Make Mine Manwha

Posted on June 30, 2005 by Brigid Alverson

Library Journal has a short article about manwha synergy. Three Korean companies, Sigongsa, Seoul Cultural Publishers and Haksan, are joining together to form Studio ICE, which will market Korean titles in the U.S. beginning in October. Titles will be in the shoujo and yaoi categories. I haven’t seen a lot of manwha, but increased diversity on the manga shelves would certainly be welcome.

About Brigid Alverson

Brigid Alverson has been reading comics since she was 4. After earning an MFA in printmaking, she headed to New York to become a famous artist but ended up working with words instead of pictures, first as a book editor and later as a newspaper reporter. She started MangaBlog to keep track of her daughters’ reading habits and now covers manga, comics and graphic novels as a freelancer for School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly Comics Week, Comic Book Resources, the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, and Robot 6. She also edits the Good Comics for Kids blog at School Library Journal. Now settled in the outskirts of Boston, Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters.
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One Response to Make Mine Manwha

  1. Kate says:
    June 30, 2005 at 11:03 pm

    Manwha differs from manga mostly in the content.
    There’s MUCH more fantasy manwha than fantasy manga. Actually, of the manwha titles I’ve purchased, I don’t think even one has not had a fantasty oriented plot. In appearance the art style tends to be heavier, both in inking and tonework, with very few of the feminine ‘bishonen’ to be found. (i.e. Men usually look, emphatically, like men, almost to the extent of an American superhero comic in some cases.)
    It’s different, but not so different as to be a shock to the market in any way. I suspect it may attract more of the American comic audience due to some similarities in character design and story flow.

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