Colleen Doran is an American writer-artist and cartoonist. She illustrated hundreds of comics, graphic novels, books and magazines, including the autobiographical graphic novel of Marvel Comics editor and writer Stan Lee entitled Amazing Fantastic Incredible Stan Lee, which became a New York Times bestseller. She adapted and did the art for the short story "Troll Bridge" by Neil Gaiman, which also became a New York Times bestseller. Her books have received Eisner, Harvey, Bram Stoker, Locus, and International Horror Guild Awards.
Manhwa is the general Korean term for comics and print-cartoons. Outside Korea, the term usually refers to South Korean comics. Manhwa is directly influenced by Japanese Manga comics. Modern Manhwa has extended its reach to many other countries. These comics have branched outside of Korea by access of Webtoons and have created an impact that has resulted in some movie and television show adaptations.
This is a list of playable and boss characters from the Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise and the games in which they appear. Created by Ed Boon and John Tobias, the series depicts conflicts between various realms. Most characters fight on behalf of their realm, with the primary heroes defending Earthrealm against conquering villains from Outworld and the Netherrealm. Early installments feature the characters participating in the eponymous Mortal Kombat tournament to decide their realm's fate. In later installments, Earthrealm is often invaded by force.
The Mortal Kombat comic books series included the official Mortal Kombat comics by Midway and a licensed adaptation series by Malibu Comics that was published in 1994-1995. There are thus two different lineups of Mortal Kombat comics: the tie-ins published by Midway and DC Comics that closely followed the storyline of the games, and the Malibu series, which took a few liberties with the source material.
Erma is a fantasy-dark comedy slice of life webtoon created by Mexican artist Brandon J. Santiago. It follows the adventures and misadventures of the titular eight-year-old Erma Williams' experiences as a half-human, half-yōkai/half-ghost, tending to use her haunting abilities for everyday antics, whether for better or for worse, focusing on themes such as friendship and acceptance. Santiago initially published the webcomic on DeviantArt and Tumblr in May 2014, but has since released it on various services from January 2016, such as Tapas and WEBTOON. It is available in two languages, English and Spanish. In January 2020, Comics Beat reported that with 64.5 million views and 74.9 thousand subscribers, Erma was the most-viewed webcomic on the Tapas syndicate in 2019.
Webtoon is a South Korean webtoon platform launched in 2004 by Naver Corporation, providing hosting for webtoons and compact digital comics. The platform is free, and is found both on the web at Webtoons.com and on mobile devices available for both Android and iOS.
Tales of the Night Watchman is an ongoing horror comic book series created by Dave Kelly & Lara Antal. It appears in comic book form published by So What? Press, as a serialized newspaper strip in the Park Slope Reader, and in various titles published by Image Comics. It revolves around a trio of slapdash coffee shop employees who get caught up in a never-ending onslaught of supernatural occurrences around New York City. It began in 2011.
The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Ringo Awards, are prizes given for achievement in comic books. They are named in honor of artist Mike Wieringo and they were founded by the Reisterstown, Maryland-based Cards, Comics, & Collectibles shop alongside the Ringo Awards Committee in 2017, their ceremony meant to succeed the Harvey Awards which left the Baltimore Comic-Con as its venue in 2016.
Notable events of 2018 in webcomics.
Lore Olympus is a romance webcomic created by New Zealand artist Rachel Smythe. The comic is a modern retelling of the relationship between the Greek goddess and god Persephone and Hades. It began publishing weekly on the platform Webtoon in March 2018. Lore Olympus is currently the most popular comic on Webtoon; as of August 2023, it has 1.3 billion views and 6.4 million subscribers. The comic has won a Harvey Award, two Eisner Awards, and received nominations for Ringo Awards. It was announced in 2019 that a television adaptation was under development.
Mage & Demon Queen is a fantasy-comedy webtoon created by Filipino artist Kuru (Color_LES). The series follows an adventurer mage, Malori, as she attempts to seduce the Demon Queen Velverosa of her RPG fantasy world. It began publishing weekly on WEBTOON in August 2018. The eleventh-most popular comic on the WEBTOON platform; as of January 2020 it had 86 million views, and as of December 2020 WEBTOON reported that it had 2.1 million subscribers. In November 2019, WEBTOON released an official Spanish and French language version of the series. The webcomic updates weekly on Webtoon, and readers with the "Webtoon Fast Pass" can access pages earlier. By June 2021, 154 episodes had been published across three separate "seasons".
Adventures of God is a comedy webtoon created and respectively written and illustrated by Italian Matteo "Teo" Ferrazzi and American Corey Jay. The comic explores the relationship between God and his sons Jesus and Lucy and the angel Gabe and demon Ebag after confirming the existence of the afterlife to humankind. It began publishing weekly on WEBTOON in November 2016. As of August 2019 it had 100 million views, and as of April 2021 WEBTOON reported that it had 1.4 million subscribers. The comic has been nominated for a Ringo Award in the Humor Comic category, ranking second behind I Hate Fairyland. Adventures of God is published in print by Rocketship Entertainment and was Kickstarted in October 2019.
My Giant Nerd Boyfriend is an autobiographical comic by Malaysian artist Fishball, following Fishball and her tall, nerdy boyfriend referred to as "Micky" by his friends and family and "Boyfriend" by fans. The couple announced their engagement in 2022. Since then, the title at the start of the chapters includes "*now fiancè".
Let's Play is a romantic comedy webcomic which was published digitally on Webtoon from 2016 to 2022 by Leeanne M. Krecic, also known as Mongie. It follows the romantic and professional life of Sam Young, who is discovering romance as she works on her video game development career. Let's Play is published in print by Rocketship Entertainment.
Hooky is a fantasy adventure webcomic written and illustrated by Catalan author Míriam Bonastre Tur. Originally serialized as a webtoon on Naver Corporation's Webtoon app from 2015 to 2020, Hooky was eventually released in print by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2021.
UnOrdinary, published on the WEBTOON platform, is a webcomic written by Chelsey Han, better known as "uru-chan". It tells the story of a world where almost everyone has a superpower and focuses on an elite school with superpowered teenagers and a lonely boy who doesn't have any powers.
Monica Gallagher is an American writer and illustrator. She has worked for several comic publishers, such as Oni Press and DC Comics, among others. She is author of WEBTOON series Assassin Roommate and BOO! It's Sex.
Stephanie Quimco, better known as Quimchee, is a comics artist. She is author of WEBTOON series I Love Yoo, published since 2017. The webcomic tells the story of Shin-Ae Yoo, a young girl who finds herself the subject of fascination of half-brothers Yeong-Gi and Kousuke.
Kaitlyn Narvaza, better known as instantmiso, is an American comics creator of Filipino ancestry. She is a WEBTOON original creator since 2015, when launched the webcomic Where Tangents Meet. After this one, she published Siren's Lament, which was a great success with more than 430 million views, followed by Eaternal Nocturnal.
Cursed Princess Club is a weekly webtoon written and illustrated by LambCat. The strip began publishing on February 24, 2019 on Webtoon. The strip is published in seasons, of which there are currently four, and during these seasons new comics are published on a weekly basis every Monday.
