Notable events of 2006 in webcomics.

Events

Platinum Studios Platinum Studios, Inc. is a media company based in the United States. It controls a library of thousands of comic-book characters, which it seeks to adapt, produce, and license for all forms of media. The company has released films and/or telev ...

purchases website

DrunkDuck Platinum Studios, Inc. is a media company based in the United States. It controls a library of thousands of comic-book characters, which it seeks to adapt, produce, and license for all forms of media. The company has released films and/or telev ...

, with the purpose of publishing comic books online before creating physical releases. *Webcomics collective ACT-I-VATE debuted in February.

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 Nicholas Gurewitch's ''

The Perry Bible Fellowship ''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 pa ...

''. *

Clickburg Webcomic Awards The Clickburg Webcomic Awards, generally referred to as the Clickies, were a Dutch webcomics awards ceremony held four times between 2005 and 2010. Created to promote webcomics in the Netherlands and Belgium, the Clickies were first awarded in 200 ...

, won by Liz Greenfield, Stephan Brusche, and Daniel Merlin Goodbrey. *

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 Nicholas Gurewitch's ''

''. * Eagle Awards, "Favourite Web-Based Comic" won by

Batton Lash Batton Lash (October 29, 1953 – January 12, 2019) was an American comics creator who came to prominence as part of the 1990s self-publishing boom. He is best known for the series ''Wolff and Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre'' (a.k.a. ''Supernatur ...

's ''

Supernatural Law ''Supernatural Law'', previously known as ''Wolff and Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre'', is a comic strip, comic book and web comic series written and illustrated by Batton Lash. The series features the law practice of Alanna Wolff and Jeff Byrd ...

''. * Eisner Awards, "Best Digital Comic" won by Scott Kurtz' '' PvP''. * Harvey Awards, "Best Online Comics Work" won by James Kochalka's ''American Elf''. *

Weblog Awards A blog award is an award for the best blog in a given category. Some blog awards are based on a public vote and others are based on a fixed set of criteria applied by a panel of judges. Blog awards are a descendant phenomenon from awards given by ...

, "Best Comic Strip" won by

Ryan Sohmer Ryan Sohmer (born ) is a Canadian writer and businessman. Sohmer writes the webcomics '' Least I Could Do'' and ''Looking for Group''. Sohmer is the Vice President/Creative Director of Blind Ferret Entertainment and was the owner of The 4th Wall, ...

and Lar deSouza's ''

Least I Could Do ''Least I Could Do'' (''LICD'') is a humor webcomic by Ryan Sohmer and Lar deSouza (also the creators of the fantasy webcomic ''Looking for Group''). The strip debuted on February 10, 2003. Past artists for the strip include John Horsley from ...

''.

Webcomics started

* January 5 — ''

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 ''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 ...

* January 22 — '' San Antonio Rock City'' by

Mitch Clem Mitch Andrew Clem (born September 15, 1982) is an American cartoonist best known for his web comics '' Nothing Nice To Say'', ''San Antonio Rock City'', and ''My Stupid Life''. Biography Early life Clem was born in Minneapolis, on September 15 ...

* January 27 — '' The Jimi Homeless Experience (webcomic)'' by J.F. Kinyon * February 9 — ''

minus The plus and minus signs, and , are mathematical symbols used to represent the notions of positive and negative, respectively. In addition, represents the operation of addition, which results in a sum, while represents subtraction, resulti ...

'' by Ryan Armand * February 8 — ''

The New Adventures Of Queen Victoria ''The New Adventures of Queen Victoria'' is a daily webcomic created by Pab Sungenis. It uses the photo-manipulation technique popularized by Adobe Photoshop and other image editing programs to insert actual photographs and paintings of the charac ...

'', by Pab Sungenis * February 13 — ''

Married to the Sea ''Married to the Sea'' is a webcomic by husband and wife Drew Fairweather and Natalie Dee. Both Drew and Natalie have creative input on ''Married to the Sea'' but the comic is not strictly collaborative. Each has a personal webcomic project: Drew ...

'' by Drew and

Natalie Dee ''Married to the Sea'' is a webcomic by husband and wife Drew Fairweather and Natalie Dee. Both Drew and Natalie have creative input on ''Married to the Sea'' but the comic is not strictly collaborative. Each has a personal webcomic project: Drew ...

* March 1 — '' Planet Karen'' by Karen Ellis * April 16 — ''

Fission Chicken ''Fission Chicken'' is a comic book and webcomic character created by John Patrick (J.P.) Morgan (1957–2010). Fission Chicken is a short-tempered superhero chicken who can fly, is extremely strong, bulletproof, and can project power bolts from ...

