Dark Horse began publishing The Hellbound in 2021 (see “Dark Horse Will Release ‘The Hellbound’”). The series was nominated for a 2023 Eisner Award in the Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia category and has been adapted into a live action series that streams on Netflix.
Story of Labor and Management by Artist of Eisner-Nominated 'The Hellbound'
Posted by Brigid Alverson on September 13, 2023 @ 10:47 am CT
Ablaze has licensed the six-volume manhwa series The Awl, by Choi Gyu-Seok, who was the artist for The Hellbound. The Awl is set in the second half of the 21st century and takes place in a fictional big-box store chain. The main characters are a crafty labor activist and a principled boss who pushes back on a directive to fire workers without cause. The series, which ran as a webtoon and was adapted into a television series in Korea, won the Korean Cartoon of Today Prize for its focus on labor and employment issues. Ablaze will publish Vol. 1 of The Awl on December 6, 2023, with an MSRP of $14.99.
MORE COMICS
One of the Earliest Korean Digital Comics Platforms Ends Run
November 4, 2024
Netcomics, one of the earliest Korean digital comics platforms, is shutting down, even as the Korean webtoon phenomenon has become a major force in the U.S.
On Creating a Universe, the Role of Comics, the Shows, the Toys
November 4, 2024
ICv2 interviewed media and consumer products company Nacelle Company CEO Brian Volk-Weiss at New York Comic Con to talk about how they came to aggregate their properties.
MORE NEWS
With Visual Afterword by Raina Telgemaier
November 4, 2024
The first of the new volumes will include a visual afterword by Raina Telgemaier.
In Osaka, Japan
November 4, 2024
Legend Story Studios has crowed a new 2024 Flesh and Blood TCG World Champion in Osaka, Japan.