– ‘ Korean martial arts fantasy legend ’ Jeon Dong-jo’s new book ‘ Mukhyang ’ ( Volume 36 ), pre-series exclusively on Kakao Page until June 9
– Kakao Page Million Page works that have been loved since 1999 , webtoons ‘ Mukhyang the Origin ’ and ‘ Mukhyang Dark Lady ’ are also popular.
– Kakao Entertainment, which has published novels , comics, web novels / webtoons, “ As a leader in the web novel / webtoon industry, we will continue to discover and present works by great artists, including new writers. ”
Kakao Entertainment will pre-series the new book ‘ Mukhyang ’ ( Volume 36 ) by Jeon Dong-jo, known as ‘ the legend of Korean martial arts fantasy, ’ exclusively on Kakao Page until June 9 .
Returning after a two- year hiatus to the anticipation of fans, ‘ Mukhyang ‘ is evaluated as a monumental work that ushered in the heyday of domestic genre literature . In the 1990s , when ‘ Ink Hyang ‘ was first introduced , there were many similar mass-produced martial arts works . Thanks to its colorful imagination that went beyond flat stories and characters, it received steady love for about 20 years from 1999 , when it was released on PC Communications . It is also one of the representative Million Page works read by 1.36 million people on Kakao Page .
The main character of the novel is Mukhyang, a former Salsu who was raised to be an assassin since childhood . Mukhyang, who was striving for the ultimate in martial arts, falls into a series of conspiracies and travels between the martial arts world and the Western continent . In this way, ‘ Muhyang ‘ , which combines the Eastern martial arts world view and the time and space of Western fantasy, is considered the originator of otherworldly and fusion fantasy, which is one of the mainstream genres of literature . Writer Jeon Dong-jo, who enjoyed reading martial arts and fantasy novels to relieve stress during his college years, is known to have suddenly remembered the plot of ‘ Ink Fragrance ‘ and started serializing it on PC communication .
The original webtoon ‘ Mukhyang ‘ created through Kakao Entertainment’s Noble Comics, which is leading the secondary creation trend in the content market with ‘ webtoonization of web novels ‘ , is also receiving great love . ‘ Mukhyang The Origin ’ and ‘ Mukhyang Dark Lady ’ appeared thanks to the popularity of the original work . ‘ Mukhyang the Origin ‘ is a sensuous adaptation and drawing of the first part of ‘ Mukhyang ‘ , which is currently in the fourth part , and is ranked high in the Kakao Page action martial arts genre rankings . ‘ Mukhyang Dark Lady ’, which depicts the story ( Part 2 ) of Mukhyang, who was cursed to become a girl, is also a popular work that has been viewed by over 1.1 million people since its first serialization in April last year .
Recently, Kakao Entertainment has been making unique attempts to reprocess published books into web content, thanks to the huge popularity of web novels and webtoons . Previously, ‘ Batman ‘, ‘ Justice League ‘, ‘ Superman ‘, and ‘ Wonder Woman ‘ from world-renowned comics company DC Comics were released , and famous Japanese comics such as ‘ Fullmetal Alchemist ‘ were edited into color webtoons and are being serialized in popular fashion . Thanks to this atmosphere, the works of Korea’s leading writers who have been loved for a long time are also meeting readers on Kakao Page . Representative examples include ‘Princess ‘ by Han Seung-won, the ‘ Legend of Romance Comics ‘ with new coloring, drawing , and speech balloons , ‘ Cheonjambiryongpo ‘ by Han Baek-rim , and ‘ Children of the Rune ‘ by Jeon Min -hee .
An official from Kakao Entertainment said, “ We are working to discover content that various generations, including the MZ generation, can love and enjoy and present it as webtoons / web novels . In particular, ‘ Hyang of Ink ’ by Jeon Dong-jo, who led the revival of domestic fantasy novels, is a work with a very solid fan base with an outstanding worldview and story among other fantasy novels,” he said. “ I am happy to be able to pre-series my first new work in two years exclusively on Kakao Page .” “ Please look forward to a deeper storyline, ” he said .
In addition, various events will be held until June 8th . For fans who love ‘ Mukhyang ‘ , a cash drawing ticket giveaway event and SNS proof shot event were prepared for readers who read the novel and read the webtoon ‘ Mukhyang The Origin ‘ and ‘ Mukhyang Dark Lady ‘ .
Source: Pangyo Techno Valley Official Newsroom
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