2002 in webcomics

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Notable events of 2002 in webcomics .

Events

Zach Weinersmith's Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal went through three different incarnations in 2002 before reaching its current rendering.

Tim Buckley's Ctrl+Alt+Del has been running since 2002.

• Website Modern Tales launches on March 2. ^{[1] [2]}
• Cool Beans World ceased operation in May. ^[3]
• Jenny Everywhere, the first open source super hero, was conceived on Barbelith discussion boards. ^[4]
• David Stenworth launches the Snafu Comics website. ^[5]

Awards

• Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards, "Best Comic" won by Fred Gallagher & Rodney Caston's Megatokyo . ^[6]
• Ignatz Awards, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Jason Little's Bee. ^[7]

Webcomics started

• January 17 —ArtBomb anthology by Warren Ellis, Colleen Doran, Andi Watson, Laurenn McCubbin and D'Israeli ^[8]
• January 28 — Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weiner
• January — Buttercup Festival by Elliot G. Garbauskas
• February 14 — Van Von Hunter by Mike Schwark and Ron Kaulfersch
• February 15 — PartiallyClips by Rob Balder
• February 16 — Unshelved by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum
• February 25 — Nothing Nice To Say by Mitch Clem
• February — Saturnalia by Nina Matsumoto
• March 7 — Oh My Gods! by Shivian Balaris
• March 11 — Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney
• April — Copper by Kazu Kibuishi
• May 5 — Snafu Comics by David Stanworth
• May 12 — American Elf by James Kochalka
• June 4 — Scary Go Round by John Allison
• June 14 — Pixel by Chris Dlugosz
• July 1 — Wigu by Jeffrey Rowland
• August 5 — Theater Hopper by Tom Brazelton
• September 17 — NatalieDee by Natalie Dee
• October 23 — Ctrl+Alt+Del (webcomic) by Tim Buckley
• November 1 — Day by Day by Chris Muir
• December 8 — Fuzzy Knights by Noah J. D. Chinn
• December — Demonology 101 by Faith Erin Hicks
• December — Elsie Hooper by Robert D. Krzykowski
• Dicebox by Jenn Manley Lee
• Gods of Arr-Kelaan by Chuck Rowles
• Red String by Gina Biggs

Webcomics ended

• Bobbins by John Allison, 1998 – 2002
• Yahtzee Takes On The World! by Yahtzee Croshaw, 2000 – 2002

References

1. O'Brian, Danny (2006-02-26). "The tooniverse explodes". Sunday Times . London. p. 27[S].
2. Atchison, Lee (2008-01-07). "A Brief History of Webcomics — The Third Age of Webcomics, Part One". Sequential Tart.
3. Johnston, Rich. "All the Rage: Refried Beans". Comics Bulletin. Archived from the original on 2011-08-10.
4. Barnett, David (2008-11-06). "Jenny Everywhere never went away". The Guardian .
5. Mangold, Stephanie (2007-10-02). "Web Comic Creators Take Charge". Publishers Weekly . Archived from the original on 2009-04-02.
6. "2002 Winners and Nominees". Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards. Archived from the original on 2009-12-08.
7. "2002 Ignatz Award Recipients". SPX. 2002-10-01.
8. "Cultures mixed online Technology, pop comic launched on internet". 18 January 2002.