2008 in webcomics explained

Notable events of 2008 in webcomics.

Events

• The website of Plan Nine Publishing went down.

Awards

• Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards, "Outstanding Comic" won by Phil and Kaja Foglio's Girl Genius.^[1]
• Ignatz Awards, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Chris Onstad's Achewood.^[2]
• Eagle Awards, "Favourite Web-Based Comic" won by Rich Burlew's The Order of the Stick.^[3]
• Eisner Awards, "Best Digital Comic" won by Joss Whedon and Fábio Moon's Sugarshock!.^[4]
• Harvey Awards, "Best Online Comics Work" won by Nicholas Gurewitch' The Perry Bible Fellowship.^[5]
• Joe Shuster Awards, "Outstanding Webcomic Creator" won by Ryan Sohmer and Lar DeSouza (Least I Could Do and Looking for Group).^[6]
• The Weblog Awards, "Best Comic Strip" won by Randall Munroe's xkcd.^[7]

Webcomics started

• January 1 - Hitlercito by Tormentas and Alejandro Cavallazzi
• January 22 - Yehuda Moon and the Kickstand Cyclery by Rick Smith
• February - Welcome to Convenience Store by Ji kangmin
• February 15 - FreakAngels by Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield
• February 27 - by Rob Chestney and Alex Sanchez
• February - Garfield Minus Garfield by Dan Walsh
• March 1 - The Black Cherry Bombshells by Tony Trov and Johnny Zito
• March 10 — Problem Sleuth by Andrew Hussie
• April 1 - Truth Serum by Jon Adams
• April 23 - Super Effective by Scott Ramsoomair
• May 16 — Ménage à 3 by Gisele Lagace and Dave Lumsdon
• June 13 - Brawl in the Family by Matthew Taranto
• July 26 — Oglaf by Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne
• July — Order of Tales by Evan Dahm
• July — XDragoon by Felipe Marcantonio
• September 4 — Gunshow by KC Green
• September 21 - Johnny Wander by Ananth Panagariya and Yuko Ota
• October 19 - Sandra and Woo by Oliver Knörzer and Puri Andini
• December 27 - The Meek by Der-Shing Helmer

Webcomics ended

• Ozy and Millie by D. C. Simpson, 1998  - 2008
• Casey and Andy by Andy Weir, 2001  - 2008
• The original Cheshire Crossing by Andy Weir, 2006 – 2008
• minus by Ryan Armand, 2006  - 2008
• Rice Boy by Evan Dahm, 2006 – 2008
• by Josh Neufeld, 2007  - 2008

Notable publications

• June 2 — Loss by Tim Buckley

Notes and References

1. Web site: Here Are Your 2008 WCCA Winners! . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090310200607/http://www.ccawards.com/2008finalists.html . 2009-03-10 .
2. Web site: 2008 Ignatz Award Recipients. SPX. 2008-11-01.
3. Web site: 2008. The Eagle Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222134301/http://www.eagleawards.co.uk/category/previous-winners/2008/. 2014-02-22. 2018-09-06. dead.
4. Web site: Your 2008 Eisner Award Winners. The Comics Reporter. Spurgeon. Tom. 2008-07-26.
5. Web site: 2008 Harvey Awards . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131108095730/http://www.harveyawards.org/previous-awards-nominees/2008-harvey-awards/ . 2013-11-08 .
6. Web site: 2008 Nominees and Winners. The Joe Shuster Awards. 2016-02-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20130622033814/http://joeshusterawards.com/awards/about/2008-nominees-and-winners/. 2013-06-22. dead.
7. Web site: The 2007 Weblog Award Winners. The Weblog Awards. Aylward. Kevin. 2007-11-09. 2016-02-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20080426100325/http://2007.weblogawards.org/. 2008-04-26. usurped.