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A drawing of Dark Horse Comics character Hellboy, right, illustrated by Bob Layton, is on sale for 700,000 won at Alpha Gallery in central Seoul’s Namdaemun Market, July 20. The exhibition continues until Aug. 1. Korea Times photo by Jon Dunbar

A comic character’s next line appears only when the reader looks directly at them, as three-dimensional figures, speech bubbles and sound effects appear nearby.

Marvel Comics has always gone their own way with the superhero. Their distinguished competition gave readers gods trying to be human, their stories tapping into the kind of spectacle you can only get with the most powerful heroes ever. However, the House of Ideas decided they wanted their characters to be more real and incorporated…

“I think I’m gonna die in this house,” sings Charli XCX on the soundtrack of Wuthering Heights. It could just as easily serve as the unofficial motto of contemporary pop culture, and perhaps of our generation as well. Over the past few years, films, TV series, books, and music have all seemed to revolve around…

DC Comics was doing big superhero sci-fi back when Marvel was still Timely. Back in the day – in this case the Golden Age of Comics – Marvel was more grounded than DC (although both were still mostly grounded) and once things got weird in the ’50s, more cosmic storytelling started to pop up; even…

Few works of fiction have had as much real-world influence on football as Captain Tsubasa. Since debuting in 1981, Yōichi Takahashi’s manga has sold more than 90 million copies, while its anime adaptation became a global phenomenon, inspiring Messi, Zidane, Iniesta, and a generation of professional footballers to pick up the game. With the 2026…