2011_in_webcomics
Notable events of 2011 in webcomics.
- Namco Bandai started subsidiary ShiftyLook, with the purpose to revive unused video game characters from the company's past with webcomics.[1]
- International webcomic platform MangaMagazine.net, which later became Inkblazers, is founded by Victor Chu and Bancha Dhammarungruang.[2]
- Dark Horse Comics releases Dark Horse Digital, an iOS app that functions as a digital store front for webcomics.[3]
Awards
- Eagle Awards, "Favourite Web-Based Comic" won by Ethan Nicolle and Malachai Nicolle's Axe Cop.[5]
- Eisner Awards, "Best Digital Comic" won by Karl Kerschl's Abominable Charles Christopher.[6]
- Harvey Awards, "Best Online Comics Work" won by Kate Beaton's Hark! A Vagrant.[7]
- Joe Shuster Award, "Outstanding Web Comics Creator(s)" won by Emily Carroll.[8]
- Ignatz Awards, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Kate Beaton's Hark! A Vagrant.[9]
- Aurora Awards, "Best Graphic Novel" won by Tarol Hunt's Goblins.[10]
- Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story won by Kaja Foglio, Phil Foglio, and Cheyenne Wright's Girl Genius, Volume 10.[11]
Webcomics started
- January 4 — Loading Artist by Gregor Czaykowski
- February 2 — Dr. Frost by Lee Jong-beom
- February 3 — Transmission by Mark Alexander Smith.
- February 14 — Battlepug by Mike Norton
- 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 7 — War and Peas by Jonathan Kunz and Elizabeth Pich
- September — A Redtail's Dream by Minna Sundberg
- October — The Fox Sister by Christina Strain and Jayd Aït-Kaci
- November 1 — Gaia by Oliver Knörzer and Puri Andini
- November 26 — JL8 by Yale Stewart
- December 11 — The Illustrated Guide to Law by Nathan Burney
- Bucko by Jeff Parker and Erika Moen
- Fashion King by Kian84
- Gaus Electronics by Gwak Baek-soo
- Girls of the Wild's by Hun and Zhena (Kim Hye-jin)
- God of Bath by Ha Il-kwon
- Orange Marmalade by Seok Woo
Webcomics ended
- Digger by Ursula Vernon, 2003 – 2011
- The Phoenix Requiem by Sarah Ellerton, 2007 – 2011
- Hori-san to Miyamura-kun by HERO, 2007 – 2011
- FreakAngels by Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield, 2008 – 2011
- Cook, Dave (2014-03-10). "Namco cross-media team ShiftyLook to close after three years, Namco High servers to shut in June". VG24/7.
- Annear, Steve (2013-06-06). "Harvard Alum Plans on 'Disrupting' the Comic Book Publishing World". Boston Magazine.
- Brothers, David (2011-04-29). "The Dark Horse Digital Comics App: What Works and What Doesn't". ComicsAlliance. Archived from the original on 2016-06-14.
- "Full List of 2012 Eisner Award Winners". Newsrama. 2012-07-14.
- "2011". The Eagle Awards. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22.
- Melrose, Kevin (2011-07-23). "SDCC '11 – Winners announced for 2011 Eisner Awards". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
- Melrose, Kevin (2011-08-21). "Winners announced for 2011 Harvey Awards". Comic Book Resources.
- "2011 Nominees and Winners". The Joe Shuster Awards. 2011-06-18.
- "Ignatz Awards 2012". SPX. 2012.
- "sfadb: Aurora Awards 2011". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- "2011 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2012-04-09.