Webtoon

Webtoons (Korean: 웹툰) are a type of digital comic (sometimes called a mobile comic or web comic) that originated in South Korea usually meant to be read on computers and smartphones.

While webtoons were mostly unknown outside of Korea during their inception, there has been a surge in popularity internationally thanks in great part to the rise in popularity of manhwa and the fact that most manhwa are initially or solely released as webtoons. In the country, as digital manhwa have emerged as a popular medium, print publication of manhwa has decreased. The amount of material published in webtoon form has now reached an equal amount as that published offline.