Korean Culture Center Los Angeles Hosts K-Comics Origin Exhibition
The exhibition treats webtoon IP as a cross-format property, presenting live-action, animation, and game adaptations alongside the source comics rather than as separate industries.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
The Korean Culture Center Los Angeles and the Korea Creative Content Agency will host the 2026 K-Comics Origin Los Angeles exhibition from September 11 to October 17. It covers Korean comics' move into the webtoon format and features All of Us Are Dead, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, and Solo Leveling, with installations and interactive kiosks. Dong-geun Joo, creator of All of Us Are Dead, attends the September 11 opening.
The show runs from September 11 to October 17 at the Korean Culture Center Los Angeles' second-floor Art Gallery, and admission is free. Three webtoons anchor it: All of Us Are Dead, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, and Solo Leveling, each rebuilt through physical installations and interactive kiosks that recreate characters and key scenes.
A section on webtoon intellectual property covers its spread into live-action series, animation, and games. Dong-geun Joo, who created All of Us Are Dead, attends the September 11 opening to talk about making the webtoon, its Netflix live-action adaptation, and his work as a creator.
- All of Us Are Dead: available digitally on WEBTOON; creator Dong-geun Joo attends the opening
- Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint: available digitally on WEBTOON; Ize Press publishes the novel and webtoon in print
- Solo Leveling: available on Tapas; Yen Press' Yen On imprint publishes the novel in print and Ize Press publishes the webtoon in print
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