• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.16
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• pp.1-20
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• 2009

This paper explores the research trends in the area of the comics studies in Korea. In this article, the 664 academic articles are examined in terms of the characteristics of the researchers, the field of comics studies, the research theme and the research methodology. This study is on the basis of the recognition that there have been no consensus on what the core essence of comics studies is. As a result, there are a few articles on the academic identity of the comics studies. The comics studies have not consider the distinctive characteristics of the Korean comics significantly. In Korea, over 50% of the academic articles on the comics have been published by comics scholarships in the field of pedagogy and human sciences. Since the 1990's, comics studies have started to consider the value of the comics positively. The comics text studies also have increased since the 1990's in Korea. The comics studies on the comics policy and comics industries have been increased since 2000. The rise of comics studies is concomitant with the increased awareness of comics in Korea. The article concludes that the comics studies need to become an independent academic discipline in the future. The interdisciplinary studies on the comics is necessary to study the diverse aspects of the comics. In addition, the infrastructure for the comics studies should be established in order to improve the comics studies.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.9
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• pp.80-93
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• 2005

This study analyzes current situation of Korean comics market, emphasizes the necessity of studying comics audience. Presenting the differentiated methodology for comics study, the alternative solution for Korean comics market is given. The theoretical foundation is based on the cultural approach for audience studies. This study aims to find out the changing environment of taking comics contents and using behavior of it. Most audience of comics make use of them in various ways and try to use them in new experimental method. To analyze the tastes and using behavior of comics audience is necessary for preplanning of comics production.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.32
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• pp.159-187
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• 2013

The purpose of this study is to verify the status of current digital comics research trends and the characteristics in Korea. For this purpose, 87 articles and dissertations published between 19900 to 2012 were analysed by a meta-analysis methods. Digital comics platforms, topics, methods were examined to understand the landscape of the digital comics in Korean context. The main results of this study are as follow. First of all, the number of researches on the digital comics has been in the rise, and the various academic journals have published articles to understand the digital comics on the basis of their own academic background. Despite of the short history of digital comics researches, the range of research subjects has been broaden, and more integrated approaches have been taken from the various research fields. The content of articles, however, was skewed to a certain platform, topic and the method such as the website based comics, the text analysis, and the qualitative methodology. Thus, the more systematic and integrated approaches are needed to understand the digital comics issues and to build up the digital comics studies.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.3
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• pp.400-431
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• 1999

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.14
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• pp.15-35
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• 2008

This is a study about importance of reading comics and discussions highlighted on anthropological perspective as a proper way of education. In introduction, we broght in the issues about failure of the past cartoon education in responding adequately to the flow of current comic book industry, as it has been biased to technical education which resulted in negligence of studies about meaning and function of cartoon. On the other hand, emphasizing the need for cartoon education complemented cultural and academic aspects, we presented reading comics and discussions as an alternative. The challenges we need to pay attention throughout reading comics and discussions have considered in all its aspects specifically like creative process of cartoon, coping with social prejudice against cartoon, study about aesthetic value of cartoon, the role of cartoon in cultural democracy, issue about postcolonialism, multiple popularity and etc.

• The Korean Publising Journal, Monthly
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• s.172
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• pp.7-7
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• 1995

만화예술과 산업을 진지한 시각으로 다룬 연구서들이 다양하고 활발하게 출간되고 있다. 우리나라 만화의 역사를 통시적으로 개괄한 연구서, 만화 선각자들의 삶과 작품세계를 작가별로 정리한 책, 만화산업구조를 체계적.과학적으로 분석한 연구서 등은 이제 만화가 당당하게 문화의 한 영역으로 주목받고 있음을 보여주는 본격적인 저작들이다.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.24
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• pp.83-105
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• 2011

