Notable events of 2010 in
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 ...
.
Events
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Keenspot stopped being a webcomic collective and moved to content development and publishing on July 1.
*After launching a new mobile platform,
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.
DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...
shuts down their
Zuda Comics
Zuda Comics was DC Comics' webcomics imprint from 2007 until 2010. Some of the imprints series won awards and nominations from comic industry's Glyph Comics Awards and Harvey Awards. ''Bayou, Volume 1'' was also named one of the 2010 Great Graphic ...
imprint in July.
*The
New England Webcomics Weekend was held for the second and last time on November 6–7.
Awards
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Clickburg Webcomic Awards, won by Hallie Lama, Setsuna, and Michiel van de Pol.
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Eagle Awards
The Eagle Awards were a series of awards for comic book titles and creators. They were awarded by United Kingdom, UK fans voting for work produced during the previous year. Named after the UK's ''Eagle (British comics), Eagle'' comic, they were l ...
, "Favourite Web-Based Comic" won by
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'' ( ...
and Paul Duffield's ''
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 Whitechape ...
''.
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Eisner Awards
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books, sometimes referred to as the comics industry's equivalent of the Academy Awards. They are named in ...
, "Best Digital Comic" won by
Cameron Stewart
Cameron Stewart (born 1975) is a Canadian comic book creator. He first came to prominence when he collaborated as an illustrator with writer Grant Morrison, and he went on to illustrate ''Catwoman'' and co-write '' Batgirl''. He won Eisner and ...
's ''Sin Titulo''.
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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 ...
, "Best Online Comics Work" won by
Scott Kurtz
Scott R. Kurtz (born March 15, 1971) is an American webcomic artist. Known for creating the daily online comic-strip '' PvP'', Kurtz is among the first professional webcomic creators.
Career
Kurtz was born to a Catholic household in Watsonville ...
' ''
PvP''.
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Ignatz Awards
The Ignatz Awards recognize outstanding achievements in comics and cartooning by small press creators or creator-owned projects published by larger publishers. They have been awarded each year at the Small Press Expo since 1997, only skipping a ...
, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by
Mike Dawson's ''Troop 142''.
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Joe Shuster Awards
The Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards (or Joe Shuster Awards) are given out annually for outstanding achievements in the creation of comic books, graphic novels, webcomics, and comics retailers and publishers by Canadians. The awards ...
, "Outstanding Webcomic Creator" won by
Karl Kerschl
Karl Kerschl is a Canadian comic book artist, best known for his work on DC Comics books, including '' Adventures of Superman'', '' Majestic'', ''All-Flash'', '' Teen Titans: Year One'' and ''Gotham Academy''.
Early life
Kerschl was born in Toron ...
(''The Abominable Charles Christopher'').
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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 A ...
won by
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 ...
,
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 ...
, and Cheyenne Wright's ''
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 ...
, Volume 9''.
Webcomics started
* January — ''
Molarity Redux'' by Michael Molinelli
* January 8 — ''
Denma
''Denma'' () is a South Korean webtoon written and illustrated by Youngsoon Yang (Yang Yeong-soon), colored by Seunghee Hong (Hong Seung-hee). Started on 8 January 2010, this manhwa was released on Naver WEBTOON, where it continues to be publ ...
'' by Yang Yeong-soon
* February 9 — ''
Zahra's Paradise
''Zahra's Paradise'' (Persian language, Persian: بهشت زهرا ''Behesht-e Zahra'') is a webcomic and graphic novel by Amir Soltani and Khalil set in modern Iran. It has been described as a political webcomic dealing with real-time events. I ...
'' by Amil and Khalil
* February 23 — ''
Dream Life, a late coming of age'' by
Salgood Sam
Max Douglas (born September 15, 1970) is a Canadian comic book creator. Since approximately 1996, he has worked under the pen name of Salgood Sam which is derived from a reverse spelling of his name.
Published works ''Early Career''
Douglas sta ...
* April 1 — ''
I Taste Sound'' by
Mike Riley
* May 8 — ''
Go Get a Roomie!'' by Chloé C.
* June 12 — ''
Whomp!
''Whomp!'' is a webcomic authored and drawn by Ronnie Filyaw. The comic centers around the life and antics of the overweight, junk-food-obsessed and socially inept nerd Ronnie, who is a fictionalized version of the author, and his roommate, Agr ...
