2018 in webcomics explained

Notable events of 2018 in webcomics.

Events

• 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
• Litterbox Comics by Chesca Hause

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2012-02-10 . The Perry Bible Fellowship enters semi-retirement - BLORGABLE.com . 2023-08-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120210172104/http://www.blorgable.com/2008/02/19/the-perry-bible-fellowship-enters-semi-retirement/ . 2012-02-10 .
2. Web site: McMillan . Graeme . Eisner Awards: The Complete Winners List . . July 21, 2018.
3. Web site: Leblanc . Philippe . Rounding up the 2018 Ignatz Award Winners and SPX Controversies . . 2018-09-21.
4. Web site: Boyd . Kevin A. . The 2018 Joe Shuster Award Winners . joeshusterawards.com . 2018-09-05.
5. Web site: 2018 HARVEY AWARDS Winners (Full List) . Newsarama . October 6, 2018.
6. Web site: Degg . D. D. . NCS Reuben Divisional Award Winners . The Daily Cartoonist . May 26, 2018.
7. Web site: 2018 RINGO AWARDS Winners (Full List) . . October 1, 2018.
8. Web site: Cartoonist Studio Prize 2018 winners: Keren Katz and Michael DeForge. . . March 30, 2018.
9. Web site: sfadb: Aurora Awards 2018. www.sfadb.com.