In this short and playful story, Donald and Popop run a hotel in the mountains. Their peaceful routine changes when a group of mysterious guests checks in for a few nights. Suspicion quickly replaces hospitality. Are these visitors simply eccentric travelers, or could they be hiding something more dangerous? As the tension rises, Donald, Popop, and the other residents begin their own investigation, blending comedy, curiosity, and mild suspense in a way that remains accessible to younger audiences.

Donald Duck Short Stories: Ski Buddies and what Webtoonization Means for Disney Stories

Webtoonization is more than converting printed pages into a digital file. At Printoonize, webtoonization projects involve fully rethinking the layout for vertical reading. Instead of traditional page-based composition, the story unfolds panel by panel in a scrolling format optimized for smartphones and tablets.

Our team restructures each scene to enhance pacing and clarity. We adapt transitions to create suspense between panels, especially in moments where Donald’s doubts or comic misunderstandings escalate. Visual beats are spaced deliberately to maintain rhythm and readability, while preserving the original tone of the story.

In a short story like Ski Buddies, webtoonization allows humor to breathe. Reactions can appear in isolation, pauses can heighten comedic timing, and reveals can feel more dramatic within the vertical flow.

A Collaborative Digital Adaptation

This webtoonization Disney Donald Duck project relied on close collaboration between specialized professionals. Tess Brunet handled the layout adaptation, restructuring the original material into a smooth vertical sequence that respects both storytelling and readability. Jérémy Vaslin took care of the lettering, ensuring that dialogue placement supports rhythm and clarity without overwhelming the artwork. Meanwhile, Axelle Wasier oversaw proofreading to maintain consistency and linguistic precision throughout the adaptation.

Together, their work ensures a coherent and engaging digital experience aligned with Disney’s standards!

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Originally created in a traditional comic format. This story has been webtoonized by Printoonize for Ducktoon, Disney’s webtoon platform dedicated to young readers. The result is a digital reading experience designed for modern screens, without losing the warmth and humor of the original story.

A humorous and emotional Christmas story brought to life through Donald Duck webtoonization

In this story, Donald is encouraged by Uncle Scrooge, always eager to save every possible coin, to skip Christmas celebrations altogether. For Scrooge, avoiding festivities seems like the perfect way to cut costs.

However, things change when Goldie, Scrooge’s long-time love, sends him a letter announcing that she will spend the holidays with him. This unexpected news reshapes Scrooge’s priorities and brings Christmas back into focus, with all its emotions, memories, and contradictions.

Through lighthearted comedy, Donald and the Christmas Not to Celebrate explores themes of family, love, and tradition, making it a perfect holiday story for young audiences.

What webtoonization means at Printoonize for Donald Duck

Webtoonization is the process of adapting a print comic into a vertical, mobile-friendly webtoon format. At Printoonize, this transformation goes far beyond a simple layout change.

Printoonize carefully restructures each page for vertical scrolling. The team reorganizes panels to improve rhythm, readability, and narrative flow on smartphones and tablets. They also adjust scene transitions to create suspense, pauses, and emotional beats adapted to digital reading.

For a Disney title like Donald and the Christmas Not to Celebrate, webtoonization also means respecting the original artistic intent while adapting it to a new generation of readers. The goal is to preserve the storytelling spirit while enhancing accessibility and comfort.

A collaborative production by Printoonize

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Available on Ducktoon, Disney’s webtoon platform for children, this story brings Powerduck back into action in a format perfectly suited for mobile reading.

A high-energy adventure across realities

In Powerduck: The Day of the Cold Sun, the Razziator is once again causing trouble. This time, his goal is to seize a rare and powerful energy source to fuel the Altronef, a device capable of traveling between multiple realities.

As expected, Powerduck steps in to stop him. Throughout the story, fast-paced action blends with a playful tone. As a result, young readers enjoy an engaging narrative filled with suspense, humor, and heroic moments. Moreover, the winter sports backdrop adds visual energy and movement to the adventure. Altogether, the story balances excitement and accessibility, making it ideal for younger audiences discovering webtoons for the first time.

What webtoonization means at Printoonize through the webtoonization of Powerduck (Disney)

Webtoonization is not a simple visual conversion. At Printoonize, it is a complete editorial and technical process that transforms a print-based story into a digital-first, vertical reading experience.

This involves rethinking pacing, panel flow, and composition to fit mobile screens. Scenes are reorganized to guide the reader smoothly from one moment to the next, while maintaining narrative clarity and emotional impact. For children’s content, readability and rhythm are especially important, ensuring a comfortable and immersive experience.