'' by Ronnie Filyaw
* June 30 — ''
Paranatural
''Paranatural'' is a supernatural Action fiction, action/comedy webcomic created by Zack Morrison. The Comics, comic has been written and illustrated by Morrison since its debut in 2010, with seven completed chapters and an eighth chapter currentl ...
'' by Zack Morrison
* July — ''Vattu'' by
Evan Dahm
Evan Dahm (born 1987) is an American webcartoonist from Asheville, North Carolina known for creating the Overside universe of webcomics. Dahm started creating the surrealistic webcomic ''Rice Boy'' in 2006, which follows the titular Rice Boy as h ...
* July 14 — ''
Unsounded
''Unsounded'' is an ongoing Epic (genre), epic fantasy Adventure fiction, adventure graphic novel written and illustrated by Ashley Cope, published online since 2010. ''Unsounded'' describes itself as covering "fall nginto the Epic Fantasy Adven ...
'' by Ashley Cope
* August 27 — ''
Shadowbinders'' by Kambrea and Thom Pratt
* December 24 — ''
The Wormworld Saga'' by Daniel Lieske
* ''
Along with the Gods
''Along With the Gods'' () is a South Korean manhwa series written and illustrated by Joo Ho-min. The webtoon was released on Internet portal Naver WEBTOON since 2010, and the first volume in print was published on December 27, 2010. It was insp ...
'' by Joo Ho-min
* ''
Cheapjack Shakespeare'' by Shaun McLaughlin
* ''
Cheese in the Trap
''Cheese in the Trap'' () is a South Korean manhwa series written and illustrated by Soonkki. The webtoon was released on Internet portal Naver WEBTOON since 2010, and the first volume in print was published on March 2, 2012. It was adapted int ...
'' by
Soonkki
* ''
Crocodile in Water, Tiger on Land''
* ''
Si Juki'' by Faza Ibnu Ubaidillah Salman
* ''
Tower of God
''Tower of God'' () is a South Korean manhwa released as a webtoon written and illustrated by S.I.U. It has been serialized in Naver Corporation's webtoon platform Naver Webtoon since June 2010, with the individual chapters collected and publish ...
'' by Lee Jong-hui
Webcomics ended
* ''
Goats
The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a domesticated species of Caprinae, goat-antelope typically kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (''C. aegagrus'') of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a membe ...
'' by
Jonathan Rosenberg, 1997 – 2010
* ''
8-Bit Theater
''8-Bit Theater'' is a sprite comic created by Brian Clevinger that ran from 2001 to 2010 and consisting of 1,225 pages. It is a sprite comic, meaning the art is mainly taken from pre-existing video game assets. The webcomic was at times one of ...
'' by
Brian Clevinger
Brian Clevinger (born May 7, 1978) is an American writer best known as the author of the webcomic ''8-Bit Theater'' and the Eisner-nominated print comic ''Atomic Robo''. He is also the author of the self-published novel ''Nuklear Age''.
Career ...
, 2001 – 2010
* ''
A Modest Destiny'' by Sean Howard, 2003 – 2010
* ''
Girly
''Girly'' is a webcomic created by Jackie Lesnick which follows the romantic relationship between two girls named Otra and Winter, as well as other citizens of the city of Cute-Town. It ran from 2003 until 2010.
Plot summary
The webcomic is a ...
'' by Jackie Lesnick, 2003 – 2010
* ''
Fission Chicken'' by J.P. Morgan, 2006 – 2010
* ''Order of Tales'' by
Evan Dahm
Evan Dahm (born 1987) is an American webcartoonist from Asheville, North Carolina known for creating the Overside universe of webcomics. Dahm started creating the surrealistic webcomic ''Rice Boy'' in 2006, which follows the titular Rice Boy as h ...
, 2008 – 2010
* ''Writer J'' by
Oh Seong-dae
Oh Seong-dae (Hangul: 오성대, Hanja: 吳城垈; born November 18, 1982) is a South Korean webtoon artist. He is best known for creating a horror comics, horror thriller (genre), thriller Anthology series, anthology webtoon '':ko:기기괴 ...
, 2009 – 2010
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