to be unlocked. I can only assume that Lezhin has less readers than LINE due to this paywall, but it may also be because Lezhin is a fairly new site.As for author compensation, LINE gives them monthly to their licensed artists. I can’t say the exact amount, but having your comic promoted in the front page seems like a good deal as well. On Lezhin, you will be compensated whenever someone unlocks an episode of your comic. Lezhin will get a share of it though. Also note that if you win the comic contest, you will get money as a prize as well as being licensed by Lezhin, with 10,000 dollars being the prize for the third placers (I recommend you check out the website, since the submissions end at February 28!).I hope my answer somehow helped. Also consider posting your comic on Tapastic as well, since the community there is very nice and welcoming!
How do artists who submit their work to LINE Webtoon get paid or receive royalties?
An Interview With JunKoo Kim Creator of LINE WebtoonTry this link. It is an interview with the creator of Line Webtoon. He has mentioned about artists getting paid for their work.
Can webtoons be made into anime?
There's a couple ways this could happen.1.) The staff over at LINE Webtoon and/or the individual creator pitch a series to Netflix as an animated show. Then Netflix decides whether or not to greenlight it. How this could happen is if a pilot episode is funded (either by Webtoon or through Kickstarter) and then the money is given to an animation studio either in the US, in South Korea, or in Japan, and they animate that pilot episode. Everything else is paid for (voice acting, sound effects, lighting, etc.) Then once the pilot episode is done, the pilot episode is given to Netflix, and when Netflix greenlights it, then it will become a full anime series, most likely to be animated in Japan.2.) If LINE Webtoon staff directly go to animation studios in Japan or in South Korea themselves and pay for a full anime series.3.) If the webtoon gets REALLY popular not just in your country, but all over the world, especially Japan. That will definitely catch the interest of animation studios in Japan.4.) Get the webtoon printed in Japan as manga volumes (tankōbon) through a manga publisher. The manga will pick up steam and eventually be adapted into an anime.
What is the size in pixels to make comics on LINE Webtoons? Do you make 1 long page or put multiple pages together?
Someone actually made a tutorial on webtoon sizing here, they explain it in comic too.It’s here → Ikou's Tutorials - Creating and Slicing Vertical Comics
Do webtoons get paid?
There are only 3 ways they get paid. 1. Page views. By reading the webtoon on the artist's original website, they get page views which generate money for them through ads. 2. Donations. People can send a few bucks to the artist as a thank you. 3. Publication. A very small percentage become popular enough that they get a printed publication. Noblesse it one for example. Physical copies means people can buy them and it means the artist gets a royalty check. Otherwise, no the artist doesn't get paid to make webtoons in the same manner as a serialized mangaka does. Webtoons are still just [kroean] webcomics.
Is there no anime for the manga series "Tower of God"?
Currently: No, there isn’t any animated adaption of Tower of God yet.Future: There is a really good possibility, since another webtoon (later published as manhwa) named Noblesse got anime adaption a few months ago. Even though that was just a single episode OVA, this opens the door to a lot of webtoons to be animated later on.Noblesse had been publishing for a long time, and is considered widely popular. Tower of God has also been seeing a huge increase of its fans, so we can hope it might get a similar treatment, if not better, to that like Noblesse.And, thanks for the A2A!Side Note: Manga in Japanese means Comics, so in that sense yes it is a manga. It’s just that we non-Japanese people use different words to differentiate the comics from Japan, Korea and China (Manga, Manhwa, Manhua respectively).