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Danzi Comes to Lezhin Comics and Looks into Family Trauma

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Lezhin Comics, South Korea’s leading platform for paid comics, now offers Danzi, a look into the family trauma and cultural norms shaping a 31-year-old Korean artist who also goes by the pseudonym Danzi.

Danzi cast an outsized shadow in the Korean peninsula because of its unflinching look at the  patriarchal foundation of one Korean family as perpetuated by the author’s narcissistic mother. The characters are her family, but the struggles are singularly the main character, Danzi’s, to bear alone.

But now, in simple but gripping panels, Danzi lays out her childhood as she remembers it. Danzi calls her work, “a love letter to its creator” – but it is more than that: “Danzi” is a lion’s roar from a church mouse.

In Korea, the title has inspired wide critical acclaim as well as sympathizing recommendations in English-language subreddits dedicated to those struggling with the aftermath of being raised by narcissists.

Danzi says she plans to show the comic to her family upon it’s completion. For the rest of us, the comic is being released weekly on the Lezhin Comics platform. The first 23 comics are available at no cost.

IRE’s Korean Manhwa En Garde on Lezhin

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Lezhin Comics, South Korea’s largest paid platform for digital comics has debuted IRE’s En Garde, a new sport series following two close friends and fencers.

En Garde tells the story of Shin Yunwoo and Yoo Mir. These two teens are competitive fencers in addition to being the best of friends, but while Shin Yunwoo is the more experienced and mature competitor, his counterpart seems to demonstrate something more. When Shin Yunwoo suffers defeat, two seemingly sinister recruiters approach him with a proposition.

En Garde was created by IRE, a young Korean comic book artist, who has developed a devoted following online. The series debuted with 10 of the 18 chapters available to read for free. Lezhin readers can purchase additional chapters for 3 coins each.

This week’s debut follows last week’s premier of Lee Yul’s A Compendium of Ghosts, a beautiful and haunting story rendered to reflect a Korean folklore influence, with five chapters available to read for free. The series was a recipient of the 2013 Korea Content Awards, honoring creatives, and presented by Korea’s prime minister.

Lee Yul’s A Compendium of Ghosts Launches on Lezhin Comics

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Lezhin Comics, South Korea’s largest paid platform for digital comics debuts Lee Yul’s A Compendium of Ghosts, the award-winning manhwa originally released in 2013.

A Compendium of Ghosts follows a young boy who returns from training to be one of the highly regarded huntsmen in hopes of overcoming his cowardly boyhood reputation. When he is reunited with an old friend, the two discover that he has not come back alone…

A Compendium of Ghosts is colored and illustrated to reflect the story’s Korean folklore influence, with beautifully rendered storytelling that will keep readers in suspense. The series was a recipient of the 2013 Korea Content Awards, honoring creatives, and presented by Korea’s prime minister.

The series is available now, with five chapters available to read for free. Lezhin readers can purchase additional chapters for 3 coins each.