EU webtoons competition

2026-07-22

Webtoon is a new form of eComics that is already very successful in Asia and the USA. Global platforms offering webtoons originating for example from South Korea are now coming to Europe to develop their activities and reach new audiences in Europe. Creation and production of European Webtoons is still very limited while the format is getting more and more successful towards the young digital- native generations. In order to grow this sector in Europe, we propose to launch a large scale competition to find webtoons artists in Europe. The project is led by Cite de la BD in Angouleme which is the leading European comics museum that plans to have a full year of 2024 dedicated to webtoons. The other partners are key comics players for the promotion in Europe. Key European festivals in Poland and in Lucca in Italy will make sure promotion is covered in the south and eastern Europe. Finally, the Finnish Comics Society and its CUNE Comics project bringing together all nordics countries, will support the action in the northern part of Europe. The project of a duration of 24 months has 2 main phases. Phase 1 is about preparing for the call for project, communicate it and set up a jury to select the best 10 projects that will get cash prizes and unique visibility at festivals. The second 12 months will focus on the exhibition and promotion of the webtoons and to look at publishing deals opportunities with different platforms and publishers. The expected impact is to develop European webtoon content and support artists to access exposure and publishing deals for their work. The goal is also to regain competitiveness among the global webtoon platforms to secure European artists and content abroad in the future.

France

2025-10-01