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2002 In Webcomics
Notable events of 2002 in webcomics. Events *Website Modern Tales launches on March 2. * Cool Beans World ceased operation in May. * Jenny Everywhere, the first open source super hero, was conceived on Barbelith discussion boards. *David Stenworth launches the ''Snafu Comics'' website. Awards * Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards, "Best Comic" won by Fred Gallagher & Rodney Caston's '' Megatokyo''. *Ignatz Awards, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Jason Little's ''Bee''. Webcomics started * January 17 — ''ArtBomb'' anthology by Warren Ellis, Colleen Doran, Andi Watson, Laurenn McCubbin and D'Israeli * January 21 — '' El Goonish Shive'' by Dan Shive * January 28 — ''Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal'' by Zach Weiner * January — '' Buttercup Festival'' by Elliot G. Garbauskas * February 14 — '' Van Von Hunter'' by Mike Schwark and Ron Kaulfersch * February 15 — '' PartiallyClips'' by Rob Balder * February 16 — ''Unshelved'' by Bill Bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Webcomics
Webcomics (also known as online comics or Internet comics) are comics published on a website or mobile app. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers, or comic books. Webcomics can be compared to self-published print comics in that anyone with an Internet connection can publish their own webcomic. Readership levels vary widely; many are read only by the creator's immediate friends and family, while some of the largest claim audiences well over one million readers. Webcomics range from traditional comic strips and graphic novels to avant garde comics, and cover many genres, style (visual arts), styles, and subjects. They sometimes take on the role of a comic blog. The term web cartoonist is sometimes used to refer to someone who creates webcomics. Medium There are several differences between webcomics and print comics. With webcomics the restrictions of traditional books, newspapers or magazines can be lifted, allowing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards
The Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards (WCCA) were annual awards in which established webcartoonists nominated and selected outstanding webcomics. The awards were held between 2001 and 2008, were mentioned in a ''The New York Times'' column on webcomics in 2005, and have been mentioned as a tool for librarians. History The WCCA represent a form of peer recognition, with voting rights granted only to creators working on online webcomics. Winners of awards receive an individualized web banner for their site, although MegaCon announced in 2007 that a live presentation would be made for the first time. In 2003, 2005 and 2006 the awards were presented in an online ceremony depicted in comic strip form and involving a number of creators. The WCCA were started by Scott Maddix and Mark Mekkes in 2000, with the first awards made in 2001. Mekkes noted his motivation as being to "create a webcomic award process that would do the most to help the webcomic community and encourage creators to st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Balder
Robert T. Balder is a professional cartoonist and singer-songwriter. He graduated from Roanoke College with a major in English in 1993 and, after a variety of jobs, entered a seven-year career in IT, starting as a manager of database development, which he left for his current career. Comics As a comic author, he was first published in ''Scene'' magazine in 1998. Page 93 and on. In 2001, he started '' PartiallyClips'', a social commentary clip art webcomic also featured in the ''Anchorage Press'', ''Cleveland Free Times'', ''Concord Mirror'', ''East Bay Express'', ''Houston Press'', ''Manchester Mirror'', '' Metroland'', ''Nth Degree'', ''Salem Observer'' and the '' Other Paper''. He is also the writer for the ''Erfworld'' webcomic, which was listed as one of ''Time'' magazine's "Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2007". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PartiallyClips
''PartiallyClips'' is a webcomic, created by Rob Balder, which ran from 2002 to 2015. At the start of 2010, Balder handed authorship of the comic to Tim Crist, the comedy musician behind Worm Quartet. Premise ''PartiallyClips'' is a constrained comic. Each three-panel strip consists of a single clip art image – the comic has no original art – repeated and unchanged in each panel, with added speech balloons and/or captions to create the joke. ''PartiallyClips'' tends to use dark humor; frequently, the picture used is rather idyllic, which is common in public-domain clip art, but the added dialogue or captions twist the scene. ''PartiallyClips'' also frequently comments on modern life and culture, especially aspects of Internet culture. There are no recurring characters or plots. Its name is a mondegreen: "Partially Clips" sounds similar to "Partial eclipse". Distribution and reception ''PartiallyClips'' was updated twice weekly, on Sundays and Thursdays. The ''parti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Von Hunter
''Van Von Hunter'' is a weekly hand-drawn parody manga started in 2002 by Mike Schwark and Ron Kaulfersch of Pseudomé Studio, based in Cleveland, Ohio.Giddens, Tharon (July 9, 2006). "Vampire hunter has stake in paper". ''The Augusta Chronicle'', Pg. G3. It has been published in newspapers, books, and as a webcomic. The story takes place in the land of Dikay, a country fraught with zombies, and focuses on the warrior Van Von Hunter and his "never-ending fight against evil...stuff". Publication history In the Summer of 2006, ''Van Von Hunter'' started a six-month run of Sunday newspapers. It was syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate, published in approximately 30 papers in North America (and one in Sweden), including the ''Los Angeles Times'', ''The Denver Post'', the ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'', ''The Detroit News'', ''The Oregonian'', ''The Vancouver Sun'', and the ''Toronto Sun''.Memmott, Carol (December 29, 2005). "Comics pages make room for manga; Newspapers target th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buttercup Festival
