Notable events of 2017 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

Awards

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 Webcomic" won by Anne Szabla's ''Bird Boy''. *

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 Der-Shing Helmer's ''

The Meek ''The Meek'' is a fantasy webcomic written and illustrated by Der-shing Helmer since 2008. Taking place in a fantasy world, ''The Meek'' focuses on protagonist Angora, a young girl with a magical ability to control plants, as she is trying to rea ...

''. *

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

Ty Templeton Tyrone Templeton is a Canadian comic book artist and writer who has drawn a number of mainstream titles, TV-associated titles, and his own series. Career Templeton first received attention for ''Stig's Inferno'' (Vortex Comics), now a cult fav ...

(''Bun Toons''). *

Reuben Awards The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) is an organization of professional cartoonists in the United States. It presents the National Cartoonists Society Awards. The Society was born in 1946 when groups of cartoonists got together to entertain the ...

, "Online Comics"; Short Form won by

Ruben Bolling Ruben Bolling (born c. 1963 in New Jersey) is a pseudonym for Ken Fisher, an American cartoonist, the author of '' Tom the Dancing Bug'' and ''Super-Fun-Pak Comix''. His work started out apolitical, instead featuring absurdist humor, parodying c ...

's ''Donald and John'', Long Form won by Ngozi Ukazu's '' Check, Please!''. *

Ringo Awards The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Ringo Awards, are prizes given for achievement in comic books. They are named in honor of artist Mike Wieringo and they were founded by the Reisterstown, Maryland-based Cards ...

, "Best Webcomic" won by

Dean Haspiel Dean Edmund Haspiel (born May 31, 1967 in New York City) is an American comic book artist, writer, and playwright. He is known for creating Billy Dogma, The Red Hook, and for his collaborations with writer Harvey Pekar on his '' American Splendor ...

's ''The Red Hook''. * Cartoonist Studio Prize, "Best Web Comic" won by Christina Tran's ''On Beauty''. * Special Prometheus Award won by Mark Stanley's ''Freefall''.

Webcomics started

* January 1 — ''Live with Yourself!'' by Shen and David Mercier * January 10 — ''Leaving Richard's Valley'' by

Michael DeForge Michael DeForge (born 1987) is a Canadian comics artist and illustrator. Biography DeForge grew up in Ottawa and attended the University of Toronto, dropping out after two years. He lives and works in Toronto. According to DeForge, he has "alway ...

* March 6 — '' My Giant Nerd Boyfriend'' by Fishball * March 8 — ''Woman World'' by

Aminder Dhaliwal Aminder Dhaliwal (born December 5, 1988) is a Canadian animator, storyboard artist, cartoonist, writer, and director. She is best known for her 2018 graphic novel ''Woman World''. Dhaliwal was born to Punjabi parents in Wembley, England where she ...

* March 12 — ''My Dear Cold-Blooded King'' by lifelight * March 18 — '' Dogeza de Tanondemita'' by Kazuki Funatsu * April — ''Days of Hana'' by Seok-woo * April 2 — ''Ghost Teller'' by QTT and

Studio LICO A studio is an artist or worker's workroom. This can be for the purpose of acting, architecture, painting, pottery (ceramics), sculpture, origami, woodworking, scrapbooking, photography, graphic design, filmmaking, animation, industrial d ...

* April 7 — '' I Love Yoo'' by Quimchee * May 12 — ''

Cheshire Crossing ''Cheshire Crossing'' is a fantasy webcomic written and originally illustrated by Andy Weir from 2006 to 2008, and later illustrated by Sarah Andersen for Tapas (syndicate), Tapas from 2017 to 2019. The latter version was published as a graphic ...

'' (2nd version) by

Andy Weir Andrew Taylor Weir (born June 16, 1972) is an American novelist and former computer programmer. His 2011 novel '' The Martian'' was adapted into the 2015 film of the same name directed by Ridley Scott. He received the John W. Campbell Award fo ...

and

Sarah Andersen Sarah Andersen is an American cartoonist and illustrator, and the author of the webcomic '' Sarah's Scribbles''. Biography Andersen graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in 2014. While attending MICA, she started drawing t ...

* June — '' SandSerif'' by Sandy * June 6 — ''Honey Honey Wedding'' by Moon Na-young * July — ''Winter Moon'' by Merryweathery * July 5 — ''

17776 ''17776'' (also known as ''What Football Will Look Like in the Future'') is a serialized speculative fiction multimedia narrative by Jon Bois, published online through '' SB Nation''. Set in the distant future in which all humans have become i ...

