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2011 In Webcomics
Notable events of 2011 in webcomics. Events * Namco Bandai started subsidiary ShiftyLook, with the purpose to revive unused video game characters from the company's past with webcomics. * International webcomic platform MangaMagazine.net, which later became Inkblazers, is founded by Victor Chu and Bancha Dhammarungruang. * Dark Horse Comics releases ''Dark Horse Digital'', an iOS app that functions as a digital store front for webcomics. Awards * Eagle Awards, "Favourite Web-Based Comic" won by Ethan Nicolle and Malachai Nicolle's '' Axe Cop''. * Eisner Awards, "Best Digital Comic" won by Karl Kerschl's '' Abominable Charles Christopher''. * Harvey Awards, "Best Online Comics Work" won by Kate Beaton's '' Hark! A Vagrant''. * Joe Shuster Award, "Outstanding Web Comics Creator(s)" won by Emily Carroll. *Ignatz Awards, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Kate Beaton's '' Hark! A Vagrant''. *Aurora Awards, "Best Graphic Novel" won by Tarol Hunt's '' Goblins''. * Hugo Award fo ... [...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] |
Hark! A Vagrant
''Hark! A Vagrant'' is a webcomic published by Canadian artist Kate Beaton between 2007 and 2018. It discussed historical and literary topics in a comedic tone and was drawn in black and white. Recurring themes ''Hark! A Vagrant'' is best known for its humorous treatment of historical figures and events. Beaton began drawing history-themed comics for her student newspaper while studying History and Anthropology at Mount Allison University. Historical personages that have made appearances in the comic include Napoléon Bonaparte, Ada Lovelace, Marie Antoinette, and the Founding Fathers of the United States. Literary figures feature prominently, such as the Brontë sisters, and several strips parody classic literary works such as Robinson Crusoe and Sherlock Holmes. The humour in Beaton's historical and literary strips often derives from anachronisms, such as historical characters expressing modern colloquialisms and sensibilities. Other recurring subjects in the comic include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Norton
Mike Norton is an American comic book artist and writer, known for his work on '' Battlepug''. Early life Mike Norton first discovered comics as a child when his father gave him a copy of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #163, before he was old enough to read. Norton names that comic and ''Star Wars'' as his greatest childhood influences. His biggest childhood artistic influence were John Romita Sr., John Byrne, and John Buscema.Cadusbane (January 18, 2016),Bringing Back The Dead With Revival Creators Tim Seeley And Mike Norton (Interview)" Geeks with Wives. Retrieved July 27, 2016 During the 1980s and 1990s, he was also influenced by independent comics creators such as Bill Reinhold, Matt Wagner, Howard Chaykin, and Mike Allred. While in high school, Norton played in a band and considered careers in music and veterinary medicine before deciding on a career in comics. Career In 2001, Norton became Art Director for Devil's Due Publishing, and drew that publisher's first ''Voltron'' m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battlepug
''Battlepug'' is a webcomic written and illustrated by Mike Norton, colored by Allen Passalaqua, and lettered by Chris Crank. History Norton created the characters for ''Battlepug'' in a rush to create a T-shirt for iFanboy.com. In February 2011, Norton launched his webcomic, ''Battlepug''. A dark-humored, fantasy-genred revenge story, ''Battlepug'' is about the last surviving member of the Kinmundian Tribe known only as "The Warrior", his steed, the ''Battlepug'', and their traveling companion, Scrabbly. The story is narrated by Moll, who recounts the tale to her talking dogs, a Pug named Mingo and a French Bulldog named Colfax. The first year of strips was collected into a hardcover by Dark Horse Comics and released July 4, 2012. In mid-2012, Mike Norton won the Best Digital Comic Eisner award for ''Battlepug''. Every Friday, Norton released pictures of ''Battlepug'' readers and their pugs in "Friday Battlepuggage". Characters The Warrior The protagonist of the story goes by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loading Artist
Loading may refer to: Biology * Carbohydrate loading, a strategy employed by endurance athletes to maximize the storage of glycogen in the muscles * Creatine loading, a phase of use of creatine supplements * Vocal loading, the stress inflicted on the speech organs when speaking for long periods Engineering * Application of a structural load to a system ** Disk loading, the pressure maintained over the swept area of a helicopter's rotor ** Seismic loading, one of the basic concepts of earthquake engineering ** Wing loading, the loaded weight of an aircraft divided by the area of its wing * Loading characteristic, a measure of traffic on a telephone system * Insertion of an electrical load into a circuit ** Use of a loading coil to increase inductance * Loading (computing), the process in which the contents of a file are read into a computer's memory Other uses * Task loading, the number of tasks taken on by a diver * Loading (TV channel), a Brazilian TV Network focused on po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl Genius
''Girl Genius'' is an ongoing comic book series turned webcomic, written and drawn by Phil and Kaja Foglio and published by their company Studio Foglio LLC under the imprint Airship Entertainment. The comic won the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story three times, has been nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist and twice for Eisner Awards, and won multiple WCCA awards. ''Girl Genius'' has the tagline of "Adventure, Romance, Mad Science!". It follows the main character Agatha Heterodyne (introduced in 1995) through an alternate-history Victorian-style "steampunk" setting, although elements veer from what is usually thought of as steampunk. Kaja Foglio describes it as "gaslamp fantasy" instead to suggest its more fantastic style. As well as the comics, the Foglios have also written four Girl Genius novels, all published by Night Shade Books, and two games based on the world have been made. Overview Setting The setting has been described as steampunk, with reviewe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Foglio
