Meaning of webtoon | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An animated cartoon published on the World Wide Web.
   Internet
2. A kind of Korean comic that is published digitally for reading on a smartphone or computer.

Examples

“Have a webtoon! Elf Life: http://www.elflife.com”

“As Flash Webtoons and animated shorts have become more and more popular, a spate of tools have cropped up to facilitate their creation.”

“Ren & Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi used Flash animation to bring cartoons (sometimes called online cartoons or webtoons) to the Internet.”

“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.”

“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.”

“We can read a webtoon using an application on our phone.”

“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.”

“Easy access is another positive trait of webtoons—facile because of the elimination of distribution hassles, […]”

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