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Brian Lewis and the New Vintage Swing Band provide the tunes. A few ballroom dances will be in the mix. Arrive30 minutes early fora lesson. ADMISSION $15  \nINFO 631-476-3707, [sdli.org](sdli.org)  \ngovintage  \nBrowse crafts, collectibles, DVDs, souvenirs, coins, records and more, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday at the VFW Medford.  \nADMISSION Free INFO 516-485-1424  \nSee our top picks for events happening this week: [newsday.com/thingstodo](newsday.com/thingstodo)  \nStudents stroll through a display of webtoon artwork in the Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University.  \nThe toon boon  \nDigital comics are on a roll in Stony Brook exhibit  \n‘Webtoon: The Evolution of Korean Digital Comics’  \nWHEN | WHERE 9a.m.-8 p.m. weekdays, noon-8 p.m. weekends through May 31 at Stony Brook University’s Charles B. Wang Center,100 Nicolls Rd.  \nINFO 631-632-4400, [stonybrook.edu/commcms/wang](stonybrook.edu/commcms/wang)[ ](stonybrook.edu/commcms/wang)ADMISSION Free  \nALSO “Korea’s Digital Comics: The Evolution of Webtoons in a Global Context” lecture; 1 p.m. April 14 in the Charles B. Wang Center Theatre  \nON THE COVER Artwork from Naver Webtoon’s“Girls of the Wild’s,” part of the exhibit “Webtoon: The Evolution of Korean Digital Comics.”  \nBY JANELLE GRIFFITH  \n[janelle.griffith@newsday.com](janelle.griffith@newsday.com)  \nS  \nouth Korean cartoonistshave ditched the strip—as far as comics are concerned.  \nThe webtoon—a digi-  \ntally based comic created in South Korea in 2003—continues to change the way readers engage with traditional comic books. The webtoon has evolved to include 3-D and flash effects, audio and motion, creating a more interactive experience.  \nWebtoons are not paginated like their paper counterparts. Instead, they are presented on panels in ascrollable vertical layout, similar to websites. While wildly popular in  \nChina, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan and Thailand for more than a decade, there is now a growing push for webtoons in Western societies, industry experts say.  \nLong Islanders can see this new wave of entertainment at the Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University with the free exhibit “Webtoon: The Evolution of Korean Digital Comics,” open through May 31.  \nIn South Korea, there are online platforms just for webtoons, which has helped create “a thriving digital comics industry,” says Jinyoung Jin, director of cultural programs at the Wang Center. On the technical side, some webtoons are defined by their presentation, and“every week brings new innova-  \nDANIEL BRENNAN  \ntions in audio and motion effects.”  \nThe exhibition provides a brief history of the webtoon as a global phenomenon where one creative source has been used in movies, TV dramas, animation, games and design products, Jin says. The genres — including thrillers, horror, action, fantasy and drama — can be seen in the graphics of popular characters and film promos presented in the galleries.  \nTHE BIRTH OF WEBTOON  \nKorea’s comic publishing industry suffered an unprecedented downturn in the late 1990s and early 2000s, mainly because of a financial crisis and a juvenile protection law that restricted adult comic magazines, Jin says. As a result, only six of the 26 Korean comic magazines survived, and a great number of professional cartoonists lost the chance to publish their work.  \nThen came the Internet, which introduced online computer games and chatting services that helped reshape the comic industry. 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