Leanne M. Krecic, the creator of the Eisner-nominated webtoon Let’s Play, has announced that the series will not return for a fourth season on the Webtoon platform. Let’s Play is one of the top comics on Webtoon, with 4.8 million subscribers, and the first three volumes have been published in print by Rocketship Entertainment via Kickstarter, with six-digit totals for each campaign, and released to trade. The first three seasons of the comic are currently still available on Webtoon.
In an open letter posted on her website, Krecic, who uses the pseudonym Mongie, said
There have been ongoing difficulties for several years, most of which I can’t discuss, nor is this the appropriate forum. But some concerns include Let’s Play being excluded from marketing, despite promises to the contrary, and placing LP behind an age gate when there are series with far more controversial content that isn’t restricted. My representation has voiced these concerns and others to the necessary individuals at WEBTOON, but the blame was reflected back at me for incredibly far-fetched reasons. These issues, among many others, have made me feel marginalized and that WEBTOON does not value Let’s Play or me.
She also noted concerns expressed by other creators, including lower pay for creators in Latin America and an ad campaign that called webtoons a “side hustle” (for which the company subsequently apologized on Twitter), as well as “the ongoing lack of transparency and errors in accounting that I’ve experienced personally.”
Krecic said that Let’s Play will continue once she finds the right venue. The romantic comedy is being adapted into a television show by Allnighter (see “In the Media Age of Comics, We’re About to Find Out How Much Is Too Much”), and the print editions are published by Rocketship Entertainment, with the third volume due out on November 15 (see “Rocketship Entertainment Lines Up 17 Graphic Novels for 2022”). The graphic novels are crowdfunded on Kickstarter; pledges totaled over $230,000 for the first volume, over $350,000 for the second, and over $330,000 for the third.
Source: ICv2
