2018 in webcomics

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.

Awards

• Eisner Awards, "Best Webcomic" won by Katie O’Neill's The Tea Dragon Society.
• Ignatz Awards, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Carta Monir's Lara Croft Was My Family.
• Joe Shuster Awards, "Outstanding Webcomic Creator" won by Gisele Lagace (Ménage à 3).
• Harvey Awards, "Digital Book of the Year" won by Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martín, and Muntsa Vicente's Barrier.
• Reuben Awards, "Online Comics"; Short Form won by Gemma Correll's Gemma Correll, Long Form won by John Allison's Bad Machinery.
• Ringo Awards:
• "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.
• Aurora Awards, "Best Graphic Novel" won by Peter Chiykowski's Rock, Paper, Cynic.

Webcomics started

• March 4 — Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe
• March 4 — Solo Leveling by Chugong
• March 13 — Romance 101 by Namsoo
• April 2 — True Beauty by Yaongyi
• May 19 — A Returner's Magic Should Be Special by Usonan and Wookjakga
• July 7 — The Beginning After the End by TurtleMe and Fuyuki23
• August 11 — Oct 13 — Your Letter by Hyun-ah Cho
• August 20 — Mage & Demon Queen by Kuru
• 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

Webcomics ended

• Guilded Age by T Campbell, Phil Kahn, Erica Henderson, & the Waltrip brothers, 2009 – 2018
• Hello World! by Alex Norris, 2016 – 2018
• Nano List by Min Song-ah, 2016 – 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

References