Notable events of 2001 in webcomics.

Events

* Phil and Kaja Foglio's '' Girl Genius'' launched in print. *The Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards were established to "represent a form of peer recognition, with voting rights granted only to creators working on online webcomics."

Awards

Web Cartoonist's 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 webco ...

, "Outstanding Comic" won by Adam Burke's ''Boxjam's Doodle''. * Eagle Awards, "Favourite Web-Based Comic" won by Pete Abrams' '' Sluggy Freelance''.

Webcomics started

* January 1–March 26 — '' King of Fighters Doujinshi'' by Vinson Ngo * January 16 — '' Okashina Okashi - Strange Candy'' by Emily Snodgrass and J. Baird * March 1 — ''Jack'' by David Hopkins * March 2 — '' 8-Bit Theater'' by Brian Clevinger * March 29 — '' Nodwick'' by Aaron Williams * August 30 — ''

The Morning Improv ''The Morning Improv'' is a series of webcomics created by Scott McCloud from 2001 to 2004. The series was entirely improvisational, as McCloud wrote one or two panels every morning. The Title (publishing), title of each of the 26 webcomics McClo ...

'' by Scott McCloud * September 2 — ''

toothpaste for dinner ''Toothpaste for Dinner'' is a webcomic created by Drew Fairweather. The comic was launched on January 1, 2002. A new strip is posted several times a week at 12:01 AM, EST. Each comic features small, simple drawings, paired with short caption ...

'' by Drew * September 9 — '' VG Cats'' by Scott Ramsoomair * September 10 — '' Makeshift Miracle'' by Jim Zubkavich * October 1 — ''

Achewood ''Achewood'' is a webcomic created by Chris Onstad in 2001. It portrays the lives of a group of anthropomorphic stuffed toys, robots, and pets. Many of the characters live together in the home of their owner, Chris, at the fictional address of ...

'' by

Chris Onstad ''Achewood'' is a webcomic created by Chris Onstad in 2001. It portrays the lives of a group of anthropomorphic stuffed toys, robots, and pets. Many of the characters live together in the home of their owner, Chris, at the fictional address of ...

* October 9 — '' Get Your War On'' by David Rees * October 16 — ''

Big Fat Whale Brian McFadden is an American cartoonist who started on GeoCities in 2001, created ''Big Fat Whale'', and became a featured artist at ''The New York Times'' in 2011. Personal life As of June 2011, McFadden was 27 years old and lived in Massach ...

'' by Brian McFadden * October — '' Nowhere Girl'' by Justine Shaw * December 19 — ''Something*Positive'' by

R. K. Milholland Randal Keith Milholland (born November 25, 1975), better known as R. K. Milholland, is an American webcomic author. His works include ''Something Positive'', '' New Gold Dreams'', ''Midnight Macabre'', ''Classically Positive'' and ''Super Stupor' ...

* '' The Perry Bible Fellowship'' by

Nicholas Gurewitch ''The Perry Bible Fellowship'' (abbreviated to ''PBF'') is a webcomic and newspaper comic strip by Nicholas Gurewitch. It first appeared in the Syracuse University newspaper ''The Daily Orange'' in 2001. The comics are usually three or four ...

* '' When I Am King'' by Demian5 * ''Zombie and Mummy'' by

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and

Dragan Espenschied Dragan Espenschied (born 1975) is an 8-bit musician and media artist who lives and works in New York City. He studied communication design at the Merz Academy in Stuttgart, Germany Stuttgart (; Swabian German, Swabian: ; ) is the capital ...

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