''Buttercup Festival'' is a webcomic created by poet and author David Troupes. from Horizon Review The comic's first run, from February 17, 2000 to January 10, 2005, began as a feature in the newspaper, ''The Daily Collegian'', where Troupes was an editor during his college years. It was written under the pseudonym "Elliott G. Garbauskas." At various times during its first run it was published in the newspaper, on its own web site, and in other [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zach Weiner
Zachary Alexander Weinersmith (born Weiner; March 5, 1982)"2011-03-05 Wooh! Today I'm 29." at SMBC-comics.com is an American cartoonist and writer, best known for his webcomic '''' (SMBC). Outside of SMBC, he is the co-creator of four books, a sketch comedy series, a podcast, and multiple other webcomics. Background and personal life According to Weinersmith, his great-grandfather emigrated to the United States in 1925, and he has no family in Europe as they were killed in the . Wei ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
''Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal'' (''SMBC'') is a webcomic by Zach Weinersmith. The gag-a-day comic features few recurring characters or storylines, and has no set format; some strips may be a single panel, while others may go on for ten panels or more. Recurring themes in ''SMBC'' include science, research, superheroes, religion, romance, dating, parenting and the meaning of life. ''SMBC'' has run since 2002 and is published daily. Weinersmith's webcomic was recognized in 2006 and 2007 with the Web Cartoonists' Choice Award for ''Outstanding Single Panel Comic'', and received nominations in 2003 and 2008. History Weinersmith's first version of ''SMBC'' was a character-based three-panel strip done while he was in college. This version of the comic focused on the romantic and academic endeavors of several college students. This version (referred to as ''Classic SMBC'' on the site's archives) ran from January 28, 2002 to September 3, 2002. Weinersmith then switched to singl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Goonish Shive
EL, El or el may refer to: Religion * El (deity), a Semitic word for "God" People * EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer * El DeBarge, music artist * El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American politician * Ephrat Livni (born 1972), American street artist Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * El, a character from the manga series ''Shugo Chara!'' by Peach-Pit * El, short for Eleven, a fictional character in the TV series '' Stranger Things'' * El, family name of Kal-El (Superman) and his father Jor-El in '' Superman'' *E.L. Faldt, character in the road comedy film '' Road Trip'' Literature * ''Él'', 1926 autobiographical novel by Mercedes Pinto * ''Él'' (visual novel), a 2000 Japanese adult visual novel Music * Él Records, an independent record label from the UK founded by Mike Alway * ''Él'' (Lucero album), a 1982 album by Lucero * "Él", Spanish song by Rubén Blades from ''Caminando'' (album) * "Él" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andi Watson
Andrew Watson (born 1969) is a British cartoonist and illustrator best known for the graphic novels ''Breakfast After Noon'', ''Slow News Day'' and his series ''Skeleton Key'' and ''Love Fights'', published by Oni Press and Slave Labor Graphics. Watson has also worked for more mainstream American comic publishers including DC Comics, a twelve-issue limited series at Marvel Comics, several series for Dark Horse Comics, and Image Comics. Biography Andi Watson was born in the Wakefield Infirmary and raised in Kippax, West Yorkshire by working-class parents. He studied foundation art at Dewsbury college followed by a graphic design / illustration course at Liverpool Polytechnic (now Liverpool John Moores University). He currently lives in Worcester. Early works For his final degree show Watson produced the small press comic ''Samurai Jam'' along with T-shirts and bubble-gum cards. The comic was rooted in skateboarding and punk rock culture and artistically influenced by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colleen Doran
Colleen Doran is an American writer-artist and cartoonist. She illustrated hundreds of comics, graphic novels, books and magazines, including the autobiographical graphic novel of Marvel Comics editor and writer Stan Lee entitled ''Amazing Fantastic Incredible Stan Lee'', which became a ''New York Times'' bestseller. She adapted and did the art for the short story "Troll Bridge" by Neil Gaiman, which also became a ''New York Times'' bestseller. Her books have received Eisner, Harvey, Bram Stoker, and International Horror Guild Awards. Her 2019 graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman's short story ''Snow, Glass, Apples'', won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel. It won the 2020 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium, and Colleen Doran was also nominated for the Eisner for Best Penciller/Inker. ''Neil Gaiman's Snow, Glass, Apples'' was also nominated for the Reuben Award from the National Cartoonists Society for Best Graphic Novel. It w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Ellis
Warren Girard Ellis (born 16 February 1968) is a British comic book writer, novelist, and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-creator of several original comics series, including ''Transmetropolitan'' (1997–2002), ''Global Frequency'' (2002–2004) and '' Red'' (2003–2004), which was adapted into the feature films '' Red'' (2010) and '' Red 2'' (2013). Ellis is the author of the novels ''Crooked Little Vein'' (2007) and ''Gun Machine'' (2013) and the novella ''Normal'' (2016). A prolific comic book writer, Ellis has written several Marvel series, including ''Astonishing X-Men'', ''Thunderbolts'', ''Moon Knight'' and the "Extremis" story arc of ''Iron Man'', which was the basis for the Marvel Cinematic Universe film ''Iron Man 3'' (2013). Ellis created '' The Authority'' and '' Planetary'' for WildStorm, and wrote a run of ''Hellblazer'' for Vertigo and ''James Bond'' for Dynamite Entertainment. Ellis wrote the video games ''Hostile Waters'' (2001), ''Cold Winter'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
