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Sweet Home | |
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![]() Cover art of the Wisdom House comic book edition (volume 1) | |
스위트 홈 Seuwiteu Hom | |
Genre | |
Author | Kim Carnby |
Illustrator | Hwang Young-chan |
Publisher | |
English publisher | Naver |
Magazine | Naver Webtoon (original Korean) WEBTOON (official English translation) |
Original run | October 12, 2017 – July 2, 2020 |
Collected volumes | 12 |
Television adaptation(s) | |
Sweet Home (2020) |
Sweet Home (Korean: 스위트 홈; RR: Seuwiteu Hom) is a South Korean webtoon written by Kim Carnby and illustrated by Hwang Young-chan.[1] First published in Naver Webtoon, the webtoon ran for a total of 140 chapters plus 1 prologue from October 12, 2017, to July 2, 2020.[4] It centers on a suicidal high school boy who, along with a group of fellow apartment residents, tries to survive a "monsterization" apocalypse (goemulhwa)[a] where people turn into monsters that reflect their innermost, most desperate desires.[5]
The webtoon is the second collaborative work by Kim and Hwang, the first being Bastard (2014–2016).[5] As of January 2021, its official English version garnered 2.4 million subscribers and 15.2 million likes.[6][7] A print version of Sweet Home was released since February 28, 2020 by Wisdom House.[2][8][9][1][3] It has also been adapted into a Netflix series of the same name released on December 18, 2020.[10] A prequel titled Shotgun Boy,[b] written by Kim and illustrated by Hongpil with Hwang providing editorial supervision, was released in Naver Webtoon starting February 22, 2021.[11][12][13]
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