The term "ya-o-ii" which is referred as a homosexual comics in Korea came from Japan and it became one of popular genres in both Japan and Korea's comics market. People create yo-o-ii with their own idea or borrow male characters from the pre-existed comics or animation and create a whole new story. Homosexual comics which is based on teenage readers deals with sex and focuses on homosexuality. For that reason it reflects social phenomenon than general material for comics. Before we focus on influence of homosexual comics on teenagers and social phenomenon, this study is for fundamental understanding on homosexual comics itself. In order to look into current state of homosexual comics, the survey was conducted at "Comic World" which is well known as the biggest offline comic event in Korea. This study analyzes range of age and awareness of readers of homosexual comics on the basis of the survey. Hopefully, this study helps better understand an influence of homosexual comics on teenage readers with problem of sex identity and contribute to the study of market segmentations of homosexual comics.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.123-126
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• 2009

본 연구는 만화표현학습을 통한 창의성개발을 목적으로 만화의 창의성 평가요소를 추출하였으며 이를 통하여 실험대상의 창의성을 측정하였다. 먼저 만화의 창의성 요소로 유창성, 융통성, 독창성, 정교성과 더불어 흥미성 요소를 추출하였으며 각 요소를 통하여 객관적인 창의성 평가를 얻기 위해 각 요소에 평가항목을 제시하였다. 이 후 1 차 실험은 실험대상의 4 컷 만화제작을 통해 본 연구에서 제시한 창의성 요소를 이용하여 평가 하였으며 기본적인 창의성 요소를 확인한 결과 수업 전의 창의성이 높은 요소는 유창성, 낮은 요소는 독창성을 들 수 있었다. 또한 1 차 실험 후 실험대상의 작품평가에 대한 창의성 결과에 대해 정교성과 흥미성의 요소를 더욱 개발하기 만화 표현학습이 이루어 졌으며 이후 2 차 실험이 이루어졌다. 2 차 실험 또한 4 컷 만화제작을 통하여 창의성 변화요인을 살펴 보았으며 만화학습 후의 창의성 개발요소 중 높은 요소는 정교성, 낮은 요소는 독창성의 결과가 나타났다. 연구 결과 창의성개발을 위한 본 연구의 만화표현학습이 실험대상의 창의성 변화에 대해 영향을 끼친 사실을 확인할 수 있었다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.8
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• pp.109-118
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• 2015

Korean Shunjung Manhwa and Shojo Manga have a unique characteristics. These genres have a close relationship each other. This study is story form of Shunjung Manhwa and Shojo Manga. In this article, a subject of study for Shunjung Manhwa is the works between 1950s and 1960s. I set limits to the works from "Shojo Club" the case of Shojo Manga. "Shojo Club" is the only girl's magazine without suspend publication. Furthermore, that magazine is the one that Japan's first Shojo Manga, Tezuka Osamu's 'Princess Knight' was published serially. The results of my research work is that Shunjung Manwha has a remarkable difference on a spatio-temporal background, a genre of story, a length of story as compared with Shojo Manga. In addition, this difference is based on the social background, history of comics, authors, media published serially at that time.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.19
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• pp.17-35
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• 2010

We can say that there are several majors in the course of cartoon education of college; cartoon, manpyung, 4 panel comic strips, editorial cartoon, webtoon and so on. Among them, this study starts with concrete question; "How can we encourage students to understand 4 panel comic strips better in the educational course of 4 panel comic strips?" 4 panel comic strips divided into two groups, depending on the materials. The first is daily cartoon which depicts the emotion in daily life. The second is editorial cartoon which deals with the problems of society in the ironical and witty way. Judging from my own thoughts that it would be better in the understanding and analysis of structures to take editorial cartoon in which materials are confined to social problems, this study treats rhetoric expression and structures of 4 panel comic strips. Introduction, development, turn and conclusion of "Jangdori" on Kyunghyangsinmoon are good materials for this study. So, "Jangdori" is in the center of this study. The objective of this study is to provide knowledge in creating 4 panel comic strips with the understanding the area of 4 panel comic strips through the analysis of the rhetoric expression and structures of this field. Even though this study has a limit, no access to daily 4 panel comic strips, I hope that this study would be a little help in any places in which the education of 4 panel comic strips is needed as a part of a course of cartoon in college.