Korean Science Comic Book Series Sets New Record
Written by WTJ on February 22, 2009 – 7:48 am -
“Why?” is a Korean science comic book series. The series had 20 million copies sold over the last six years, which is a new record in the local publishing industry. “Why?” is published by a local children’s books publisher, YeaRimDang. Cho Young-sun, the cartoonist of the series, tried to combine illustration and accurate knowledge to deliver the facts to children, hence aid them in studying. The main readers of the 50-volume science comic books are kindergarten children and elementary school students. The comic was first published in 1989 with Korean title, but change to English title “Why?” in 2001 as the company is keen in the overseas markets. The series had been copyrighted to China, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Russia and France, and 1.3 million copies had been published. United States and Japan will be the company’s next target.
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Tags: Cho Young-sun, comic, comic book, korea, Why?, YeaRimDang | 1 Comment »
March 18th, 2009 at 10:15 am
I would really love to buy this when it comes out in the U.S.! I’m going to keep an eye out for it. A lot of science and comic-loving parents I know would want to buy this series.