• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.5
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• pp.540-544
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• 2001

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.7
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• pp.168-181
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• 2003

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.8
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• pp.77-100
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• 2004

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.8
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• pp.114-143
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• 2004

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.7
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• pp.7-27
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• 2003

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.227-231
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• 2006

As for comics and animation, the specific gravity came to become still larger in all the art fields together with the importance in various image media now which is useful and goes the time of the 21st century new media. Especially the demand of users to the vision culture which develops day by day, Sensitivity Engineering Department is trying to realize the necessity for a sensitivity design acutely together. The influence of the comics which have toxicity most also in Japanese culture in a geographical position like South Korea on it, and animation is the actual condition in the reason which has reached from youth universally to the layer for years, to be inquired systematic to a Korean comics language. This reserch was conducted as we thought sufficient study on various situations are required, and among them, for the reserch of expressions of cartoons's characters, we've divided the expressions of characters that comes out in Japanese cartoons into catagories of "happiness, anger, sadness, pleasure" and "fear, astonishment and dislike" and based on these catagories, we've drawn out the minimum elements to express emotions in cartoon and prepared image-map by relating them with languages that express emotions of people and based on this, we've made a calculating tools on how our readers would read the expression languages. Samples of Japanese cartoons of which we've chosen for the purpose of drawing out the elements of expressions were limited to only published cartoons and we've made a foot steps for expression analysis of animation characters in the future.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.28
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• pp.55-78
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• 2012

Underground comics is a trend of comics started by reflecting hippie culture in the 1960's. It reflects hippie culture proclaiming return to nature and denying war with no humanity and social systems of material civilization expresses anti-culture in a radical and humorous way. Robert Crumb adds the features of hippie culture to comics aggressively with issuing comic book, series. Especially received great response from hippie. It became the chance for underground comics to improve further. includes works like 'Whiteman' expressing the hidden desire of conservative middle class or 'Keep on truckin' describing youths in hippie culture as characters lording it over somebody, strutting confidently across various landscape. The Comic was published and distributed independently and character-driven comic that reflected the variety of hippie culture. The Comic represented the characteristics of the underground comics very well. Winding lines and points, a strong contrast, were used for excellent graphical effect. These comics escaped from heroic comics of the era and played great roles in opening an era of underground comics which express satires of social culture more freely.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.9
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• pp.184-198
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• 2005

Characters are composed of universal value system that can be applied to the oriental and western world, while there are based on the differences in general and cultural values distinguished by the said two worlds. In modern society expressed as the age of moving image, the products concerning the characters have played a role as a forerunner of the spread of culture in the formation of new markets, regardless of considering the relationship between animation industry in Korea and the counterparts in the USA and Japan. Furthermore, as a successful role model, eastern and western character industries have penetrated deeply into our daily lives, in terms of our cultural values. Based on the assumption that characters reflect the cultural values, This study investigates the meanings of bodily & linguistic expressions appeared in animation characters and reviews the method of enhancing their values and effectiveness as cultural assets.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.12
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• pp.27-43
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• 2007

The article concerns the continuity and transformation of the cartoon strip for the musical performance. Recently, the cartoon strip has been considered as a resource for creating the musical performance. However, There are a few articles on the relationship of the cartoon strip and the musical performance. In this respect, the article seeks to examine the characteristics of the cartoon strip and the musical performance in terms of planning system, storytelling structure, character formation and marketing strategies. The case on the musical entitled 'The Great Catsby', which is rooted in the cartoon strip entitled 'The Great Catsby', is examined. As a result, on the one hand, the characteristics of the cartoon strip has continuously affected the process of creating the musical performance in terms of storytelling, character formation, stage management and the marketing activities. On the other hand, the musical performance considers the music and sound, the moving image and stage management, performance of the actors as an essential part in comparison with the cartoon strip. In addition, the musical performance simplifies and recontructs the cartoon strip according to the principles of the musical performance.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2015.10a
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• pp.390-393
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• 2015

한국에서 웹툰의 인기는 과거에 비교해 볼 때 점차 확대 되고 있고, 한국 만화 시장에서 웹툰의 성장률은 이미 출판만화의 성장률을 뛰어 넘고 있다. 초창기 웹툰은 단행본 출판 이외에 별 다른 수익구조를 내지 못하였으나 현재는 One source multi use를 활용하여 다양한 모바일 게임, 이모티콘 등 다양한 캐릭터 상품이 등장하여 다양한 수익구조를 이루게 되었다. 본 논문에서는 그중에서도 웹툰의 캐릭터 상품에 패션을 접목 시켜 수익을 내는데 성공한 사례들에 주목, 이들의 장 단점에 대해 비교 분석하고 개선 방안을 제안하고자 한다.