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List Of Webcomic Awards
This article provides a list of notable awards for webcomics and some of the winners from each year. Webcomics may be eligible for any number of literary awards that recognise achievement in comics or literature generally. As examples, webcomic artists have won Ignatz Awards and Eisner Awards, Gene Luen Yang's graphic novel '' American Born Chinese'' (originally published as a webcomic on Modern Tales), was the first graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award,Bosman, Julie. (October 12, 2006). "National Book Award Finalists Chosen". ''The New York Times'', Pg. E2 and Don Hertzfeldt's animated film '' Everything Will Be OK'', which won the 2007 Sundance Film Festival Jury Award in Short Filmmaking, was based on his webcomics. However, a number of awards have existed that are specifically for webcomics, or which focus mainly on webcomics. This list details these awards, including their source, criteria, and winners. Awards relating to multiple mediums Pulitzer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Webcomic
Webcomics (also known as online comics or Internet comics) are comics published on the internet, such as on a website or a mobile app. While many webcomics are published exclusively online, others are also published in magazines, newspapers, or comic books. Webcomics can be compared to self-published print comics in that anyone with an Internet connection can publish their own webcomic. Readership levels vary widely; many are read only by the creator's immediate friends and family, while some of the most widely read have audiences of well over one million readers. Webcomics range from traditional comic strips and graphic novels to avant garde comics, and cover many genres, style (visual arts), styles, and subjects. They sometimes take on the role of a comic blog. The term web cartoonist is sometimes used to refer to someone who creates webcomics. Medium There are several differences between webcomics and print comics. With webcomics the restrictions of traditional books, newspa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Tomorrow
Dan Perkins (born April 5, 1961), better known by his pen name Tom Tomorrow, is an American editorial cartoonist. His weekly comic strip, '' This Modern World'', which comments on current events, appears regularly in more than 80 newspapers across the United States and Canada as of 2015, as well as in ''The Nation'', '' The Nib'', ''Truthout'', and the ''Daily Kos'', where he was the former comics curator and now is a regular contributor. His work has appeared in ''The New York Times'', ''The New Yorker'', '' Spin'', '' Mother Jones'', ''Esquire'', ''The Economist'', ''Salon'', ''The American Prospect'', '' CREDO Action'', and '' AlterNet''. Career Perkins was first published in the San Francisco-based anarchist magazine '' Processed World''. He adopted the subject matter of the consumer culture and the drudgery of work, a theme shared by the magazine, and entitled his comic strip ''This Modern World'' when it was launched in 1988. (Like many of the magazine's contributors he ado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randall Munroe
Randall Patrick Munroe (born October 17, 1984) is an American cartoonist, author, and engineer best known as the creator of the webcomic ''xkcd''. Munroe has worked full-time on the comic since late 2006. In addition to publishing a book of the webcomic's strips, titled ''xkcd: Volume 0'', he has written four books: ''What If? (book), What If?'', ''Thing Explainer'', ''How To (book), How To,'' and ''What If? 2 (book), What If? 2''. Early life and education Munroe was born in Easton, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Virginia. His father worked as an engineer and marketer. He has two younger brothers and was raised as a Quakers, Quaker. He was a fan of comic strips in newspapers from an early age, starting with ''Calvin and Hobbes''. After graduating from the Mathematics and Science High School at Clover Hill, Chesterfield County Mathematics and Science High School at Clover Hill in Midlothian, Virginia, he graduated from Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xkcd
''xkcd'' is a serial webcomic created in 2005 by American author Randall Munroe. Sometimes styled ''XKCD'', the comic's tagline describes it as "a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language". Munroe states on the comic's website that the name of the comic is not an acronym but "just a word with no phonetic pronunciation". The subject matter of the comic varies from statements on life and love to Mathematical joke, mathematical, Programming language, programming, and science, scientific in-jokes. Some strips feature simple humor or pop-culture references. It has a cast of stick figures, and the comic occasionally features landscapes, graphs, charts, and intricate mathematical patterns such as fractals. New cartoons are added three times a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with few exceptions. Munroe has released six spin-off (media), spinoff books from the comic. The first book, published in 2010 and titled ''xkcd: volume 0'', was a series of select comics from h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Sohmer
Ryan Sohmer (born July 5, 1978) 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, a comic book store in Montreal, Quebec until it closed on September 30, 2014. He lives in Montreal, Quebec. Career ''Least I Could Do'' (LICD) is a comedic slice-of-life webcomic that began on February 10, 2003. It was initially published in black and white and updated five days a week, but has now moved on to being a full-colour strip published seven days a week with the inclusion of the Sunday strip, ''Least I Could Do Beginnings'' which debuted on November 9, 2008. ''Looking for Group'' (LFG) is a comedic fantasy webcomic that began on November 6, 2006, and is drawn by his artistic partner, Lar DeSouza. It is published in full-color comic book page format and updates twice a week; Mondays and Thursdays. Launched in June 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 J Horsley III from y2cl, who dropped out before the strip launched, Trevor Adams, who was on board for about six months, then Chad W. M. Porter, who drew the strip for two years. ''Least I Could Do'' is produced by Blind Ferret Entertainment, which owns the rights to the strip. The primary theme of the strip is sexuality, especially the promiscuity of the primary character, Rayne Summers, who is loosely based upon Sohmer himself. The strip updates every day. Sunday features ''Least I Could Do: Beginnings'', a strip following Rayne at age 8 with storylines unrelated to the main strip. Story lines tend to last for only a few strips, but some have gone several weeks. History The original artist for the strip was Trevor Adams, who drew the strip from its debu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xkcd Philosophy
