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Wattpad, the free publishing app that boasts 90 million readers worldwide, has been bought up by Naver, the South Korean Internet Conglomerate who also owns Webtoon, the digital comics app arguably the world's most successful comics publisher Webtoon has over 72 million monthly users worldwide. Wattpad logo On Tuesday, Deadline reported that Wattpad's Board of Directors of[...]

"Either through our exclusive WEBTOON Originals or through self-publishing on our user generated content platform, Canvas (formerly Discover), we are committed to helping creators tell their unique stories." A Brief History of WEBTOON Here's a look at the service's origins – directly from the comics platform itself: Founded by NAVER Webtoon in 2004, WEBTOON became a cultural phenomenon[...]

Founded by NAVER Webtoon in 2004 and launched stateside in 2014, WEBTOON has thousands of creator-owned titles with episodes updating daily.  WEBTOON features a broad and diverse catalog of content – including fantasy, romance, sci-fi, LGBTQ, and more Legendary, Lucasfilm, POW!, Top Cow/Image, and others have partnered with the service Creators have been nominated for[...]