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The Toon Boon,Digital Comics Are on a Roll in Stony Brook Exhibit WEDNESDAY,MARCH 30,2016 B21 N B2 BRENNAN NIEL DA SWEET ENDINGS Thecrème de la crème of desserts on Long Island newsday.com/restaurants B2 PHOTO GALLERY 10 best museums forkids on LI exploreLI newsday.com/museums I eL happyfeet Explor Youdon’t need experienceora partner to getinonthe fun at Swing Dance Long Island’s danceat8p.m. Saturdayatthe SmithtowN Historical Society’s Frank Brush Barn (211 Middle Country Rd.). Brian Lewis and the NewVintageSwing Band provide the tunes. Afew ballroom dances will be in the mix. Arrive30 minutes early foralesson. ADMISSION $15 INFO 631-476-3707, sdli.org CK TO IS govintage Browse crafts, collectibles, DVDs, BRENNAN souvenirs, coins, recordsand more, NIEL 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday at the VFW DA Medford. Students stroll through adisplayofwebtoon artwork in the Charles B. Wang Center at StonyBrook University. ADMISSION Free INFO 516-485-1424 The toon boon Digital comics areonaroll in StonyBrook exhibit BY JANELLE GRIFFITH China, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan m ‘Webtoon: TheEvolution of [email protected] and Thailand formorethan a co decade,thereisnow agrowing y. da Korean Digital Comics’ outh Korean cartoonists push forwebtoons in Western ws WHEN |WHERE 9a.m.-8 p.m. weekdays, have ditched the strip —as societies, industry experts say. ne noon-8 p.m. weekends through May 31 at farascomics arecon- Long Islanderscan see this new 6 StonyBrook University’s Charles B. Wang cerned. wave of entertainment at the 01 Center,100 Nicolls Rd. S Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Thewebtoon —adigi- ,2 INFO 631-632-4400, tallybased comic createdinSouth Brook Universitywith the free 30 stonybrook.edu/commcms/wang Koreain2003 —continues to exhibit “Webtoon: TheEvolution SPENCER CH ADMISSION Free AR changethe wayreadersengage of Korean Digital Comics,” open KEN ALSO “Korea’s Digital Comics: TheEvolution with traditional comic books. The through May31. ,M of Webtoons in aGlobal Context” lecture; 1 AY webtoon has evolvedtoinclude In South Korea, thereare online p.m. April 14 in the Charles B. Wang Center 3-D and flash effects, audio and platforms just forwebtoons, which Theatre motion, creating amoreinteractive has helped create “a thriving digi- EDNESD nowonline experience. talcomics industry,” says Jinyoung ,W Webtoons arenot paginatedlike Jin, director of cultural programs AY See our toppicksfor events their paper counterparts. Instead, at the Wang Center.Onthe techni- SD happening this week: ON THE COVER Artwork from NaverWebtoon’s theyare presented on panels in a cal side,some webtoons arede- NEW newsday.com/thingstodo “Girls of the Wild’s,” partofthe exhibit “Webtoon: scrollable vertical layout,similar to fined by their presentation, and TheEvolution of Korean Digital Comics.” websites. While wildlypopular in “every week bringsnew innova- JOIN US. LET’S BEAT B3 PANCREATIC CANCER. Explor eL IN John Colaneri HGTV’sCousins AnthonyCarrino HGTV’sCousins WE CHANGE KITCHENS. WE NEED YOUR HELP TO CHANGE LIVES. Thereisnoearly detection test forpancreatic cancer,but TheLustgarten Foundation is funding ablood test nowinclinical trials thatoffers greathope.With the support of Cablevision, 100 percent of every dollar donatedtothe Foundation goes directly to research. We knowhow important it is to work together to get ajob done. Join us. Visit curePC.org. BRENNAN NIEL DA Artwork from Line Webtoon’s “NewBrooklyn,” partofthe exhibition NDLustgarten3X76 “Webtoon: TheEvolution of Korean Digital Comics.” tions in audio and motion effects.” Theearliest incarnation of the Theexhibition provides abrief webtoon wasmade from an origi- ,-/2;* 0-8= .2= history of the webtoon as a nal comic thatwas uploaded to the global phenomenon whereone Internet and formattedintoahori- '255-" (%# '1"25" creative source has been used in zontal layout. movies, TV dramas, animation, “From2003 onward,Korean %'&'$"!"&# games and design products, Jin portal sites such as Naver, Daum says.The genres —including and Nate systematicallybegan to 17<"+2+5?BA% thrillers, horror,action, fantasy build free digital comics platforms and drama —can be seen in the in order to attract usersand to graphics of popular characters increase traffic,” Jinsays. “As smart- ;=&$7: +$=4?% and film promos presented in the phone usersincreased, webtoons 79 +/''" !(,*$ %,-.-%%% galleries. began to maketheir mark.” &''$ ; Within afew years, webtoon 0"?!$ ,"9 /$!: THE BIRTH OF WEBTOON artists began experimenting with ,"3>4@?6:" ! $ Korea’s comic publishing indus- newdigital effects to enhancetheir +/''" ,)& #*,.&)-, try sufferedanunprecedented readers’ experience. 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As a ground music to aseries of panels. result, onlysix of the 26 Korean Some artists have begun using 3-D NEWSDAYSUBSCRIBERS! comic magazines survived, and a animation and flash effects. greatnumber of professional car- Naver,which createdthe first toonists lost the chancetopublish webtoon and coined the term, now Pay for your Newsday their work. has morethan 6million dailyvisi- Then came the Internet, which tors. home delivery introduced online computergames and chatting services that helped AT THE EXHIBIT reshape the comic industry.Smart- TheWang Center’s webtoon automatically by phones, in particular,contributed exhibit highlights worksfrom ne to the birth of webtoon platforms. major webtoon companies in iPad credit card ws da and video formatsuch as Spottoon, y. co awebtoon portal launched in Eng- m lish just last year.Spottoon is a THEEZWAY! compilation of the Korean webtoon NEW artists’ group RollingStory and The Huffington Post. 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