With Powerduck, webtoonization allows the story to breathe differently. Action sequences feel more dynamic, transitions are clearer, and the overall experience becomes more intuitive for young readers using tablets or smartphones.

A dedicated production team for the webtoonization of Powerduck (Disney)

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The difficult art of webtoonization

But behind this financial fireworks display lies another crucial factor: the painstaking work of webtoonization.

At Printoonize, we are proud to stand at the very heart of this transformation. Since the beginning of 2025, our dedicated teams have been adapting some of the most iconic Marvel and Star Wars titles into the vertical scroll format. This isn’t just resizing panels: it’s a true visual and narrative reinvention designed for mobile-first audiences and the global Webtoon generation.

Turning a breathtaking two-page comic spread into a seamless vertical reading experience requires craft and precision. It means rethinking pacing, reframing artwork, repositioning speech bubbles, and ensuring that the original impact of the scene not only survives but often feels even stronger in its new digital life.

The recent success of Webtoon on the stock market is therefore not only the result of a major strategic announcement. It’s also powered by the behind-the-scenes work of studios like Printoonize, who breathe new life into beloved stories by bringing them into the scroll format. And this is just the beginning.

Our Printoonize service is rapidly scaling up, with a growing team ready to webtoonize more and more high-profile Marvel series in the months ahead. This cultural and technological shift is underway, and we are proud to be among the pioneers shaping the future of comics.

Disney’s move into the Webtoon ecosystem isn’t just a new chapter for its franchises: it’s a signal that the vertical scroll format has become a global standard. In this transformation, the studios that know how to translate legacy content into vertical storytelling are already leading the charge. At Printoonize, we’re not watching it happen, we’re building it.

Want to bring your stories into the new era of digital comics?

Contact us today and discover how Printoonize can transform your content for the Webtoon generation.

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Turning a webtoon into a printed manga isn’t just a layout adjustment, it’s a full editorial adaptation process. At Printoonize!, we specialize in helping creators and publishers bring their digital stories to life in print. Whether you’re adapting a successful webtoon into a physical book or turning a classic manga into a vertical scroll experience, our team ensures a seamless transition between formats, without compromising the story’s impact.

Editorial adaptation, not automated conversion

Unlike automated tools or AI-based solutions, Printoonize relies on human expertise. Every adaptation is handled by experienced editors, designers and letterers who carefully adjust pacing, panel structure, and layout to fit the expectations of print readers.

We don’t just “convert” content: we rebuild it for a new medium, while staying true to the creator’s original intent. Dialogue is rebalanced, visual rhythms are redesigned, and the entire reading experience is rebuilt to feel natural in book format.

What is “printoonization”?

Printoonization is the process of transforming a vertical webtoon into a horizontal, page-based print edition. This includes:

• full page layout design and reformatting,
• manual reworking of transitions and rhythm,
• typography and lettering adapted for print,
• a final product that reads like a manga and feels like the original story.

Conversely, we also provide webtoonization: adapting manga or traditional comics into vertical-scrolling content optimized for mobile reading, perfect for platforms like Webtoon, Lezhin or Ono.

A proven track record across formats

Printoonize! is the graphic adaptation studio of MAKMA, the leading European agency for comics, manga, and webtoon production. Based in France, MAKMA has worked on hundreds of international projects for publishers in the US, Europe, and Asia.

Our clients include Wattpad Webtoon, Papertoon, Ablaze, Kamondo, Kbooks, Kotoon and more. We’ve helped adapt top-performing webtoons into high-quality print editions, like Dungeon Reset, and supported print-first authors looking to reach a digital audience.

Ready to adapt your webtoon into a print manga?

If you’re a publisher, editor, or storyteller with a title that deserves a wider audience, Printoonize! is your cross-format solution. Contact us for a quote, and let’s talk about how we can transform your project, from screen to shelf, or vice versa.

Don’t let your story stay stuck in one format. Reach new readers, new markets, and new possibilities. Let Printoonize! turn your vision into a published reality.

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Among the projects we’ve worked on, Star Wars stands out as a true milestone. Turning such an iconic universe into a scrollable, smartphone-native experience requires both precision and deep respect for the source material.

Two of our layout artists, Lorelei Bott and Clémentine Guyot, were given the mission of webtoonizing Star Wars. Their skills, patience, and sense of storytelling were key to transforming static pages into a fluid digital experience.

