(Webtoon) ̹, īī ÷ ǰ ִ ȭ Īϴ ܾ ͳ ۻƮ ִϺ 1999 ó ؿܿ ѱ ȭ Īϴ 簡 Ǿ. World Wide Web() + Cartoon(ȭ) 1999 Ƹ߾ ȭ۰ ȭ ͳݿ ϴ ִϺ ó ߴ. ̶ ü ȭǾ ѱ ٸʹ ٸ ִϸ̼ ȭ ȭå ʰ Cartoon ̶ ҷ. ̿ Comic ٴ Cartoon ̶ ܾ ̶ ¾ ̶ ܾ Ǿٰ Ѵ.
ܱ ͳ ȭ Īϴ ܾ ڹ(Webcomic)̸ ̶ ܾ ü δ. ŰǵƸ Ƶ ѱ ȭ ǵǾִ. ִ Ư ؿܿ ڹ Ư ϳ νĵǰ ִ.
2010뿡 ̹, īī, NHN ؿܷ ϸ鼭 ý۵ Ǿ, ش籹 ȭ嵵 Ǹȭ ȭ ַ Ǵ ̰ ִ. ߱ ѱü Ѱ ƴϳ ѱü ߱ ȭƮ ް踦 ȣ ϰ ְ ۵ ѱ ް ִ. ܿ , 鿡 ѱ Ͽ ν ̰ ִ.
ڹ 1985 иŲ "Witches and stitches"̴. ѱ 1996 "ε" ڹ ٴ ª 縦 ִ. Ź, PC ȭ ִ ü 1994 Ͽ PC ӵ Ϲε鿡 ſ δ㽺 ø ƴ ε ڵ带 о ȭ鿡 ȭ ũ ȭ ߴ.
1990 ADSL Ǹ鼭 ȭ µ ͳ ӵ Ƹ߾ ۰ ͳݿ ȭ ϱ Ͽ, Ĺ, 罺, α⸦ Ͽ. лƮ鵵 ͳ ȭ Ͽ ȭ Źȭ ״ ø ̾.
2003 ȭ ȭӼ̶ , ̶ ý ԵDZ ߴ.
2003 10 Ǯ "ȭ" ù° DZ ߰ Ʈ ġ鼭 ȭ ν ִ ν ٲٴµ Ͽ. ̶ ̹ Ͽ Ĺ ڿ " Ҹ", "ȯ", "۰" Ʈ ġ 1 ̶ Բ 2007 1 ȴ.
ڷγ 19 Ҽ ϰ Ǹ鼭 īī ̹ ؿܿ ߰ϰ ѱ ý Ű鼭 ؿܿ ߱ϴµ ִ.
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ͳݿ Ǵ ü̱ ۺ ϰ ټ ٴ ִ.
ڹ ѱ ڿ Һ ̿ ߰ žڶ ִ ÷ 2010밡 Ǿ ߱ 2010 Ƹ߾ ߴ. ѱ 2000 2010 ʹ ÿ ̹ ˻ 1, 2 ϸ鼭 强 ָϿ ý üȭϿ.
翡 Ʈ , ׳ þ ᵦ, Ϻ ˻ ȰϿ ڹ õ ȭå Ǹϴ ؿ ӹ ۿ .
ڹ ó ʰ Ʈ Һ, ΰ, ƮƮ ϴ 찡 Ұ ġ ó ֱⰡ ſ 찡 Ҵ. Ȱ ۰ ϴ Ÿ 쵵 ߴ.
ڹ ִ ÷ ѱü ϱ ſ 幰. ۰ Ƽ ڹ ϴ Ʈ ̷ Ʈ Ʈ ü ϸ ް ڹ ִ ÷ κ̾ ڹͽó Ϻ ȸ ְԵ ߴ. Ϲ ü̿밡 ڹ Ƴ ÷ Tapas, Tappytoon ǥ̴.
̹ ̳ ڹͽ ÷ ϰų ͼ ѱ ̿ڵ Ÿ ؼ ÷ ؼ Ȳ . ̹ ؿ WEBTOON ۰ ξ øǪ, unOrdinary ϰ ũ ̴.
ڹͰ ѱ ̰ ٱ⺸ٴ ѱ ο Ϳ . ̳ ٸ ѱ ó 츮 ƴ ̹ ƴϴ.