Webtoon is a form of graphic narrative that interweaves words and images through panel arrangement like a printed comic. However, webtoon’s vertical orientation is one of the few differing factors that excludes webtoon from the printed comic category. Like other genres in fictional graphic narrative, horror webtoon also adjusts its narrative structure through some of webtoon’s building aspects. This research aims to find out how the horror atmosphere is built in a popular Indonesian horror webtoon titled Creep created by Ino Septian by examining one of the representative episodes. This analysis is conducted by applying Zpalanzani's triangulation analysis model perfected by adding the structural affect theory of stories by Brewer and Lichtenstein. The results of this study indicate that some building aspects of webtoon such as the gutter space, the vertical orientation of the canvas, and the arrangement of the text that connects each panel are utilized to build the horror narrative and atmosphere. These three aspects provide the readers with a more emotional experience of the horror itself. Keywords: horror; webtoon; visual narrative
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Fiksi horor merupakan budaya bertutur yang secara turun temurun telah membentuk suatu fiksasi kultural terhadap fiksi horor di Indonesia dengan mitos dan kepercayaannya. Sebagai salah satu bentuk dari subkategori literatur horor fiktif, komik horor juga mulai berkembang di Indonesia bersamaan dengan berkembangnya fiksi horor pada media lain seperti film dan sastra. Adanya pola tertentu yang muncul pada komik horor Indonesia menarik penulis untuk mengkaji bahasan ini secara lebih lanjut guna memetakan karakteristik komik horor di Indonesia, khususnya komik horor pada platform webtoon. Kecenderungan pembaca komik horor Indonesia atas narasi dan gaya visual dari komik horor itu sendiri dapat dianalisis melalui adanya pemetaan komik horor Indonesia pada platform webtoon. Dari penelitian yang telah dilakukan dapat ditarik satu kesimpulan bahwa komik dengan tema mistisisme lokal lebih digemari bila dibandingkan dengan tema selainnya, teknik visualisasi dengan jump scare lebih digemari dibandingkan dengan komik horor yang tidak menerapkan teknik visualisasi serupa. Karakter perempuan memiliki peran yang signifikan pada komik horor Indonesia, baik sebagai protagonis maupun sebagai elemen horor itu sendiri.
The popularity and the appeal of horror media among Indonesian have been explicated as a close relation to the psyche of Indonesians which is generally inherent to the Eastern culture. This specific pattern of preferences rooted in Indonesians' cultural fixation has been profited off across many forms of popular media; from radio broadcasts to online podcasts, from TV series to cinematic movies, and from printed comics to webtoons. Webtoon or webcomic is a term originally coined in Korea to refer to a form of graphic narrative that interweaves words and images as also found in printed comic, however, its utilization of digital information technologies implies a fundamental difference between the two. Webtoon's vertical orientation is also one of the few discrete factors that excludes webtoon from the printed comic category. This research aims to find out how the visual narrative structures of Indonesian horror webtoon are particularly employed in evoking fear within the readers' minds by examining some representative examples of popular Indonesian horror webtoon: Creep by Ino Septian and Gloomy Sunday by Fanky Landerson. This analysis is conducted by applying Zpalanzani-Tabrani and Cohn's triangulation analysis model enhanced by adding the structural affect theory of stories developed by Brewer and Lichtenstein and some supplemental analysis units such as gutter space and colour analyses. This study suggests that there are some idiomatic similarities between Indonesian horror webtoons and horror films in general, both in terms of visual composition and units and in terms of sequence to construct a sense of suspense in an engaging and ceaseless horror experience. These findings are applicable to obtain an effective formulation in designing horror webtoon for Indonesian readers on one hand, and to draw out some encouraging remarks for further improvement on some aspects on the other hand.
The popularity and the appeal of horror media among Indonesian have been explicated as a close relation to the psyche of Indonesians which is generally inherent to the Eastern culture. This specific pattern of preferences rooted in Indonesians’ cultural fixation has been profited off across many forms of popular media; from radio broadcasts to online podcasts, from TV series to cinematic movies, and from printed comics to webtoons. Webtoon or webcomic is a term originally coined in Korea to refer to a form of graphic narrative that interweaves words and images as also found in printed comic, however, its utilization of digital information technologies implies a fundamental difference between the two. Webtoon’s vertical orientation is also one of the few discrete factors that excludes webtoon from the printed comic category. This research aims to find out how the visual narrative structures of Indonesian horror webtoon are particularly employed in evoking fear within the readers’ minds by examining some representative examples of popular Indonesian horror webtoon: Creep by Ino Septian and Gloomy Sunday by Fanky Landerson. This analysis is conducted by applying Zpalanzani-Tabrani and Cohn's triangulation analysis model enhanced by adding the structural affect theory of stories developed by Brewer and Lichtenstein and some supplemental analysis units such as gutter space and color analyses. This study suggests that there are some idiomatic similarities between Indonesian horror webtoons and horror films in general, both in terms of visual composition and units and in terms of sequence to construct a sense of suspense in an engaging and ceaseless horror experience. These findings are applicable to obtain an effective formulation in designing horror webtoon for Indonesian readers on one hand, and to draw out some encouraging remarks for further improvement on some aspects on the other hand.
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