2011 in webcomics explained

Notable events of 2011 in webcomics.

Events

• 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.^[4]
• Eisner Awards, "Best Digital Comic" won by Karl Kerschl's Abominable Charles Christopher.^[5]
• Harvey Awards, "Best Online Comics Work" won by Kate Beaton's Hark! A Vagrant.^[6]
• Joe Shuster Award, "Outstanding Web Comics Creator(s)" won by Emily Carroll.^[7]
• Ignatz Awards, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Kate Beaton's Hark! A Vagrant.^[8]
• Aurora Awards, "Best Graphic Novel" won by Tarol Hunt's Goblins.^[9]
• Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story won by Kaja Foglio, Phil Foglio, and Cheyenne Wright's Girl Genius, Volume 10.^[10]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Namco cross-media team ShiftyLook to close after three years, Namco High servers to shut in June. VG24/7. Cook. Dave. 2014-03-10.
2. Web site: Harvard Alum Plans on 'Disrupting' the Comic Book Publishing World. Boston Magazine. Annear. Steve. 2013-06-06.
3. Web site: The Dark Horse Digital Comics App: What Works and What Doesn't . . Brothers . David . 2011-04-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160614210955/http://comicsalliance.com/dark-horse-digital-comics-app-review/ . 2016-06-14 .
4. Web site: 2011. The Eagle Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222133808/http://www.eagleawards.co.uk/category/previous-winners/2011/. 2014-02-22. dead.
5. Web site: SDCC '11  - Winners announced for 2011 Eisner Awards. Comic Book Resources. Melrose. Kevin. 2011-07-23. 2016-02-11. 2013-06-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20130622082138/http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2011/07/sdcc-11-winners-announced-for-2011-eisner-awards/. dead.
6. Web site: Melrose. Kevin. Winners announced for 2011 Harvey Awards. Comic Book Resources. 2011-08-21.
7. Web site: 2011 Nominees and Winners. The Joe Shuster Awards. 2011-06-18.
8. Web site: Ignatz Awards 2012. SPX. 2012.
9. Web site: sfadb: Aurora Awards 2011. www.sfadb.com. 2015-11-25.
10. Web site: 2011 Hugo Awards . World Science Fiction Society . 2012-04-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120504165131/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2011-hugo-awards/ . 2012-05-04 . dead .