This morning I was pleasantly surprised to see a mainstream US publication like BusinessWeek devote a pretty long article to the topic of manwha. Perhaps the Korean comic craze is about to take off?

From the article:

“thanks in part to a comics industry that tends to cede more control to artists, manhwa allows for a level of individual expression, in storytelling and style, that is not always found in manga.”

I’ve never seen in put that way before, but it’s a good endorsement. :icon_cool:.

The article goes on to talk about the manwha equivalents of yaoi and shojo titles and gives a fair amount of information on the state of the manwha industry and the efforts to get more exposure in the US. It’s a good article. Though many fans probably won’t learn anything new from it, it certainly should pique the interest for newcomers to the genre.

Read the BusinessWeek article on Manwha here

Popularity: 2% [?]