SIBF 2025 18-22 June, 2025 l COEX Halls A & B1
Special Exhibition 〈Wave〉 take a view of webtoon and web-novel which has became a genre by strengthening their own value as Intellectual Priority and combining with other forms of media.
The exhibition consists of various artworks with high quality and stories that artists bring forward honestly, stories that we have not known, chronicles which has made a history of 20 years, and conversations that we give to artists. Behind the glorious growth of Korean Cartoon, which extend thier branch to the world with unique storyline is artists' endless effort refusing to take a break.
Artists spend more than 10 hours in average on making brilliant artworks. The exhibition prepare a section to make a message of thanksgiving to writers for the happiness they gave us. Visitors can read interviews of representative insta-toon writers who make daily cartoons, authorized artworks ‘Today's Korean Catoon Awardees(오늘의우리만화상)’. A section treating the value of webtoons and web novels. In addition, special exhibition 〈Wave〉 focus more on the writer who plays the main role in this genre and its value until comics become the basis of the story industry.
- Artist / Title / Publisher
- keykney / Keykney Will Draw Anything You Want / Arte
- Bae Sungtae(Grim B) / Clear even with clouds / Joongang Books
- Yoon Soo Hoon(Shuntoon) / An Actor under the Stage / Hyeonamsa
- Park Saemi(bacugaga) / bacugaga Today's Swimming diary / uknowbooks
- saye / My heart is blue, but my body temperature is normal / Dongyangbooks
- IARY / IARY'S DIARY / Sam & Parkers (Sam & Parkers Co., Ltd.)
- 25ill(Nol) / I Eat My Meals Despite of Lonliness and Sadness / Nol
- Jisu(Toh-Gom Toon) / How Can We Be Coincidences / Wisdom House
- Late Autumn Kim / Dear My Blackdog / Maumsup
- Sim Kyu-tae / Leisure Life / goat
- Lee Ko / My BB / DesignEUM
- Cho Jakka / A Word of Abuse Diary / Book Plant
- Artists / Title / Platform / Publisher / Awarded Year
- Jung Youngrong / Nam-nam / Daum Webtoon / Munhakdongne / 2020
- Kim Kanbi, Hwang Youngchan / Sweet Home / Naver Webtoon / Wisdom House / 2020
- Lee Eunjae / ONE / Daum Webtoon / Songsong Books / 2020
- Seo ireh, Namon / Jeong-nyeon / Naver Webtoon / Munhakdongne / 2019
- Cho Hyeona /Your Letter / Naver Webtoon / SONBOM BOOKS / 2019
- Ma Youngsin / Artist / Daum Webtoon / Songsong Books / 2019
- Nanda / Acoustic Life / Daum Webtoon / Munhakdongne / 2018
- seri, Bi Wan / Her Sim-chung / Justoon / Wisdom House / 2018
- Rang-tto / Gadam Hangsul / Naver Webtoon / Wisdom House / 2018
- Dolbae / San Francisco Hwa Rang-kwan / Naver Webtoon / YOUNG COM / 2017
- Kim Jeongyeon / How to Raise Myself / Daum Webtoon / Changbi / 2016
- Lee Dong-geon / Yumi's Cells / Naver Webtoon / Wisdom House / 2016
- The Goldkiwi / I Don't Care If I Die♡ / Daum Webtoon / Maekyung Publishing / 2015
- Soonkki / Cheese in the Trap / Naver Webtoon / Wisdom House / 2014
- Choi Kyusok / Awl / Naver Webtoon / Changbi / 2014