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About KOMACON

History

  • Dec.
  • Established Bucheon Manhwa Information Center Hosted the 1st Bucheon International Comics Festival

2000

  • Feb.
  • Opened Dodang-dong Manhwa Information Center (Merged with the current Korea Manhwa Museum)

2001

  • Mar.
  • Started Digital Manhwa Archives Kyujanggak service
  • Oct.
  • Opened Korea Manhwa Museum in Chunui-dong (Merged with the current Korea Manhwa Museum)

2003

  • Mar.
  • Opened Bucheon Manhwa Industry Comprehensive Support Center (Currently Bucheon Manhwa Creation Studio)

2006

  • Feb.
  • Opened secretariat of International Comic Artist Conference
  • Sept.
  • Opened KOMACON (Korea Manhwa Contents Agency)
  • Nov.
  • Reopened Korea Manhwa Museum

2010

  • Dec.
  • Designated as a specialized cinema for animation

2011

  • Jun.
  • Designated as a culture industry promotion facility

2012

  • Feb.
  • Enacted “Promotion of Cartoons Acts”

2013

  • Feb.
  • Two titles of Manhwa listed as Registered Cultural Heritage
  • Jan.
  • Held Angouleme Special Korean Manhwa Exhibition <'Comfort Women' Exhibit "Flowers that Never Wilt"> in Angouleme

2015

  • Jul.
  • Opened Sosaewul Eoulmadang
  • Jan.
  • Held <Korea Webtoon Exhibition> in Angouleme International Comics Festival
  • May.
  • Opened Korea-China Manhwa & Experience Center in Yantai city, Shandong Province, China

2017

  • Feb.
  • Korea Manhwa Museum broke 2.5 million visitors
  • Oct.
  • Opened Webtoon Startup Campus
  • Dec.
  • Bucheon International Comics Festival designated as one of Top 10 local festivals in Gyeonggi-do for four consecutive years

2019

  • Apr.
  • Signed MOU to establish a webtoon archive with the National Library of Korea