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 Ethan Nicolle is an American comic book creator, artist, and writer. He created the Slave Labor Graphics comic '' Chumble Spuzz'' which has been released as two graphic novels so far. He also worked with his younger brother, Malachai, to create ' ...

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 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 Kate Beaton's '' Hark! A Vagrant''. *

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 lure ...

, "Best Graphic Novel" won by Tarol Hunt's '' Goblins''. * Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story 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, Volume 10''.

Webcomics started

* January 4 — '' Loading Artist'' by Gregor Czaykowski * February 3 — ''Transmission'' by Mark Alexander Smith. * February 14 — ''

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 ...

'' by

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 enoug ...

* March 25 — ''Artifice'' by Alex Woolfson * April 3 — '' Cucumber Quest'' by Gigi D.G. * May 24 — '' Steroids 'n' Asteroids with Quadra Blu'' by Lyman Dally * May 28 — '' Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant'' by Tony Cliff * June 2 — ''Dorris McComics'' by Alex Norris * July — " Bongcheon-Dong Ghost" by Horang * September — ''A Redtail's Dream'' by

Minna Sundberg Minna Sundberg (born January 9, 1990) is a Swedish-speaking Finns, Swedish-speaking Finns, Finnish illustrator and cartoonist born in Sweden. She is known for the webcomics ''A Redtail's Dream'' (aRTD), and ''Stand Still, Stay Silent'' (SS, SS). B ...

* October — ''

The Fox Sister The Fox Sister is a Korean storyHeinz Insu Fenkl , about the mythical Korean nine-tailed fox demon (''kumiho''). Synopsis A man had three sons and no daughter. He prayed for a daughter, even if she was a fox. His wife gave birth to a daughter ...

'' by

Christina Strain Christina Strain is an American comic book colorist, writer and screenwriter. Strain formerly worked for Marvel Comics as a colorist before pursuing a career as a writer. Strain's notable works include; the award-winning Marvel series '' Runaways ...

and Jayd Aït-Kaci * November 1 — ''

Gaia In Greek mythology, Gaia (; from Ancient Greek , a poetical form of , 'land' or 'earth'),, , . also spelled Gaea , is the personification of the Earth and one of the Greek primordial deities. Gaia is the ancestral mother—sometimes parthenog ...

'' by Oliver Knörzer and Puri Andini * November 26 — ''

JL8 ''JL8'' is a webcomic by Yale Stewart based on the characters of DC Comics' Justice League. Having started in 2011 under the title ''Little League'', the webcomic presents the members of the Justice League as 8-year-old children. Stewart has use ...

'' by Yale Stewart * '' Bucko'' by Jeff Parker and Erika Moen * '' Dr. Frost'' by Lee Jong-beom * '' Fashion King'' by Kian84 * ''Gaus Electronics'' by Gwak Baek-soo * ''

Girls of the Wild's A girl is a young female human, usually a child or an adolescent. When a girl becomes an adult, she is accurately described as a ''woman''. However, the term ''girl'' is also used for other meanings, including ''young woman'',Dictionary.c ...

'' by Hun and Zhena (Kim Hye-jin) * ''

God of Bath ''God of Bath'' () is a South Korean manhwa series written and illustrated by Ha Il-kwon. Started on July 14, 2011, this webtoon manhwa was released on Naver Webtoon Webtoon (stylized in all caps) is a South Korean webtoon platform launched in ...

'' by

Ha Il-kwon Ha Il-kwon (, born January 10, 1982) is a South Korean manhwaga. He graduated from Sejong University in South Korea and majored in Cartoon-Animation. Bibliography Adaptations Screen * ''The Sound of Magic'' (Annarasumanara) () (2022) ...

* '' Orange Marmalade'' by

Seok Woo Seok may refer to: *Seok (clan), clan among the Turkic-speaking people *Seok (Korean name) Seok, also spelled Suk, is a rare Korean family name held by about 56,500 South Koreans, as well as an element in some Korean given names. As a family na ...

Webcomics ended

* '' Digger'' by Ursula Vernon, 2003 – 2011 * ''

The Phoenix Requiem ''The Phoenix Requiem'' is a dystopic fantasy webcomic written and drawn by Sarah Ellerton, author and artist of '' Inverloch'', which takes place in a setting similar to Victorian-era England. The comic's first pages was published on September 2 ...

'' by Sarah Ellerton, 2007 – 2011 * ''

Hori-san to Miyamura-kun is a Japanese '' shōnen'' web manga series written and illustrated by Hiroki Adachi, under the pseudonym Hero. It was self-published on Hero's website, ''Dokkai Ahen'', from February 2007 to December 2011 in a four-panel format. The se ...

'' by HERO, 2007 – 2011 * '' FreakAngels'' by Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield, 2008 – 2011

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