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2008 In Webcomics
Notable events of 2008 in webcomics. Events *The website of Plan Nine Publishing went down. Awards * Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards, "Outstanding Comic" won by Phil and Kaja Foglio's ''Girl Genius''. *Ignatz Awards, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Chris Onstad's '' Achewood''. *Eagle Awards, "Favourite Web-Based Comic" won by Rich Burlew's '' The Order of the Stick''. *Eisner Awards, "Best Digital Comic" won by Joss Whedon and Fábio Moon's '' Sugarshock!''. *Harvey Awards, "Best Online Comics Work" won by Nicholas Gurewitch' ''The Perry Bible Fellowship''. *Joe Shuster Awards, "Outstanding Webcomic Creator" won by Ryan Sohmer and Lar DeSouza ('' Least I Could Do'' and ''Looking for Group''). * The Weblog Awards, "Best Comic Strip" won by Randall Munroe's ''xkcd''. Webcomics started * January 1 — '' Hitlercito'' by Tormentas and Alejandro Cavallazzi * January 22 — '' Yehuda Moon and the Kickstand Cyclery'' by Rick Smith * February — ''Welcome to Convenien ... [...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, 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 artists and writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvey Awards
The Harvey Awards are given for achievement in comic books. Named for writer-artist Harvey Kurtzman, the Harvey Awards were founded by Gary Groth in 1988, president of the publisher Fantagraphics, to be the successor to the Kirby Awards that were discontinued in 1987. The Harvey Awards are now nominated by the Harvey Awards Nomination Committee. The winners are selected by an open vote among comic-book professionals. The Harveys are no longer affiliated with Fantagraphics. The Harvey Awards Executive Committee is made up of unpaid volunteers, and the Awards are financed through sponsorships. Since their inception, the awards have been hosted at a string of comic book conventions, starting at the Chicago Comicon, and subsequently moving to the Dallas Fantasy Fair, Wondercon, the Pittsburgh Comicon, the MoCCA Festival, the Baltimore Comic-Con, and currently the New York Comic Con. History The Harvey Awards were created as an industry award voted on entirely by comics profession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FreakAngels
''FreakAngels'' is a post-apocalyptic webcomic created in 2008 by Eagle Award-winning writer Warren Ellis and artist Paul Duffield, and published in book format by Avatar Press. The plot focuses on twelve 23-year-old psychics living in Whitechapel six years after civilization in Great Britain is destroyed. The webcomic has received various awards and has been collected in a series of six volumes. Crunchyroll adapted the webcomic into an animated series in January 2022. Publication history Warren Ellis announced the project at the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con with the statement: "I've written two hundred pages and I still have no idea what it's about… it's retro-punk, it's near future steampunk" It was launched on 15 February 2008. New installments were released in six full-colour page episodes every week, a schedule that allows the story the chance to grow naturally. The story grew out of Ellis' question as to what would have happened if the Midwich Cuckoos had survived and grow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welcome To Convenience Store
''Welcome to Convenience Store'' () is a South Korean webtoon created by Ji Kang-min. The webtoon began in February 2008 and received an award at the Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival that same year. A paperback version was released on October 23, 2008. ''Welcome to Convenience Store'' was adapted into multiple animated series, as well as a mobile game distributed by Kakao. Characters from the webtoon have appeared in a variety of media and merchandise. Development Photographer Ji Kang-min started drawing ''Welcome to Convenience Store'' in 2008, thinking it would be nice to release a story based on one of the most well-known settings. Kang-min gets a large amount of fanmail containing stories and concerns from retail employees, some of which he introduces to the webtoon. Kang-min stated in 2010 that the webtoon doesn't make him much money, which was his reason to expand to different types of media, such as animation. In an interview with ''The Korea Times'', K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yehuda Moon And The Kickstand Cyclery
''Yehuda Moon and the Kickstand Cyclery'', or ''Kickstand Comics'', is a cycling-focused webcomic created by Web developer Rick Smith from 2008 to 2017. The titular Yehuda Moon runs a bike shop with his friend Joe and is confronted by various challenges at work and during his commute. Smith collaborated with former bike shop worker Brian Griggs to write the webcomic starting in 2010. ''Kickstand Comics'' went on indefinite hiatus in October 2011, and ran irregularly from 2015 to 2017. Six volumes of ''Kickstand Comics'' were released, many supported by Kickstarter. Synopsis The webcomic chronicles the adventures and challenges of Yehuda Moon. The titular character runs a bike shop, the Kickstand Cyclery, with his friend Joe, and is frequently confronted with the challenges presented by his daily bicycle commute and the customers (or lack thereof) at his bike shop. ''Kickstand Comics'' features characters such as a bike ninja, a bike hypochondriac, the ghost of the previous owner of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitlercito
''Hitlercito'' is a Spanish webcomic written and drawn by Alejandro Cavallazzi and Tormentas. The comic is a spoof on historical conquerors, and has been reviewed in the Mexican newspaper ''Reforma'', in an article of the student newspaper ''8/ochenta'' of the Universidad Iberoamericana, in an article in the online magazine ''TVA'', and in nationwide magazine '' Emeequis''. It was also listed as an example of a webcomic in the weekly magazine ''Milenio''. ''Hitlercito'' has recently been published in the magazine '' Replicante'' and the comic strip magazine ''¡#$%&! Cómics'' from Monterrey. History ''Hitlercito'' was first published online in October 2005, but was dropped by the authors after a couple of months. The project was restarted in January 2008. After a couple of months, the authors began another webcomic, ''Perro, gato y ardilla.'' In May 2008 ''Hitlercito'' began appearing regularly in the bimonthly publication '' Replicante''. Content The main character is Hitlercit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xkcd