Philip Foglio (born May 1, 1956) is an American cartoonist and comic book artist known for his humorous science fiction and fantasy art. Early life and career Foglio was born on May 1, 1956, in Mount Vernon, New York, and moved with his family to Hartsdale, New York, where he lived until he was 17. He attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago, Illinois, and was a member of the university's science fiction club, art-directing & co-editing the group's fanzine, ''Effen Essef''. He was nominated for both the Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist and the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation in 1976, and won ''Best Fan Artist'' in 1977 and 1978. After living in the DePaul dorms for a few years, Phil moved to the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago and hosted weekly Thursday Night Meetings of Chicago-area science fiction fans. He drew the first known Unix daemons for a limited series of T-shirts in 1979. Beginning in 1980, Foglio wrote and illustrated the comic strip '' What's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaja Foglio
Kaja Foglio (born January 12, 1970) is a Seattle-based writer, artist, and publisher. Foglio co-won the first Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story in 2009 for ''Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones'', a series which went on to win two more Hugo Awards. Biography Early life and education Born Kaja Murphy in Bellevue, Washington, Kaja was raised in Kirkland, Washington. She graduated from Juanita High School in Kirkland, Washington in 1988. She attended the University of Washington, where she was heavily involved with the local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism. She graduated from the University of Washington, and she married Phil Foglio in 1993. Career Kaja, with Phil, founded Studio Foglio, LLC in 1995. The studio became the venue for her art prints, many of which have been produced as cards for Magic: The Gathering. Kaja Foglio co-writes and illustrates the webcomic ''Girl Genius'' with Phil Foglio. She serves as the chief graphic designe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Award For Best Graphic Story
The Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story is given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories told in graphic form and published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. It has been awarded annually since 2009. The Hugo Awards have been described as "a fine showcase for speculative fiction" and "the best known literary award for science fiction writing". In the 17 nomination years, 94 works from 58 series have been nominated, including Retro Hugos. Works from 12 different series have won the award, including Retro Hugos. ''Girl Genius'', written by Kaja and Phil Foglio, drawn by Phil Foglio, and colored by Cheyenne Wright, won the first three awards. After their third straight win in 2011, the Girl Genius team announced that, in order to show the category was a "viable award", they were refusing nomination for the following year (after which the award was up for re-ratification); ''Girl Genius'' was nominated a fourth time in 2014. For the following five ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goblins (webcomic)
''Goblins'' is a webcomic by Ellipsis Stephens. Premise ''Goblins'' started in 2005, and as of 2022 is still updating. It is part of Hiveworks Comics. The comic's setting is based on a Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game and parodies these games, in that the rules of reality follow game mechanics; characters are aware of this and can take advantage of these rules. The story follows both a group of goblins, including Chief, Big Ears, Fumbles, Thaco and Complains-of-Names. It also follows Minmax and Forgath, "adventurers" based on RPG player characters. ''Goblins'' mixes comedy with bleak situations and gruesome violence. Reception ''Goblins'' won the 2011 and 2012 Aurora Awards The Aurora Awards (french: Prix Aurora-Boréal) are a set of primarily literary awards given annually for the best Canadian science fiction or fantasy professional and fan works and achievements from the previous year."Literary glow of Auroras lur ..., a Canadian literary award, for Best English Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurora Awards
The Aurora Awards (french: Prix Aurora-Boréal) are a set of primarily literary awards given annually for the best Canadian science fiction or fantasy professional and fan works and achievements from the previous year."Literary glow of Auroras lures galaxy of sci/fi stars". ''Edmonton Journal'', June 6, 1991. The event is organized by Canvention and the awards are given out by the Canadian SF and Fantasy Association and SFSF Boreal Inc. Originally they were known as the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards which was shortened to CSFFA and nicknamed the Casper Awards based on that acronym, but this name was changed to the Aurora Awards in 1991, because the Aurora is the same in English and French. The categories have expanded from those focused on literary works to include categories that recognize achievements in comics, music, poetry, art, film and television. Originally, the CSFFA gave out both the English-language and French-language versions of the awards, with the French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Small Press Expo
The Small Press Expo (SPX) is an American alternative comics convention. A registered 501(c)(3) that was created in 1994, every year since its inception, SPX has put on a festival, known as The Expo, that provides a forum for artists, writers and publishers of comic art in its various forms to present their creations to the public and to expose the public to comic art not normally accessible through normal commercial channels. The annual SPX festival is typically held in the fall in Bethesda, Maryland. SPX is unique amongst the various comic conventions as it does not allow retailers to have a formal presence at the convention. Only creators and publishers are allowed to set up at the festival, although retailers can and do attend the show with the general public through paid admissions. SPX is the home of the Ignatz Awards, which have been presented there annually since 1997. As one of the few festival awards rewarded in comics, they are voted on by attendees. SPX is closely ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