'' by J.P. Morgan * April 18 — ''

Tonari no 801-chan is a Japanese four-panel Internet manga written and illustrated by Ajiko Kojima. It centers on the relationship between a male otaku named Tibet and his yaoi-obsessed fujoshi girlfriend Yaoi whose obsession manifests as a small, green furr ...

'' by Ajiko Kojima * April – ''Rice Boy'' 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 ...

* June — '' Cheshire Crossing'' 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 for ...

* July 19 — ''

Lackadaisy ''Lackadaisy'' (also known as ''Lackadaisy Cats'') is a webcomic created by American artist Tracy J. Butler. Set in a Prohibition-era 1927 St. Louis with a population of anthropomorphic cats, the plot chronicles the fortunes of the Lackadaisy s ...

'' by Tracy Butler * July — ''

What the Duck ''What the Duck'' is a comic strip by Aaron Johnson that was produced from 2006 to 2016. It started as a webcomic, with the first strip posted in July 2006. The strip Is popular with photographers due to its accurate but humorously twisted take o ...

'' by Aaron Johnson * September 20— ''

Awkward Zombie ''Awkward Zombie'' is an ongoing video game webcomic by Katie Tiedrich. Starting in 2006, the webcomic parodies the unusual aspects of video games in a comedic fashion. Initially gaining steam by parodying ''Super Smash Bros.'', ''Awkward Zombie' ...

'' by

Katie Tiedrich ''Awkward Zombie'' is an ongoing video game webcomic by Katie Tiedrich. Starting in 2006, the webcomic parodies the unusual aspects of video games in a comedic fashion. Initially gaining steam by parodying ''Super Smash Bros.'', ''Awkward Zombie'' ...

* November 6 — '' Looking For Group'' by

and

Lar DeSouza ''Least I Could Do'' (''LICD'') is a humor webcomic by Ryan Sohmer and Lar deSouza (also the creators of the fantasy webcomic ''Looking for Group''). The strip debuted on February 10, 2003. Past artists for the strip include John Horsley from ...

* November 11 '' Skin Deep '' by Kory Bingaman * December 7 — ''

Erfworld ''Erfworld'' was a story-driven fantasy/comedy webcomic and independently published graphic novel about a master strategy gamer summoned into and stuck inside a wargame running from December 2006 to its abrupt cancellation in October 2019. It f ...

'' by Rob Balder and

Jamie Noguchi Jamie Noguchi is a Japanese/Chinese-American artist and webcomic author who currently publishes ''Yellow Peril'', an Asian-American office romance comedy webcomic,Brigid Alverson"The Kickstand: Celebrating Office Romance" ''Comic Book Resources'', ...

* December 25 — '' Last Blood'' by Bobby Crosby and Owen Gieni * '' The Sound of Heart'' by

Jo Seok Jo, jo, JO, or J.O. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Jo'' (film), a 1972 French comedy * ''Jo'' (TV series), a French TV series *"Jo", a song by Goldfrapp from ''Tales of Us'' *"Jo", a song by Mr. Oizo from ''Lambs Anger'' * Jo a fictio ...

Webcomics ended

* ''

Doctor Fun ''Doctor Fun'' is a single-panel, gag webcomic by David Farley. It began in September 1993, making it one of the earliest webcomics, and ran until June 2006. ''Doctor Fun'' was part of United Media's website from 1995, but had parted ways by 200 ...

'' by David Farley, 1993 – 2006 * ''

Narbonic ''Narbonic'' is a webcomic written and drawn by Shaenon K. Garrity. The storylines center on the misadventures of the staff of the fictional Narbonic Labs, which is the domain of mad scientist Helen Narbon. The strip started on July 31, 2000, and f ...

'' by

Shaenon K. Garrity Shaenon K. Garrity is a webcomic creator and science-fiction author best known for her webcomics ''Narbonic'' and '' Skin Horse''. She collaborated with various artists to write webcomics for the Modern Tales-family of webcomic subscription serv ...

, 2000 – 2006 * ''

Mac Hall Mac or MAC most commonly refers to: * Mac (computer), a family of personal computers made by Apple Inc. * Mackintosh, a raincoat made of rubberized cloth * A variant of the word macaroni, mostly used in the name of the dish mac and cheese * Mac, ...

'' by Ian McConville and Matt Boyd, 2000 – 2006 * '' Anima: Age of the Robots'' by Johnny Tay, 2003 – 2006 * '' Sokora Refugees'' by Semaui and Melissa Dejesus, 2004 – 2006 * '' Concerned: The Half-Life and Death of Gordon Frohman'' by Christopher C. Livingston, 2005 – 2006

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