webtoon
nounEtymology From Web + toon, dating from at least 2001 (see citations). For Korean comics, likely a re-borrowing of Korean 웹툰 (weptun), itself from the original sense.
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Internet An animated cartoon published on the World Wide Web.
- Have a webtoon! Elf Life: http://www.elflife.com2001, 11 September, "Rob Cruickshank, part-time human being", Re: Strange ad copy of the day (on newsgroup alt.slack)
- As Flash Webtoons and animated shorts have become more and more popular, a spate of tools have cropped up to facilitate their creation.2006, Ethan Watrall, Norbert Herber, Flash MX 2004 Savvy, page 12:
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- Ren & Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi used Flash animation to bring cartoons (sometimes called online cartoons or webtoons) to the Internet.2008, Don Rauf, Monique Vescia, Virtual Apprentice: Cartoon Animator, page 29:
- More and more cartoons are made using special techniques with a lot of help from computers. Some people are making cartoons for the internet. These are called webtoons. You could make a webtoon, too.2009, Caroline Nixon, Michael Tomlinson, Kid's Box 5 Pupil's Book: Book 5:
- When it comes to Flash animated cartoons, also called webtoons, the first noted use was in 1999 when Ren & Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi set out to bring cartoons to the Web. Soon after, webtoons began popping up everywhere.2010, Michael Duggan, PSP Game Creation for Teens, page 13:
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A kind of Korean comic that is published digitally for reading on a smartphone or computer.
- We can read a webtoon using an application on our phone.2018, WESTECH 2018: Proceedings of 1st Workshop on Environmental Science, Society, and Technology, WESTECH 2018, December 8th, 2018, Medan, Indonesia, page 166:
- Now producing a branded webtoon and adding a webtoon platform to a company's overall promotional branding strategy makes it look in-step with the times and popular culture.2021, Brian Yecies, Ae-Gyung Shim, South Korea's Webtooniverse and the Digital Comic Revolution, page 155:
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- Easy access is another positive trait of webtoons—facile because of the elimination of distribution hassles, […]2022, John A. Lent, Wendy Siuyi Wong, Benjamin Wai–ming Ng, Transnationalism in East and Southeast Asian Comics Art, page 104:
- Related terms
- webcomic