''xkcd'', sometimes styled ''XKCD'', is a webcomic created in 2005 by American author Randall Munroe. The comic's tagline describes it as "a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language". Munroe states on the comic's website that the name of the comic is not an initialism but "just a word with no phonetic pronunciation". The subject matter of the comic varies from statements on life and love to mathematical, programming, and scientific in-jokes. Some strips feature simple humor or pop-culture references. It has a cast of stick figures, and the comic occasionally features landscapes, graphs, charts, and intricate mathematical patterns such as fractals. New cartoons are added three times a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Munroe has released five spinoff books from the comic. The first book, published in 2010 and entitled ''xkcd: volume 0'', was a series of select comics from his website. His 2014 book '' What If?'' is based on his blog of the same name that ans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randall Munroe
Randall Patrick Munroe (born October 17, 1984) is an American cartoonist, author, and engineer best known as the creator of the webcomic ''xkcd''. Munroe has worked full-time on the comic since late 2006. In addition to publishing a book of the webcomic's strips, he has written four books: ''What If? (book), What If?'', ''Thing Explainer'', ''How To (book), How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems,'' and ''What If?2''. Early life Munroe was born in Easton, Pennsylvania, and his father has worked as an engineer and marketer. He has two younger siblings, and was raised as a Quakers, Quaker. He was a fan of comic strips in newspapers from an early age, starting off with ''Calvin and Hobbes''. After graduating from the Mathematics and Science High School at Clover Hill, Chesterfield County Mathematics and Science High School at Clover Hill, a Renaissance Program in Midlothian, Virginia, he graduated from Christopher Newport University in 2006 with a degree in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Weblog Awards (Wizbang)
The Weblog Awards, presented by Kevin Aylward's Wizbang LLC, were a set of annual blog awards that were presented beginning in 2003. They were one of the largest blog awards, with winners determined through internet voting by the public, and were covered by many major news organizations. The awards have been described as a "right-wing response to the Bloggies The Weblog Awards, nicknamed the Bloggies, was an annual non-profit blog awards that began in 2001. Until its end in 2015, it was the longest running and one of the largest blog awards, with winners determined through internet voting by the publ ...." The last year of the Weblog Awards was 2008. Owing to the cost of running the project, the awards have been discontinued. References External links * Blog awards {{Web-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Looking For Group
''Looking for Group'' is a fantasy-themed Canadian webcomic written by Ryan Sohmer and drawn by Lar DeSouza. The comic follows the adventures of Cale'Anon (an elven hunter) and Richard (an undead warlock), as well as their companions. Since its launch on November 26, 2006, it has received positive attention at Stratics and by the World of Warcraft community. Overview ''Looking for Groups Ryan Sohmer (the author of '' Least I Could Do'') and Lar deSouza (the artist of '' Least I Could Do'') draw the themes of Looking for Group from many influences, such as Terry Goodkind's '' Sword of Truth'' series,"Dungeons and Dragons", Robert Jordan's ''The Wheel of Time'' series, George R. R. Martin's ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' (with several acknowledged news posts of this), and Blizzard Entertainment's popular MMORPG video game ''World of Warcraft''. The art style and the title imply that it was originally intended as a parody of World of Warcraft - the four main characters resemble ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Least I Could Do
''Least I Could Do'' (''LICD'') is a humor webcomic by Ryan Sohmer and Lar deSouza (also the creators of the fantasy webcomic ''Looking for Group''). The strip debuted on February 10, 2003. Past artists for the strip include John Horsley from y2cl, who dropped out before the strip launched, Trevor Adams, who was on board for about six months, then Chad W. M. Porter, who drew the strip for two years. ''Least I Could Do'' is produced by Blind Ferret Entertainment, which owns the rights to the strip. The primary theme of the strip is sexuality, especially the promiscuity of the primary character, Rayne Summers, who is loosely based upon Sohmer himself. The strip updates every day. Sunday features ''Least I Could Do: Beginnings'', a strip following Rayne at age 8 with storylines unrelated to the main strip. Story lines tend to last for only a few strips, but some have gone several weeks. History The original artist for the strip was Trevor Adams, who drew the strip from its debut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lar DeSouza
''Least I Could Do'' (''LICD'') is a humor webcomic by Ryan Sohmer and Lar deSouza (also the creators of the fantasy webcomic ''Looking for Group''). The strip debuted on February 10, 2003. Past artists for the strip include John Horsley from y2cl, who dropped out before the strip launched, Trevor Adams, who was on board for about six months, then Chad W. M. Porter, who drew the strip for two years. ''Least I Could Do'' is produced by Blind Ferret Entertainment, which owns the rights to the strip. The primary theme of the strip is sexuality, especially the promiscuity of the primary character, Rayne Summers, who is loosely based upon Sohmer himself. The strip updates every day. Sunday features ''Least I Could Do: Beginnings'', a strip following Rayne at age 8 with storylines unrelated to the main strip. Story lines tend to last for only a few strips, but some have gone several weeks. History The original artist for the strip was Trevor Adams, who drew the strip from its debut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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