webtoon

English

Etymology

Web +‎ toon

Noun

webtoon (plural webtoons)

  1. (Internet) An animated cartoon published on the World Wide Web.
    • 2009, Caroline Nixon, ‎Michael Tomlinson, Kid's Box 5 Pupil's Book: Book 5
      More and more cartoons are made using special techniques with a lot of help from computers. Some people are making cartoons for the internet. These are called webtoons. You could make a webtoon, too.
    • Michael Duggan, PSP Game Creation for Teens (page 13)
      When it comes to Flash animated cartoons, also called webtoons, the first noted use was in 1999 when Ren & Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi set out to bring cartoons to the Web. Soon after, webtoons began popping up everywhere.
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