From a Sugar Bowl endless runner to... education?note
With the popularity of Cookie Run in Korea, there have been several edutainment comics using the characters of the game primarily geared towards kids. Each comic series varies in subject and art style, but they all have the similarity of starring the Cookies from the Kakao/LINE version in their Sugar Bowl universe, having different situations in which they provide education even if these situations make no sense. They are not part of the games' canon, but they each have their own stories and continuities depending on each series.Notable comics include:
- Hanja Run - a story series that teaches about hanja; Chinese characters being incorporated into the Korean language.
- Fun Fun Scientific Common Sense - a bunch of short comics about the Cookies explaining scientific situations.
- Adventure - an adventure involving the Cookies travelling to different locations. It is known for its animesque art style and merging a cast of both Cookies and humans, even humanized Cookies.
- Spelling Is Confusing - short comics about detailing English spelling and common mispellings. Its art style closely resembles the art of the official games.
Tropes demonstrated in the comic book adaptations:
- Adaptational Personality Change: A lot of Cookies are portrayed as being meaner or dumber than their original characterisations. They range from Fire Spirit Cookie being a selfish trickster commonly acting as a Big Bad, to the beloved Snow Sugar Cookie being outright terrifying
◊. - Adaptational Villainy: Several Cookies have villainous roles in the stories, with Fire Spirit Cookie being the most notable example (and Cocoa Cookie, surprisingly). While there is clear villainy in the Hanja comics, in the others they're mainly causing mischief.
- Denser and Wackier: The game has incorporated many elements to its world, from wizards to dragons to DJs, but the execution is lighthearted and mostly played straight and simple. The comics on the other hand are usually bizarre and wacky, and may leave you scratching your head trying to process the absurdity of the situations.
- Toilet Humor: Incorporated a lot in several series, especially in Scientific Common Sense.
