Kakao Entertainment Successfully Hosts 'Story Creators Day' Gathering Webtoon Artists

Over 250 Writers Including Kangpul and Cheon Gye-yeong Attend

Kakao Entertainment announced on the 8th that it successfully concluded the 'Story Creators Day (SCD)' event held for webtoon artists.

At the event, over 250 artists including Kang Full of 'Moving', Jang Yi of 'The Uncanny Counter', and Hong, the author of 'Space Sweepers', attended to share Kakao Entertainment's story business strategy. Kakao Entertainment plans to hold another 'Story Creators Day' in Busan on the 12th for artists residing in provincial areas.

Kakao Entertainment successfully concluded the 'Story Creators Day (SCD)' event held for webtoon artists.
[Photo by Kakao Entertainment]

In his opening remarks, Park Jong-cheol, head of Kakao Entertainment's Story Business Division, outlined the story business direction as ▲strengthening the competitiveness of original webtoons for synergy between the two platforms Kakao Page and Kakao Webtoon ▲active support for global supply of intellectual property (IP) and secondary creations ▲advancing platform operation strategies through expanded application of the 'Helix' artificial intelligence (AI) system.

Park said, "Since the fourth quarter of last year, Kakao Entertainment's Story Division has returned to a growth trend, and this year we are increasing momentum by integrating organizations related to IP, platform, and operations," adding, "Based on the outstanding content we have created together with artists over a long time since the Daum Webtoon era, we will make a greater leap forward."

Kakao Entertainment plans to continuously release a full lineup from the second half of the year to strengthen the competitiveness of original webtoons. On the 2nd, through a Kakao Webtoon announcement, the first half of the second half lineup was revealed, featuring works such as 'Red Storm 2: Return of the King' by artists Noh Kyung-chan and Amhyun, 'The Blue-Eyed Strategist' by Gold Kiwi Bird, 'The Giant's Flower' by Kim Jong-hoon, 'Secret Side Revised Edition' by MacQueen Studio, 'Lot has Five Disciples', 'Black Haze' by Yongyong, and 'Welcome to Undead Park' by Kooki, who gained attention with over one million copies sold worldwide of the single-volume 'Killing Stalking'.

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