Lorelei Bott, who works with MAKMA as a letterer and layout artist, often says: “Love is to art what talent is to painting”. This personal motto reflects the way she approaches each project: with passion and care, even more so when dealing with a saga as legendary as Star Wars.

Clémentine Guyot, who joined MAKMA in 2020, brings a unique blend of experience from comic book publishing and bookselling. She’s also a letterer and layout artist, and her energy is contagious. She shares her love for the medium with a quote from Wolinski: “comics will never be as crazy as the people who love them”.

We believe webtoonization isn’t just about slicing panels and stacking them vertically. It’s about rethinking the rhythm, flow, and emotion of a story. It’s about understanding how readers interact with content on mobile devices and adapting our storytelling accordingly, without ever betraying the spirit of the original work.

The adaptation of Star Wars into a webtoon fits into a broader reflection on why vertical scrolling isn’t just a format shift: it’s a narrative evolution. At MAKMA, and through Printoonize!, we’ve built a method that respects both the artistic intention and the reader’s experience. Our work on Star Wars is just one example of how we bring our know-how to the service of beloved stories, giving them new life in a format made for today’s audiences.

Are you a publisher or a digital platform looking to adapt some print comics into mobile-first webtoons? Let’s bring your stories to the scroll generation. Contact us!

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At MAKMA, webtoonization is more than a service, it’s a creative transformation. Through our dedicated Printoonize team, we reimagine iconic stories for the vertical reading experience, built for today’s mobile-native audiences.

After nearly two years of trusted collaboration with Ducktoon (Unique Heritage Media’s Disney-branded webtoon platform), we’ve now extended our expertise to new, high-impact projects. The latest? The webtoonization of Marvel titles, including The Amazing Spider-Man, Star Wars, and Alien. These are not just conversions: they are editorial reconstructions, adapted for scroll-based storytelling while respecting the essence of the original works.

We don’t just adapt comics. We adapt expectations.

Turning horizontal storytelling into vertical narratives requires more than technical finesse. It takes an editorial mindset, a strong grasp of narrative rhythm, and a deep respect for the characters and their universes. This is where MAKMA excels.

With 20+ years of experience in the comics industry, our team brings unique value to each project, rebuilding stories panel by panel, ensuring emotional impact, suspense, and clarity flow naturally through the scroll. We deliver first-rate content, consistently validated on the first review, even by the most demanding licensors.

A passionate team, a growing mission

Our success is built on the talent and dedication of a diverse team of scriptwriters, layout artists, and editors: Lorelei Bott, Julia Bauer, Tess Brunet, Clémentine Guyot, Nathalie Spampinato, Florence Da Silva, Sarah Kourouma, Sara Bismuth, Teresa Caroff, Julie Abadie, Roxane Gardeil, Pierre Le Boulanger, Jérémy Vaslin, Gaël Legeard, Mathieu Auverdin, and Emmanuel Touset.

Together, we are shaping a new grammar for storytelling, bridging Korean innovation, American pop culture, and European know-how. We are proud to be at the crossroads of generations, genres, and geographies.

From page to scroll: a tailored webtoon adaptation service for comics and IP owners

More than a conversion, our process involves a narrative overhaul, from layout reconstruction to pacing refinement, making each episode fully optimized for vertical reading. Whether you’re looking to convert comics to webtoon, launch a scroll-native storytelling experience, or collaborate with a specialized webtoon production company, we bring editorial precision and technological fluency to every project.

Whether you’re a publisher exploring new revenue streams or a media brand looking to expand into the vertical storytelling space, partnering with a specialized webtoon adaptation service ensures your stories resonate with a new generation of mobile-native readers. Let us help you reimagine your content, panel by panel, scroll by scroll.

Just like we’ve done with Ducktoon, Disney’s official webtoon platform, your stories can seamlessly evolve into dynamic vertical formats that engage modern audiences. We convert comics to vertical format with narrative precision and visual flow, in a process built for mobile-native engagement.

Ready to bring your stories into the scroll era thanks to our webtoon adaptation service?

Contact us today to discuss your project and explore how we can help you adapt your content for the next generation of readers.

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While webtoons are a form of digital comic, they are fundamentally different from traditional digital comics. And the key difference, the vertical scroll, isn’t just a gimmick. It’s the core of a narrative revolution.

Digital comics have been around for a while. Most of them simply replicate the paper format: pages, spreads, and horizontal panel layouts. The reading experience mimics that of a printed album, with readers swiping left or flipping pages. Webtoons, on the other hand, were born in South Korea as a mobile-first format. They were designed for digital consumption, especially on smartphones.

