2019 in webcomics explained

Notable events of 2019 in webcomics.

Events

Awards

• Aurora Awards, "Best Graphic Novel" won by Kari Maaren's It Never Rains^[1]
• Cartoonist Studio Prize, "Best Web Comic" won by Lauren Weinstein's Being an Artist and a Mother^[2]
• Eisner Awards, "Best Webcomic" won by Sophie Yanow's The Contradictions^[3]
• Harvey Awards, "Digital Book of the Year" won by Ngozi Ukazu's Check, Please!^[4]
• Ignatz Awards, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Hannah Blumenreich's Full Court Crush^[5]
• Next Manga Award, "Web Manga" won by Tatsuya Endo's Spy × Family^[6]
• Reuben Awards, "Online Comics": Short Form won by Dorothy Gambrell's Cat and Girl, Long Form won by Yuko Ota and Ananth Hirsh's Barbarous^[7]
• Ringo Awards, "Best Webcomic" won by The Nib^[8]

Webcomics started

• January 17–April 11 — Save Me by Big Hit Entertainment & Studio LICO
• February 1 — Joe vs Elan School by Joe Nobody
• February 24 — Cursed Princess Club by LambCat
• March 22 — #Killstagram by Ryoung
• March 25 — Spy × Family by Tatsuya Endo
• April 9–September 17 - STARCROSS by Dean Haspiel
• April 11 — Pixie Trix Comix by Gisele Lagace, Dave Lumsdon, and T Campbell
• July 18 — The Girl Downstairs by Min Song-a
• August 13 — Crossdressing Pandemic by Mikuzu Shinagawa^{[9] [10]}
• August 14 — Alien Salesmen by Finn Suillivan
• August 24 — Ghost Theater by Studio LICO
• August 24 — Hellbound by Yeon Sangho and Choi Gyuseok
• September 27 — Plus-Sized Misadventures in Love! by Mamakari
• October 24 — See You Tomorrow at the Food Court by Shinichirō Nariie^[11]
• October 25 — The Remarried Empress by Alphatart, HereLee, and Sumpul
• October 26 — Grandpa and Grandma Turn Young Again by Kagiri Araido
• October 30 — Wataridori to Katatsumuri by Makoto Takatsu
• October 31 — Fangs by Sarah Andersen
• November 15 — Viral Hit by Park Tae-Jun and Kim Jung-Hyun
• December 7 — Senpai wa Otokonoko by Pom^[12]
• December 15 — The Boxer by Jung Ji-Hoon
• December 22 — Cultural Exchange with Game Center Girl by Hirokazu Yasuhara^[13]
• December 26 — I Think I Turned My Childhood Friend into a Girl by Azusa Banjo^{[14] [15]}

Webcomics ended

• Noblesse by Son Je-ho and Lee Kwang-su, 2007 – 2019
• Ménage à 3 by Gisele Lagace & Dave Lumsdon, 2008 – 2019
• Denma by Yang Yeong-soon, 2010 – 2019
• Dents by Beth Behrs, Matt Doyle & Sid Kotian, 2016 – 2019
• Days of Hana by Seok-woo, 2017 – 2019
• Gaus Electronics by Gwak Baek-soo, 2011 – 2019
• Refund High School by Croissant and Studio LICO, 2018 – 2019
• Cheshire Crossing (2nd version) by Andy Weir and Sarah Andersen, 2017 – 2019

Notes and References

1. Web site: sfadb: Aurora Awards 2019 . www.sfadb.com.
2. Web site: Announcing the Winners of the Seventh Cartoonist Studio Prize . . April 16, 2019.
3. Web site: McMillan . Graeme McMillan . Eisner Awards: The Complete Winners List . . July 20, 2019.
4. Web site: 2019 Winners . The Harvey Awards.
5. Web site: Chiu-Tabet . Christopher . 2019 Ignatz Awards Winners Announced . Multiversity Comics . September 15, 2019.
6. Web site: SPY × FAMILY, Kusuriya no Hitorigoto Win Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Award 2019. Anime News Network. Loveridge. Lynzee. August 22, 2019. July 20, 2021. November 8, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201108001431/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-08-22/spy-family-kusuriya-no-hitorigoto-win-tsugi-ni-kuru-manga-award-2019/.150311. live.
7. Web site: CONGRATULATIONS TO 2018 DIVISIONAL AWARD-WINNERS . National Cartoonists Society . May 21, 2019.
8. Web site: Ringo Awards The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards . Ringo Awards.
9. Web site: 国民的女装ブーム、到来！女装男子だらけの男子校を描く「女装パンデミック」 . Japanese . 2019-08-13 . . Natasha, Inc. . 2020-10-02 . 2020-08-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200803170720/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/343529 . live .
10. Web site: 女装パンデミック = Crossdressing Pandemic 1 . Japanese . Media Arts Database . . 2020-10-02 . 2020-10-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201002152140/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M820575 . live .
11. _71416. 1187343674738216960. ja:フードコートで女子高生が喋るだけ(1/3). Shinichirō Nariie. October 24, 2019. October 27, 2024. ja.
12. Web site: 漫画「先輩はおとこのこ」ってどんな作品？「アニメ化してほしいマンガランキング」第3位に輝いた"男の娘"が主人公のラブコメをご紹介 . ja . 2021-04-07 . Nijimen . 2021-12-09 . 2021-07-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210726063327/https://nijimen.net/topics/167295 . live .
13. Web site: ja:ゲーセンで少女と異文化交流する話. https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/78429155. Pixiv. December 22, 2019. August 29, 2024. ja.
14. Web site: 万丈梓「恋する（おとめ）の作り方」1巻発売、記念PVに小野友樹＆桑原由気 . Japanese . 2020-09-11 . Mynavi News . 2020-10-11 . 2020-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201011193848/https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20200911-1295379/ . live .
15. Web site: 万丈梓@おとつく①巻発売中！ on Twitter . Japanese . Banjo, Azusa . 2019-12-26 . 2020-10-11 . . https://archive.today/20201011192700/https://twitter.com/azusa_banjo/status/1210029631853584385 . 2020-10-11 . live .