2013 in webcomics

Notable events of 2013 in webcomics.

Events

• Randall Munroe creates the Hugo Award-winning 3,099 panel xkcd strip "Time".
• The Modern Tales family of websites closes in April.
• Joey Manley, founder of webcomic syndicates such as Modern Tales and Webcomics Nation, dies at age 48.

Awards

• Eisner Awards "Best digital comic" won by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover's Bandette.
• Harvey Awards, "Best Online Comics Work" won by Mike Norton's Battlepug.
• Ignatz Awards, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Jillian Tamaki's SuperMutant Magic Academy.
• Joe Shuster Awards, "Outstanding Webcomics Creator" won by Michael DeForge (Ant Comic).
• Reuben Awards, "On-Line Comics"; Short Form won by Graham Harrop's Ten Cats, Long Form won by Vince Dorse's Untold Tales of Bigfoot.
• Cartoonist Studio Prize, "Best Web Comic" won by ND Stevenson's Nimona.
• Aurora Awards, "Best Graphic Novel" won by Alina Pete's Weregeek.
• Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature won by Ursula Vernon's Digger.

Webcomics started

• January 26 — A Simple Thinking About Blood Type by Real Crazy Man
• January 28 — Table Titans by Scott Kurtz
• March – The Private Eye by Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martín
• April – Kill Six Billion Demons by "Abbadon" (Tom Parkinson-Morgan)
• May – Up and Out by Julia Kaye
• May 8 — ' by Oh Seong-dae
• June – Henchgirl by Kristen Gudsnuk
• June 30 — Qahera by Deena Mohamed
• July – Fowl Language by Brian Gordon
• August 8 — Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu
• August — ēlDLIVE by Akira Amano
• September 4 – Love Revolution by 232
• September 5 — The Gamer by Sung Sang-Young and Sang-Ah
• October 8 – The Last Halloween by Abby Howard
• October 12 — ReLIFE by Sō Yayoi
• October 31 – Blindsprings by Kadi Fedoruk
• November 1 — Stand Still, Stay Silent by Minna Sundberg
• November 21 – Let's Speak English by Mary Cagle
• November — Trans Girl Next Door by Kylie Summer Wu
• December 8 – Wind Breaker by Yongseok Jo
• December 11 — Million Doll by Ai
• Sarah's Scribbles by Sarah Andersen
• Year Hare Affair by Lin Chao