The vertical scroll is not a cosmetic adjustment. It’s a narrative redesign. Instead of moving from page to page, the reader scrolls continuously from top to bottom. This layout allows for a seamless flow and a unique pacing. Creators can use blank spaces to build suspense, control timing, and even insert pauses that resemble cinematic silence. Panels are optimized for narrow screens, so there’s no need to zoom or pan around. The reading experience is clean, fluid, and perfectly suited to mobile devices.

Vertical storytelling has been the key to the webtoon’s massive success with the mobile-first generation. It removes friction from the reading experience and appeals to a broader, often younger, audience. Industry players have taken notice. French studio MAKMA, for example, offers webtoonization services, adapting traditional comics into vertical scroll narratives. Their expertise with Printoonize bridges the gap between classic bande dessinée and the booming webtoon format, proving that the two are not interchangeable.

Since their debut in the early 2000s on Naver Webtoon, webtoons have exploded in popularity. The webtoon industry is a multi-billion dollar market. Platforms like Webtoon, Tapas, Tappytoon, and Piccoma attract millions of daily readers. The demographic is predominantly young and female, under 30, which heavily influences the dominant genres: romance, fantasy, drama, action, and thriller.

France is catching up fast. New players like ONO, Allskreen, and Wtoon are developing original vertical content with local creators, adapting storytelling techniques to compete with the Korean giants while maintaining their cultural identity.

In short, while webtoons and digital comics may seem similar, the storytelling logic is entirely different. The vertical scroll isn’t a trend: it’s a structural innovation that redefines how comics are read and created. For publishers and creators looking to expand their reach in the mobile space, converting existing IP into webtoons isn’t optional anymore. It’s the future. And studios like MAKMA, with their Printoonize solution, are leading the charge.

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This isn’t just a fusion of formats; it’s a three-way cultural conquest. It’s an unprecedented alliance between powerful American IPs, Korean distribution technology, and European expertise in narrative adaptation.

When Captain America Changes His Battlefield

Symbolically, seeing Captain America move from traditional comic book panels to the webtoon universe is like watching a general abandon a rigid battlefield map for vertical guerrilla warfare. The rigid pages, the turning, the word balloons frozen in a classic comic structure are gone. In their place is the scroll, a fluid narrative, and a mobile-first rhythm.

America is no longer speaking through physical fascicules sold in comic shops. Its myths are now deployed in the palm of your hand, on a screen, in a format designed for a connected global generation.

The Power of Comic to Webtoon Conversion

The US storytelling migration is taking place on Webtoon, the explosively growing South Korean platform. Webtoon is a massive export of the Korean narrative format, and in just a few years, it has become the gold standard for Gen Z readers. Vertical reading, natural scrolling, and mobile-optimized design: this formula works, and now attracts the biggest Western franchises.

With over 100 Marvel, Star Wars, Disney, and 20th Century titles in the process of conversion, the star-spangled banner now flies in scroll format. The first to lead the way is none other than Captain America, an emblem of the US, who is now reaching young readers worldwide, directly on their phones thanks to the Avengers webtoon series.

MAKMA, the European Asset in New Global Storytelling

In this three-continent operation, the cultural bridge is French, more specifically, from Bordeaux. The MAKMA studio, already a key player behind the scenes of American comics, is at the center of the game. Its role is to handle the technical and narrative metamorphosis of print works into the webtoon format.

This isn’t a crude job of cutting up pages. The process is a work of artistry. It involves deconstructing the original narrative, understanding it in depth, and then reconfiguring it for the scroll. This expertise was developed by MAKMA’s Printoonize! division, which is exclusively dedicated to this type of comic to webtoon conversion.

Bryan Wetstein, who heads the division, sums it up:

“Captain America was designed to embody a certain American reading experience. Our job is to ensure he speaks with the same power in a Korean format. It’s a balancing act between respecting the original material and adapting it for a new ecosystem.”

Darth Maul, Modernity in Scroll Mode

To embody this generational shift, Disney isn’t relying on overused figures. Darth Maul, a cult but and contemporary antagonist, is a visual, sharp, and mysterious character, perfect for a pixel-by-pixel narrative.

On a smartphone, Maul takes on a new dimension. His silhouette, style, and almost religious silence, everything lends itself to a vertical build-up of tension. He becomes the symbol of this move toward a more direct, fast-paced narrative that’s compatible with the fleeting attention span of the digital age.

