Jestre’s Court

BusinessWeek has a good article in their April 23rd issue which talks about the coming wave of manhwa (Korean for comics, a la Japanese Manga). The article, entitled “Forge Manga. Here’s Manhwa” may be a bit premature in dismissing Manga, but I do believe many of the Korean titles will see success here in the States, especially if they win in the race to the web:

Netcomics caters to the U.S. audience’s customary means of consumption with print titles, but it’s the company’s online delivery system that has potential to change the face of comics publishing in this country. Visitors to the publisher’s website can sample the company’s growing roster of titles for roughly 25 cents a chapter. Chung estimates that by this spring, Netcomics will have 75 volumes of 25 series in print, and more than 120 volumes of 30 series on the web.

I love having the paper version in the collection, but there are other titles I will want to try without having to plop down the full cover price, and at 25 cents a chapter, one can certainly preview as many title as one wants.