Good morning. Kakao is pulling the plug on Tapas, its North American webtoon platform, marking the end of a digital era for readers and creators. Mark Hamill is suiting up to voice a Darkwing Duck reboot. And a Golden Age Señorita Rio book heads to auction.
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Korean entertainment giant Kakao is shutting down Tapas, its North American webtoon platform, in a move that ends access to popular serialized titles and disrupts the livelihoods of independent digital creators. The shutdown affects both readers who followed serialized stories on the platform and creators who published their work there, ending what had been one of the major alternatives to the dominant webtoon players in the U.S. market.
Tapas hosted a wide range of user-generated and professional comics, including English-language editions of Korean webtoons like Solo Leveling. The platform's closure leaves creators scrambling to migrate their audiences and back catalogs to other services, while readers face the loss of access to in-progress series and purchased content. The announcement comes with little warning, following a pattern of abrupt platform shutdowns that have rattled the digital comics community in recent years.
The timing is particularly notable given the recent shutdown of ReedPop's Popverse, which similarly left creators and readers in the lurch. Industry observers see the Tapas closure as part of a broader consolidation phase in digital comics, where platforms either scale to dominant market positions or exit entirely. Kakao's decision suggests the company is retreating from the competitive North American market to focus resources elsewhere.
For collectors, the shutdown underscores the fragility of digital-only content. Unlike print runs that can be tracked and preserved, webtoon series hosted on proprietary platforms can vanish overnight when business priorities shift. The closure also raises questions about archival rights and whether creators will retain the ability to republish their Tapas work elsewhere without legal complications.
Why it matters: Platform shutdowns like this reshape the digital comics landscape, forcing creators and readers to consolidate around fewer services and reminding collectors that digital exclusives carry unique preservation risks that print books do not. When a platform disappears, so does its entire catalog unless creators can successfully migrate.
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Mark Hamill joins Darkwing Duck reboot Mark Hamill has been cast in a new Darkwing Duck reboot series based on the beloved '90s Disney Afternoon franchise. The announcement revives the fan-favorite property with one of animation's most recognizable voice talents, though specific casting details about which character Hamill will voice have not been disclosed. The project marks another return to classic animated properties following the success of similar reboots in recent years. Read at source (The Comics Beat) →
Scholastic celebrates Dog Man's 10th year with spinoff series Scholastic and creator Dav Pilkey are marking a decade of the Dog Man franchise with a new spinoff series and a ten-city store event tour. The announcement frames the milestone as "70 years in dog years," leaning into the humor that has made Pilkey's books consistent sellers in the kids' graphic novel market. Dog Man has become one of Scholastic's biggest properties, with each new release routinely topping bestseller charts and driving traffic to comic shops and bookstores alike. Read at source (The Comics Beat) →
Fight Comics #41 with Señorita Rio at auction Fight Comics #41, featuring Lily Renée's Señorita Rio character facing a postwar German werewolf storyline, is heading to auction. The Golden Age issue from Fiction House showcases Renée's distinctive art and reflects the transitional storytelling of the immediate post-World War II period. Renée was one of the few prominent female artists working in mainstream comics during the 1940s, making her work particularly sought after by collectors focused on underrepresented creators from the era. Read at source (Bleeding Cool) →
Jae Lee's Absolute Batman #24 cover art listed at $7,000 Original cover art by Jae Lee for Absolute Batman #24 is being offered for sale at $7,000. The piece represents Lee's work on one of DC's flagship Absolute Universe titles, which have generated strong collector interest since the imprint's relaunch. Lee's covers typically command premium prices in the original art market due to his distinctive illustrative style and relatively limited output compared to interior page artists. Read at source (Bleeding Cool) →
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