Europe as a Cultural Strategist

What’s striking is that the point of contact between two giants (the US and Korea) is in Europe. MAKMA doesn’t just translate; the studio acts as a full-fledged cultural operator. It’s a player capable of understanding American narrative imperatives and Korean aesthetic expectations, and making them all work together in a new language.

This strategic role is built on over two decades of experience in translation, lettering, writing, and publishing, collaborating with the biggest names in the industry. This versatility gives MAKMA a major advantage. At a time when storytelling has become a global commodity, knowing how to precisely adapt it is a powerful tool.

The US Market in the Midst of Redefinition

Captain America is more than a hero; he’s a narrative territory, a way of telling the world from an American perspective. Seeing him migrate to a mobile format is witnessing a re-carving of the market. US storytelling, once centered on print and TV series, is now digitizing, globalizing, and adopting codes from Asia to continue existing in the minds of young readers.

In this context, MAKMA acts as a creative customs agent, a mandatory checkpoint for transforming a work designed for Midtown Manhattan into content ready to scroll in Seoul, Jakarta, or São Paulo.

The Scroll, a Global Playing Field

The vertical format is no longer a gimmick; it’s the new standard. It’s replacing pages, absorbing panels, and transforming dialogue. It’s breaking down boundaries between styles. And in this new grammar, MAKMA’s role is to translate the DNA of the biggest franchises while preserving what makes them unique.

The challenge is technical, narrative, and aesthetic, but it’s also symbolic. It’s about bringing the myths of the 20th century into the interface of the 21st.

A French Studio at the Heart of the Shift

Perhaps the most surprising part is this: the operational heart of this revolution is in France. An independent studio, skilled in both Marvel standards and webtoon demands, has become an essential link in the new global chain of graphic entertainment.

This isn’t a coincidence. It’s the result of smart positioning, strategic choices, and the ability to read the evolution of formats before others do.

The World Scrolls, and MAKMA Keeps Pace

With the Avengers, Captain America is moving from the battlefield to screens. Darth Maul is reinventing himself for readers’ thumbs. Disney is relying on Webtoon to speak to a generation that no longer reads comics but scrolls for hours.

And on this new world map, MAKMA draws the invisible lines, the ones that allow an American narrative to land in a Korean format, thanks to European expertise. Thanks to Printoonize!

It’s a serious business of unicorns, pixels, and perfect timing.

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With 100 titles in development, the global entertainment giant aims to bring its iconic characters to a format designed for mobile, fast reading, and a younger audience. Spider-Man, Darth Vader, Belle… all will soon be scrolling vertically on your screen. Why this strategic move? Because in just a few years, webtoons have become the preferred narrative channel for a generation that no longer reads comics the traditional way.

And behind this quiet revolution, a French team is playing a key role: the MAKMA studio, through its Printoonize! service.

For over 20 years, MAKMA has refined a unique expertise in adapting comics, graphic novels, and manga. Today, that same expertise fuels a new momentum: webtoonization. Transforming traditional works into fluid, immersive digital stories takes far more than resizing panels. It requires a complete rewrite of rhythm, dialogue, and layout. An alchemy that MAKMA has mastered like few others.

“Seeing icons like Spider-Man or Darth Vader move into the webtoon format confirms what we’ve been witnessing for years: this format has become a universal language to reach a new generation. For MAKMA, it’s a unique opportunity to bring our expertise to stories that travel from one continent to another, while proving that Europe can play a key role in this new era of visual storytelling.”
— Damien Gay, Chief Operating Officer at MAKMA

That adaptation work is being led by MAKMA’s Printoonize! division, a team specialized in transforming traditional print comics into vertical webtoon formats, and vice versa.

“Adapting Disney comics into the webtoon format is more than a job, it’s a true challenge! What matters most in this process is fully understanding the page composition and knowing how to translate it into a vertical reading model. That’s where our team truly shines. It’s a colossal task that demands highly trained and ultra-efficient people, but it’s also a real joy to work on licenses that make both kids and grown-ups dream.”
— Bryan Wetstein, Head of the Printoonize! division at MAKMA

The Disney–Webtoon partnership is the ultimate recognition of a format long seen as niche. And it’s a historic opportunity for European creators. Because when global pop culture icons shift to this new medium, it’s clear that the future of visual storytelling lies here.

France has a card to play. With its mastery of transcreation and a multiplatform vision, MAKMA proves that it’s possible to elevate graphic culture while speaking the language of today.

Those who still see webtoons as a passing trend are going to miss the train. This isn’t evolution. It’s a paradigm shift.

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