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| Manhwa; Simply put: Korean Comic Books | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 1 2007, 10:10 PM (482 Views) | |
| ken roy picker | Jul 1 2007, 10:10 PM Post #1 |
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Have any of you heard of Ragnarok (not to be confused with Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok, which IS a Manga), Priest (ugh, no offense to the author, but that HAS to be my LEAST favorite Manhwa, due to the Christian background, and the revolting angels part), PHANTASY Degree (yay ^_^), Threads of Time, Island and (hurray, my favorite) The Tarot Cafe? Well, you might be able to infer this by the not-so-Japanese-sounding-names, such as Sang-Sun-Park, but they are NOT Japanese works! They are in fact Korean Manhwa, which is cognate to (besides Manga), Chinese Manhua. |
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| coinilius | Jul 2 2007, 01:25 AM Post #2 |
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Never heard of them before... but I am very interested in hearing more, as I'm fairly partial to comics myself, and I've never seen anything about Korean comics before. |
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"You must be talking about Heaven... or the moon." "It's a dog eat dog world... and there's not enough dog to go around."
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| Duke Serkol | Jul 2 2007, 01:34 AM Post #3 |
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Where'd that Princess go?
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I've seen a couple corean manhwas before. Solar Lord and Red Scorpion I believe. The style was kinda like Kenshiro, which isn't a favorite of mine. Story was okay but they were literally swamped with textbox. Took forever to read two frickin' pages. |
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| Ken Roy Picker | Jul 2 2007, 03:09 AM Post #4 |
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I am glad you're interested, Coinilius. Anyways, you know how Japanese comics go right to left: well Manhwa goes left to right, making them a tad more readable then Japanese and Chinese comic books for western readers, (Chinese comic books go top to bottom). Unfortunately, Japanese Manga is a lot more recognized in the occident, (I do LOVE Manga but you can understand why I want there to be more Manhwa and Manhua, especially the Chinese kind, since all we have now in regards to those are mostly Kung-Fu comics). The Manhwa-gas are apparently allowed much more freedom from editors and censorship, I hear. There are also different styles of drawing the characters, to name 3 examples:#1.) Boys hair tends to be more natural looking when compared to their Japanese counterparts (you know all about what I am reffering to do you not: spikey hairstyles, are not very common in Manhwa as they are in Manga), #2.) eye size is not USUALLY so farfetched, although huge eyes are uttilized sometimes, reflecting their Japanese cousins. #3.) Clothing for children is mostly not so outlandish (that would be the part I missed the most except for the adult clothing: it was more oriental-looking than the manga clothing for adults, but I kind of miss the outlandish style of clothing from Manga. Number 1 is what makes Manhwa style (at least in that overall regard) better (at least for me). |
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| Ken Roy Picker | Jul 3 2007, 04:38 PM Post #5 |
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Are those done by Tokyopop, Duke? The only manhwa that I know of are from Tokyopop. Where did yours come from, I wonder? |
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| Duke Serkol | Jul 4 2007, 02:27 AM Post #6 |
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Where'd that Princess go?
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No idea, they were not mine, I read them at a friend's home. |
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| Ken Roy Picker | Jul 4 2007, 05:13 PM Post #7 |
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A good reference would be Manhwa Mania, by the same author who also wrote Manga Mania. (I forgot that author's name, though. My apologies for that. At least I remembered the title, though). I remember 2 errors in that book, that I KNOW to be false though: #1.) Ragnarok is NOT spelled with a "c" as it is in that book (maybe that was just an honest mistake, though). #2.) There IS a Ragnarok Manga: Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok (At the time I was not aware of this, though, I only found out when I was at a library watching anime, when I encountered this other Ragnarok.) Edit: Actually, the author's name is Christopher Hart. (I looked it up). Reason:Remembered the authors name. |
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| Tuf Pic | Jul 31 2007, 06:07 PM Post #8 |
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You should try reading some more manhwa, Duke. Not all of it is so overcrowded, I think. And I am sure you would be interested in Korean folklore, seeing how (at least to me), you have studied A LOT!!!! It's well... interesting. For instance, there are goblins called dokkaebbi, (not sure if I spelled that right), that have soft spots for pretty women, (that's pretty much a given as far as I know). And then there are other Yokwe (I am pretty sure that's the Korean conterpart of Yokai). One such Yokwe is the Kumiho: the (almost always female and (at least) almost always EVIL) counterpart to the Chinese Huli Jing and Japanese Kitsune. |
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| Duke Serkol | Jul 31 2007, 11:05 PM Post #9 |
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Where'd that Princess go?
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Who doesn't? I'll try to get my paws on some more if I get the chance, but I dunno how likely that is. |
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| Tuf Pic | Jan 1 2008, 07:25 AM Post #10 |
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*The Thread Necromancer*!!!! :stalfos:
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Speaking of dokebis, there is a manhwa called "Dokebi Bride"! Read all about it here! EDIT: While on the subject of dokebis, here is a link to a story that features a dokebi: The Korean Cinderella! I read this story awhiles back, and it was an interesting story alright! |
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