'' by

Jon Bois Jon Bois (; born September 24, 1982) is an American sports writer, video producer, and YouTuber. He is the creative director at ''SB Nation'', a sports blogging network. Bois is known for his speculative fiction works on sports, such as '' 1777 ...

* August 6 — ''A Good Day to be a Dog'' by Lee Hey *September 7 — '' We're Out of Cornflakes'' by Wedeking * October 3 — ''Nothing Special'' by Katie Cook * October 12 — ''

Sweet Home Sweet Home or Sweethome may refer to: Places in the United States * Sweet Home, Arkansas * Sweet Home Central School District in Amherst and Tonawanda, New York ** Sweet Home High School (Amherst, New York), a New York State public high school * ...

'' by Kim Carnby and Hwang Young-chan * November 7 — ''

Let's Play A Let's Play (LP) is a video (or screenshots accompanied by text) documenting the playthrough of a video game, often including commentary and/or a camera view of the gamer's face. A Let's Play differs from a video game walkthrough or strat ...

'' by Mongie * November 7 — '' 1000'' by

Chuck Brown Charles Louis Brown (August 22, 1936 – May 16, 2012) was an American guitarist, bandleader and singer known as " The Godfather of Go-Go". Go-go is a subgenre of funk music developed around the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area in the mid-197 ...

and

Sanford Greene Sanford Greene is a comics artist. He worked for publishers like Marvel, Dark Horse, Image and DC Comics. He created the webcomic ''1000'' (written by Chuck Brown) and ''Bitter Root'' (co-written by Brown and David F. Walker). Greene already won ...

* December 5 — ''War Cry'' by

* '' Acception'' by Coco “Colourbee” Ouwerkerk

Webcomics ended

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The Adventures of Dr. McNinja ''The Adventures of Dr. McNinja'' is a webcomic written and drawn by Christopher Hastings, and inked formerly by Kent Archer and after 2010 by Hastings himself. Published three times a week on its own website, it features the fictional adventures ...

'' by

Christopher Hastings Christopher Hastings (age ) is an American comic writer and artist. He is known for his webcomic '' The Adventures of Dr. McNinja'' as well as writing for ''Unbelievable Gwenpool'' and the ''Adventure Time'' comics. Biography Hastings attended ...

, 2004 – 2017 * ''

Multiplex Multiplex may refer to: * Multiplex (automobile), a former American car make * Multiplex (comics), a DC comic book supervillain * Multiplex (company), a global contracting and development company * Multiplex (assay), a biological assay which measu ...

'' by Gordon McAlpin, 2005 – 2017 * ''

The Dreamland Chronicles ''The Dreamland Chronicles'' is an all-ages fantasy webcomic and comic book series created by Scott Christian Sava with 3D computer graphics. Plot summary ''The Dreamland Chronicles'' is about a college student, Alex, who returns to a realm of dr ...

'' by Scott Christian Sava, 2006 – 2017 * ''

Octopus Pie ''Octopus Pie'' is a webcomic written and drawn by Meredith Gran, and coloured by Valerie Halla and Sloane Leong. It focuses on the misadventures of two 20-something women living in Brooklyn, New York. It was updated every Monday, Wednesday and ...

'' by Meredith Gran, 2007 – 2017 * ''

Mob Psycho 100 is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by One. It was serialized on Shogakukan's ''Ura Sunday'' website from April 2012 to December 2017. It has been also available online on Shogakukan's mobile app ''MangaONE'' since Dec ...

'' by One, 2012 – 2017 * '' Snarlbear'' by Natalie Riess, 2012 – 2017 * ''

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 * ''My ID is Gangnam Beauty'' by Gi Maeng-gi, 2016 – 2017 * ''unTouchable'' by

massstar massstar (Hangul: 맛스타) is a South Korean webtoon artist. She is best known for her webcomic unTouchable. Career massstar developed a love of drawing when she was young, and wanted to be a comics artist since she was in primary school. Ho ...

, 2014 – 2017 * '' Winter Woods'' by Cosmos and Van Ji, 2014 – 2017 * ''ShootAround'' by suspu, 2015 – 2017 * ''

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The Purple Heart ''The Purple Heart'' is a 1944 American black-and-white war film, produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, directed by Lewis Milestone, and starring Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, Don "Red" Barry, Sam Levene and Trudy Marshall. Eighteen-year-old Farley ...

'' by Vito Delsante / Ricardo Venâncio

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