Adventures of God

Adventures of God is different than other webcomics because it reaches towards a more global audience in a sense that any demographic can relate to the webcomic. The webcomic is originally written in Korean by two Korean artists, Teo and Corey. The webcomic features circumstances in which normal humans are being determined on whether they will go to Heaven and Hell. Additionally, the webcomic features issues that are relevant globally such as the fragile ego, drinking problems, marriage, and sex. This image clearly explains one of the examples of the issues it covers.

The webcomic depicts the views between God, Jesus, Satan, and us. Although the drawings in this webcomic are fairly simple and comical, they also provoke certain emotions, especially in context. Digital comics use visual style to imply particular kinds of relationships between their authors and audience while generating audience engagement through abstracted emotions and narrative gaps [1].

Secondly, due to its high popularity, Adventure of God has been translated into English and Japanese to reach a wider audience. Popular Korean webtoons are now being offered on the internet and mobile platforms in local languages in many countries. Since July 2014, Naver has offered Korean webtoons to 18 million global readers [2].

Lastly, Adventures of God covers a huge range of issues. Although Adventures of God has an extremely comical side, using the context, readers are able to see the shifts, changes, and learn about current controversial issues. Such webcomics also help play a role in how social movements form [3]. Including these controversial issues in entertaining and comical webcomics can help the audience realize the importance of the issues if they are brought up repetitively. 

1. Humphrey, Aaron. “Emotion and Secrecy in Australian Asylum-Seeker Comics: The Politics of Visual Style”  International Journal of Cultural Studies, 2018.

2. Jung, Wonho. Webtoon as a New Korean Wave in the Process of Glocalization.Department of Urban Sociology at University of Seoul. Accessed February 22, 2019. https://journals.ateneo.edu/ojs/index.php/kk/article/view/KK2017.02908

3. Choi, Jinhee. "Webtoon as a Popular Adult Education Tool in South Korea". Penn State Universty, 2016.