''xkcd'' is a serial webcomic created in 2005 by American author Randall Munroe. Sometimes styled ''XKCD'', the comic's tagline describes it as "a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language". Munroe states on the comic's website that the name of the comic is not an acronym but "just a word with no phonetic pronunciation". The subject matter of the comic varies from statements on life and love to mathematical, programming, and scientific in-jokes. Some strips feature simple humor or pop-culture references. It has a cast of stick figures, and the comic occasionally features landscapes, graphs, charts, and intricate mathematical patterns such as fractals. New cartoons are added three times a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with few exceptions. Munroe has released six spinoff books from the comic. The first book, published in 2010 and titled ''xkcd: volume 0'', was a series of select comics from his website. His 2014 book '' What If?'' is based on his blog of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Simpson
Dana Claire Simpson is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the comic '' Phoebe and her Unicorn'', as well as the long-running webcomic '' Ozy and Millie''. Other works created by Simpson include the political commentary cartoon ''I Drew This'' and the alternate reality drama comic ''Raine Dog''. Biography Simpson was born in Pullman, Washington, and then lived in the Seattle area for most of her life. She is a graduate of The Evergreen State College. Simpson considered herself an artist from an early age, drawing comic strips as young as five years old as part of making her own homemade newspaper. As she grew up, she began drawing inspiration from ''Peanuts'', ''The Simpsons'' and '' Pogo''. In her 20s, she came out as transgender. She currently lives in Santa Barbara, California. Career ''Ozy and Millie'' The webcomic '' Ozy and Millie'', Simpson's first published comic strip (published under ''D.C. Simpson''), began running regularly in 1998 while she was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ozy And Millie
''Ozy and Millie'' is a webcomic that ran from 1998 to 2008, created by Dana Simpson (originally published under D.C. Simpson). It follows the adventures of assorted anthropomorphic animals, centering on Ozy and Millie, two young foxes attending North Harbordale Elementary School in Seattle, Washington, contending with everyday elementary school issues such as tests and bullies, as well as more surreal situations. The strip mostly concentrates on character interaction, but sometimes veers into commentary based on author Simpson's own political views. Publication history ''Ozy and Millie'' originally started as a printed comic strip in a Washington college newspaper, the '' Copper Point Journal'', in 1997, with Simpson using ink and brush as drawing implements. Simpson claims to have been influenced by various comics and cartoons such as '' Bloom County'', ''Calvin and Hobbes'', ''The Simpsons'', and '' Pogo''. It became an irregular webcomic in early 1998. In June that sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Holbrook
Bill Holbrook (born 1958) is an American cartoonist and webcomic writer and artist, best known for his syndicated comic strip '' On the Fastrack''. Born in Los Angeles, Holbrook grew up in Huntsville, Alabama, and began drawing at an early age. While majoring in illustration and visual design at Auburn University, Holbrook served as art director of the student newspaper, doing editorial cartoons and a weekly comic strip. At the same time, his work was being published in the ''Huntsville Times'' and the '' Monroe Journal''. After graduation in 1980, he joined the ''Atlanta Constitution'' as an editorial staff artist. During a 1982 visit to relatives on the West Coast, Holbrook met ''Peanuts'' creator, Charles Schulz. Following his advice and encouragement, Holbrook created a strip in the fall of that year about a college graduate working in a rundown diner. It did not stir syndicate interest, but what he learned on the strip helped him when he created ''On the Fastrack''. Eleven d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin And Kell
''Kevin and Kell'' is a furry comedy webcomic strip by syndicated cartoonist Bill Holbrook. The strip began on September 3, 1995, and is one of the oldest continuously running webcomics. The comic's website states it is "The World's Longest Running Daily Webcomic". The strip centers on the mixed marriage between Kevin Dewclaw, a rabbit, and Kell Dewclaw, a grey wolf. In their society, their major difference is their diet: Kevin is a herbivore and Kell is a carnivore. Their family includes three children: Lindesfarne, a hedgehog adopted from Kevin's first marriage; Rudy, a wolf/fox hybrid from Kell's first marriage; and their only biological child Coney, an omnivorous rabbit. The comic's plot revolves around species-related humor, satire, and interpersonal conflict. ''Kevin and Kell'' reports receiving over three million page views each month. It was also published in ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' for ten years. Holbrook has won honors from the Web Cartoonists' Choice Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Furry Fandom
The furry fandom is a subculture interested in Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic animal characters. Some examples of anthropomorphic attributes include exhibiting human intelligence and facial expressions, speaking, walking on two legs, and wearing clothes. The term "furry fandom" is also used to refer to the community of people who gather on the Internet and at furry conventions. History In 1976, cartoonists Ken Fletcher and Reed Waller created the amateur press association ''Vootie'', which was dedicated to animal-focused art. Many of its featured works contained adult themes, such as ''"Omaha" the Cat Dancer'', which contained explicit sex. ''Vootie'' grew a small following over the next several years, and its contributors began meeting at science fiction and comics conventions. According to fandom historian Fred Patten, the concept of ''furry'' originated at a science fiction convention in 1980, when a character drawing from Steve Gallacci's ''Albedo Anthropomorphics'' starte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
