2018_in_webcomics
Notable events of 2018 in webcomics.
- Nicholas Gurewitch announced that he was cutting back on the production of The Perry Bible Fellowship. While it used to be a weekly strip, it is now infrequently updated.[1]
Awards
- Eisner Awards, "Best Webcomic" won by Katie O’Neill's The Tea Dragon Society.[2]
- Ignatz Awards, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Carta Monir's Lara Croft Was My Family.[3]
- Joe Shuster Awards, "Outstanding Webcomic Creator" won by Gisele Lagace (Ménage à 3).[4]
- Harvey Awards, "Digital Book of the Year" won by Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martín, and Muntsa Vicente's Barrier.[5]
- Reuben Awards, "Online Comics"; Short Form won by Gemma Correll's Gemma Correll, Long Form won by John Allison's Bad Machinery.[6]
- Ringo Awards:[7]
- "Favorite Publisher" won by WEBTOON.
- "Best Webcomic" won by Sanford Greene's 1000.
- Cartoonist Studio Prize, "Best Web Comic" won by Michael DeForge's Leaving Richard's Valley.[8]
- Aurora Awards, "Best Graphic Novel" won by Peter Chiykowski's Rock, Paper, Cynic.[9]
Webcomics started
- March 4 — Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe
- March 4 — Solo Leveling by Chugong
- March 10 — Strangers from Hell by Kim Yong-ki
- March 13 — Romance 101 by Namsoo
- March 20 — Refund High School by Croissant and Studio LICO
- April 2 — True Beauty by Yaongyi
- April 30 — Devil Number 4 by Jang-jin and Woombeee
- May 5 — Weak Hero by Seopass and Kim Jin-seok (Razen)
- May 19 — A Returner's Magic Should Be Special by Usonan and Wookjakga
- July 11 — Mayoking by Brian King
- August 11 — Oct 13 — Your Letter by Hyun-ah Cho
- August 20 — Mage & Demon Queen by Kuru
- September 21 — Four Leaf by Lumaga
- October 2 — Eleceed by Son Je-ho and Zhena
- October 21 — SubZero by Junepurrr
- Acursian by John Barrowman
- Backchannel by Stan Lee and Tom Akel
- Caster by Common and Noble Transmission
Webcomics ended
- Guilded Age by T Campbell, Phil Kahn, Erica Henderson, & the Waltrip brothers, 2009 – 2018
- Oh! Holy by Ahyun, 2015 – 2018
- Spirit Fingers by Han Kyoung-chal, 2015 – 2018
- Super Secret by eon, 2015 – 2018
- Hello World! by Alex Norris, 2016 – 2018
- Nano List by Min Song-ah, 2016 – 2018
- Mask Girl by Mae-mi and Hee-se, 2015 – 2018
- HIVE by Kyusam Kim, 2014 – 2018
- Leaving Richard's Valley by Michael DeForge, 2017 – 2018
- War Cry by Dean Haspiel, 2017 – 2018
- Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal, 2017 – 2018
- 1000 by Chuck Brown and Sanford Greene, 2017 – 2018
- "The Perry Bible Fellowship enters semi-retirement - BLORGABLE.com". 2012-02-10. Archived from the original on 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
- McMillan, Graeme (July 21, 2018). "Eisner Awards: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter.
- Leblanc, Philippe (2018-09-21). "Rounding up the 2018 Ignatz Award Winners and SPX Controversies". ComicsBeat.
- Boyd, Kevin A. (2018-09-05). "The 2018 Joe Shuster Award Winners". joeshusterawards.com.
- "2018 HARVEY AWARDS Winners (Full List)". Newsarama. October 6, 2018.
- Degg, D. D. (May 26, 2018). "NCS Reuben Divisional Award Winners". The Daily Cartoonist.
- "2018 RINGO AWARDS Winners (Full List)". Newsarama. October 1, 2018.
- "sfadb: Aurora Awards 2018". www.sfadb.com.