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Apr 2025
2h 20m

Soju Wanna Read Manhwa - The Ravenblack ...

Toonami Faithful and Manga Mavericks
About this episode

New York City. A veritable melting pot of people, living record of historical events, and... a coven of underground subway witches? Run by different gangs of birds?! The Ravenblack Court is an original Webtoon canvas series created in English by ⁠Adorabirb⁠, comics artist and journalist, and friend of the show! With the manhwa/Webtoon industry growing, more and more original series created in English are being published by these platforms.


Want to learn more about how the process works? Dive into this series with us as we discuss historically significant events, how a creator can draw inspiration for their work, and gleam insight on the Webtoon/digital comics industry with someone who has lived it!


Plus, we have industry news, more recent reading recs, and a teaser at the end of the episode!


Here are Adorabirb's recs:

⁠What are the Chances⁠

⁠OMNIPRESENCE⁠

⁠Winged⁠

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Edited by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ademola⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Logo by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TonytoonArt⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AmpRen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Amber⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Marion⁠⁠⁠⁠

Follow us on Twitter! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SojuManhwaPod⁠⁠

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