A Hitman From Webtoon

 

      I recently discovered WEBTOON, a website from South Korea where you can read digital manhwa (Korean term for comics) made from all over the world.  I’ve bookmarked quite a few (terrific) stories, and just a few days after I learned about WEBTOON, I saw this 2020 Korean film, an action/comedy, on Netflix entitled Hitman (original English title is Hitman : Agent Jun).

     The movie’s plot: Jun is the country’s top secret agent whose ardent dream is to be a famous webtoon artist. Finally, he fakes his death so he can fulfill his dream. But since he’s really not that talented, he fails to achieve his goal of being a famous artist—until he starts creating comics based on his life as a secret agent, which soon turns his life upside down.

     Movie’s 3 stars out of five. It’s a little corny at times but nevertheless entertaining, funniest bit is when Jun’s drunk wife ‘reveals’ her deadly fighting skills.

     I’ve been in love with comics for a long time. In fact, the first stories I wrote are comics. The first ever story I wrote was entitled “Brain Damage” (inspired by a Pink Floyd song with the same title) about a man who hallucinates that aliens from outer space are out to get him. I also tried to be an illustrator but I wasn’t really good at it so I concentrated on just writing stories.

     And if you love comics, too, you should be heading to WEBTOON now.