2011 in webcomics

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Notable events of 2011 in webcomics .

Events

• Namco Bandai started subsidiary ShiftyLook, with the purpose to revive unused video game characters from the company's past with webcomics. ^[1]
• International webcomic platform MangaMagazine.net, which later became Inkblazers, is founded by Victor Chu and Bancha Dhammarungruang. ^[2]
• Dark Horse Comics releases Dark Horse Digital, an iOS app that functions as a digital store front for webcomics. ^[3]

Awards

Mike Norton went on to win an Eisner Award for Battlepug in 2012.

• Eagle Awards, "Favourite Web-Based Comic" won by Ethan Nicolle and Malachai Nicolle's Axe Cop . ^[5]
• Eisner Awards, "Best Digital Comic" won by Karl Kerschl's Abominable Charles Christopher . ^[6]
• Harvey Awards, "Best Online Comics Work" won by Kate Beaton's Hark! A Vagrant . ^[7]
• Joe Shuster Award, "Outstanding Web Comics Creator(s)" won by Emily Carroll. ^[8]
• Ignatz Awards, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Kate Beaton's Hark! A Vagrant . ^[9]
• Aurora Awards, "Best Graphic Novel" won by Tarol Hunt's Goblins . ^[10]
• Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story won by Kaja Foglio, Phil Foglio, and Cheyenne Wright's Girl Genius, Volume 10. ^[11]

Webcomics started

• February 2 — Dr. Frost by Lee Jong-beom
• February 14 — Battlepug by Mike Norton
• March 25 — Artifice by Alex Woolfson
• April 3 — Cucumber Quest by Gigi D.G.
• May 24 — Steroids 'n' Asteroids with Quadra Blu by Lyman Dally
• May 28 — Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant by Tony Cliff
• June 2 — Dorris McComics by Alex Norris
• July — Bongcheon-Dong Ghost by Horang
• September 7 — War and Peas by Jonathan Kunz and Elizabeth Pich
• September — A Redtail's Dream by Minna Sundberg
• October — The Fox Sister by Christina Strain and Jayd Aït-Kaci
• November 1 — Gaia by Oliver Knörzer and Puri Andini
• November 26 — JL8 by Yale Stewart
• Bucko by Jeff Parker and Erika Moen
• Fashion King by Kian84
• Girls of the Wild's by Hun and Zhena (Kim Hye-jin)
• God of Bath by Ha Il-kwon
• Orange Marmalade by Seok Woo

Webcomics ended

• Digger by Ursula Vernon, 2003 – 2011
• The Phoenix Requiem by Sarah Ellerton, 2007 – 2011
• Hori-san to Miyamura-kun by HERO, 2007 – 2011
• FreakAngels by Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield, 2008 – 2011

References

1. Cook, Dave (2014-03-10). "Namco cross-media team ShiftyLook to close after three years, Namco High servers to shut in June". VG24/7.
2. Annear, Steve (2013-06-06). "Harvard Alum Plans on 'Disrupting' the Comic Book Publishing World". Boston Magazine.
3. Brothers, David (2011-04-29). "The Dark Horse Digital Comics App: What Works and What Doesn't". ComicsAlliance. Archived from the original on 2016-06-14.
4. "Full List of 2012 Eisner Award Winners". Newsrama. 2012-07-14.
5. "2011". The Eagle Awards. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22.
6. Melrose, Kevin (2011-07-23). "SDCC '11 – Winners announced for 2011 Eisner Awards". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
7. Melrose, Kevin (2011-08-21). "Winners announced for 2011 Harvey Awards". Comic Book Resources .
8. "2011 Nominees and Winners". The Joe Shuster Awards. 2011-06-18.
9. "Ignatz Awards 2012". SPX. 2012.
10. "sfadb: Aurora Awards 2011". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
11. "2011 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2012-04-09.