...comic books aren't just for children in Korea. Employing as much depth and creativity as any serious fictional works, they were more a medium connecting all generations.Oh, but wait...
Such superiority of Korean comic books finally seems to be recognized overseas...(and about time too)
Although the Korea Culture and Content Agency provides translation support for popular comic books, the translation quality of comic books is still in question for many titles. Because publishers are often hasty in printing out English versions, many translated copies fail to bring out the emotions of the original book. (I have evidence: "Being or not be. That a questions." - Wiliam Shakespar)"Comic books are one of Korea's finest cultural contents (I've long thought that other such cultural "contents" like celadon ceramic, pansori, and Korean calligraphy were far overrated) which we have neglected for a long time," said Kim Jong-bum, director of Urimana Solidarity. "We need to support more cartoonists for them to keep on developing new genres of comic books, and strive to improve the translation quality in order to keep the sales going overseas."
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Now I know that comic books have the "same depth and creativity as serious fictional works." Perhaps, that's what I should be doing--write a comic book. I may get that done in less than ten years...
Ugh. That was an awful article. Korean Herald doesn't usually get that bad.
Au contraire, mon frere. I think that the Herald is actually getting worse. Lately, they've had a number of articles (e.g. KFC, McDonald's) that show a real lack of editorial oversight or control. It may not be printed in yellow ink, but that's the only thing that's not "yellow" about the Korea Herald's journalism. (From Wikipedia: The term [yellow journalism], as it commonly applies, refers to news organizations for whom sensationalism, profiteering, and in some cases propaganda and jingoism, take dominance over factual reporting. Most cases tend to be related to journalistic bias, and the endemic practices of particular organizations to operate as mouthpieces, for rather limited and particular allegiances, rather than for the public trust.
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