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SOURCE: PR NEWSMEDIA
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister In-chon Yoo) and the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA, CEO Hyun-rae Cho) successfully hosted the ‘K-story & comics in America’ in Los Angeles, USA, from the 24th to the 28th of July.
K-Story & Comics in America is a global comic event that combines B2B and B2C, focusing on creating business results through export consultation as well as raising global wide awareness through exhibitions and promotions.
The B2C event, newly arranged this year, was held in conjunction with ‘KCON LA 2024’ organized by CJ ENM, providing an opportunity for people to experience new K-content genres alongside K-POP.
◆ 14 domestic comics and story companies participated in the event and recorded USD 113 million in consultation value.
The B2B event, held at the AC Hotel in downtown LA from the 24th to the 26th, was attended by overseas buyers and officials from 70 companies to explore the potential of Korean comics and stories to go global.
There were 14 companies attending the event, including comics companies such as DCCENT , Rockin’ KOREA , Storywiz , CnC Revolution , Woongjin Thinkbig , Take One Studio , Torycomics , Toyou’s Dream, and story companies such as , Smartbig , RS Media , A2Z Entertainment , Eunhu Holdings , EO Contents Group , Kakao Entertainment, which showcased more than 70 works.
They conducted 291 export consultations with local buyers and achieved a consultation value of 113 million USD. This represents a 67% increase in the number of consultations, a 217% increase in the value of consultations, and a whopping 300% increase in contract wins compared to last year.
In particular, eight companies, including , DCCENT , Rockin’ KOREA , SmartBig , A2Z Entertainment , Eunhu Holdings , Kakao Entertainment , Torycomics , Toyou’s Dream, pitched their representative works in front of 80 major buyers.
