Suncheon City Opens Honam Region's First 'Suncheon Webtoon Festival'

From the 16th to the 17th at Suncheon Global Webtoon Center area

[Suncheon=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Suncheon City, Jeollanam-do (Mayor Noh Gwan-gyu) announced that it will hold the ‘2022 Suncheon Webtoon Festival’ at the Suncheon Global Webtoon Center from the 16th to the 17th.

The Suncheon Webtoon Festival is the first webtoon event in the Honam region, created as a festival space where webtoon creators, citizens, the webtoon industry, and local universities (Suncheon University, Cheongam University, Jeil University) can come together and enjoy.

The event offers a variety of attractions including ▲Youth Job Reshoring Industry Linked Job Fair ▲Korea-China-Japan Artist Exchange Event ▲Cosplay Contest ▲Failure Studies Concert by artist Kim Gyu-sam ▲National Student Suncheon Webtoon Contest ▲Flea Market ▲Film Screenings.

The webtoon job fair is promoted as an industry-academia-government cooperation project by the Suncheon Chamber of Commerce and Industry, providing young people pursuing a career in webtoons with opportunities for job matching and work pitching.

Exhibitions held on Simin-ro and at the Webtoon Center include ▲Webtoon Contest for Success of the Garden Expo ▲Webtoon Campus Education Students’ Work Contest ▲Korea-China-Japan Invited Artists Exhibition ▲Local Artists’ Exhibition ▲Local Universities’ Exhibition, allowing for a diverse appreciation of works.

The opening ceremony, held around 6 p.m. on the 16th, will feature a drawing show by invited artists from Korea, China, and Japan, and a Failure Studies Concert by popular webtoon artist Kim Gyu-sam, known for ‘Ssabnida. Cheonlima Mart’ and ‘Hive.’

Additionally, the webtoon-related cosplay parade and contest on the 17th, rare events in the region, are expected to provide unique attractions for youth.

On Simin-ro, a flea market for buying and selling used comic books and webtoon-related goods will operate alongside ‘Window of Comics,’ where citizens can freely draw. At the public parking lot, promotional booths for local reshoring companies, local universities, and the Jeonnam Content Korea Lab will be open, delivering various webtoon-related news and providing experiential opportunities to citizens.

A Suncheon City official stated, “It is most important that citizens show great interest and participation so that this event can serve as a foundation for the development of Suncheon’s webtoon culture and industry.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.