manhwa
English
Etymology
From Korean 만화 (manhwa), from Japanese 漫画 (manga).
Noun
manhwa (plural manhwas or manhwa)
- (comics) A Korean comic.
- 2004, Christopher Hart, Manhwa Mania: How to Draw Korean Comics, Watson-Guptill Publications (2004), →ISBN, page 7:
- In fact, many manga fans don't realize that their favorite comics — such as Priest, Ragnarock, and Island — are actually Korean manhwa!
- 2007, Jason Thompson, Manga: The Complete Guide, Del Rey (2007), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
- Since the Korean language reads left to right (unlike Chinese and Japanese), manhwa are printed left to right in the same format as English books.
- 2008, Mark James Russell, Pop Goes Korea: Behind the Revolution in Movies, Music, and Internet Culture, Stone Bridge Press (2008), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
- As the best Japanese titles were mined, the American companies began to look for alternatives, and Tokyopop's founder Stuart Levy already had a budding interest in Korean manhwa.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:manhwa.
- 2004, Christopher Hart, Manhwa Mania: How to Draw Korean Comics, Watson-Guptill Publications (2004), →ISBN, page 7:
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
Related terms
- manhwaga (a manhwa artist/author)
See also
French
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Korean 만화 (manhwa)
Pronunciation
Noun
manhwa m (plural manhwas)
Hypernyms
- bédé / BéDé / BD / bande dessinée
Coordinate terms
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