2002 in webcomics
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Notable events of 2002 in webcomics.
Events
- Website Modern Tales launches on March 2.[1][2]
- Cool Beans World ceased operation in May.[3]
- Jenny Everywhere, the first open source super hero, was conceived on Barbelith discussion boards.[4]
- David Stenworth launches the Snafu Comics website.[5]
Awards
- Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards, "Best Comic" won by Fred Gallagher & Rodney Caston's Megatokyo.[6]
- Ignatz Awards, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Jason Little's Bee.[7]
Webcomics started
- January 17 — ArtBomb anthology by Warren Ellis, Colleen Doran, Andi Watson, Laurenn McCubbin and D'Israeli[8]
- January 28 — Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weiner
- January — Buttercup Festival by Elliot G. Garbauskas
- February 14 — Van Von Hunter by Mike Schwark and Ron Kaulfersch
- February 15 — PartiallyClips by Rob Balder
- February 16 — Unshelved by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum
- February 25 — Nothing Nice To Say by Mitch Clem
- February — Saturnalia by Nina Matsumoto
- March 7 — Oh My Gods! by Shivian Balaris
- March 11 — Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney
- April — Copper by Kazu Kibuishi
- May 5 — Snafu Comics by David Stanworth
- May 12 — American Elf by James Kochalka
- June 4 — Scary Go Round by John Allison
- June 14 — Pixel by Chris Dlugosz
- July 1 — Wigu by Jeffrey Rowland
- August 5 — Theater Hopper by Tom Brazelton
- September 17 — NatalieDee by Natalie Dee
- October 23 — Ctrl+Alt+Del (webcomic) by Tim Buckley
- November 1 — Day by Day by Chris Muir
- December 8 — Fuzzy Knights by Noah J. D. Chinn
- December — Demonology 101 by Faith Erin Hicks
- December — Elsie Hooper by Robert D. Krzykowski
- Dicebox by Jenn Manley Lee
- Gods of Arr-Kelaan by Chuck Rowles
- Red String by Gina Biggs
Webcomics ended
- Bobbins by John Allison, 1998 – 2002
- Yahtzee Takes On The World! by Yahtzee Croshaw, 2000 – 2002
References
- ^ O'Brian, Danny (2006-02-26). "The tooniverse explodes". Sunday Times. London. p. 27[S].
- ^ Atchison, Lee (2008-01-07). "A Brief History of Webcomics — The Third Age of Webcomics, Part One". Sequential Tart.
- ^ Johnston, Rich. "All the Rage: Refried Beans". Comics Bulletin. Archived from the original on 2011-08-10.
- ^ Barnett, David (2008-11-06). "Jenny Everywhere never went away". The Guardian.
- ^ Mangold, Stephanie (2007-10-02). "Web Comic Creators Take Charge". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on 2009-04-02.
- ^ "2002 Winners and Nominees". Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards. Archived from the original on 2009-12-08.
- ^ "2002 Ignatz Award Recipients". SPX. 2002-10-01.
- ^ "Cultures mixed online Technology, pop comic launched on internet". 18 January 2002.