Daewon C.I.

Daewon C.I. (대원씨아이, 大元 C.I., Daewon Ssi Ai, formerly Daiwon C.I.), short for Daewon Culture Industry, is a subsidiary of Daewon Media founded in 1991. This South Korean publisher releases domestic and imported comics, Newtype Korea Magazine, children's books, and light novels. With Haksan Culture Company and Seoul Cultural Publishers, Daewon C.I. accounts for more than 50% of comics publications in South Korea.[1]

Daewon Culture Industry Inc.
Native name
대원씨아이 주식회사
Daewon Ssi-Ai Jusikhoesa
IndustryComics, Novels
Founded1991 (1991)
HeadquartersKorea,
Seoul
,
South Korea
ParentDaewon Media
Websitehttp://www.dwci.co.kr

History

Daewon C.I. was founded in 1991 as the publishing arm of Daewon Media. Its initial publication was Comic Champ magazine in December of that year. In 1994, they launched Young Champ, and followed with two additional monthly magazines in 1995, which are no longer in print. Issue was also introduced that year as a biweekly magazine. The first Newtype Korea was published in 1999, and in 2002, Mag X was launched in Thailand. Its newest magazine, Super Champ debuted in 2006.[2] They currently have a magazine circulation of over 2,000,000 per year and publish 11,000,000 collected volumes of comics per year.[3]

In September 2018, KakaoPage (now Kakao Entertainment), a Kakao company, bought a 19.8% stake in Daewon C.I. making it the company's second biggest stakeholder after Daewon Media.[4]

Products

Comics

Daewon C.I. produces comics magazines that feature serialization of domestic and imported comics titles. Each magazine also has its own book imprint under which collected volumes of these comics are published. Its magazines are:

  • Comic Champ, a biweekly first published in 1991, aimed at adolescent and young teenage boys.
  • Young Champ, an online-only biweekly first published in 1994, aimed at young adults (changed to an online-only magazine in 2009, merging Super Champ's titles).
  • Issue, a monthly first published in 1995, aimed at adolescent and teenage girls.

Light novels

Daewon C.I. publishes light novels under five imprints: Arche-Type (아키타입), Newtype Novels, Issue Novels (이슈 Novels), BLove (B愛 Novels), and Iliad (일리어드). Series published include:

Newtype Korea

Newtype Korea, first published in July 1999, is a glossy magazine released monthly. It is the Korean version of Newtype from Japan, and covers Japanese and domestic TV, DVD, and theatrical animation. Much of the content is translated directly from Japanese, with added features emphasizing domestic Korean productions.

Children's books

Daewon C.I. publishes entertainment and educational books for young children featuring a variety of characters. These characters include Winnie the Pooh, Pororo the Little Penguin, and Digimon.

References
  1. Yoo, Jae-ok. "Trends in Korean Comic Publishing". Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
  2. "Company History" (in Korean). Daiwon C.I. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  3. "Daiwon C.I." KOCCA. Archived from the original on 2008-04-20. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  4. "Kakao Page invests W40b in 3 comic publishers".


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