2016 in webcomics

This article presents a list of notable events of 2016 in webcomics .

Events

On April 13, 2016, Andrew Hussie finished his webcomic Homestuck. In 7 years he published over 8000 pages of content.

• On April Fools' Day, a large group of webcomic artists published their own version of the same four-panel webcomic, satirizing debates on unoriginality and joke-theft. ^[2]
• In December, Chris Onstad puts Achewood on hiatus again indefinitely. ^[3]

Awards

• Eisner Awards, "Best Digital/Webcomic" won by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover's Bandette. ^[4]
• Harvey Awards, "Best Online Comics Work" won by Mike Norton's Battlepug . ^[5]
• Ignatz Award, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Meredith Gran's Octopus Pie . ^[6]
• Reuben Awards, "Online Comics"; Short Form won by Dave Kellett's Sheldon , Long Form won by Drew Weing's The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo. ^[7]
• Cartoonist Studio Prize, "Best Web Comic" won by Boulet's I Want to Believe. ^[8]

Webcomics started

• January — Les Culottées by Pénélope Bagieu
• January 14 — Terror Man by Han Dong-Woo and Ko Jin-Ho
• January 23 — Nano List by Min Song-ah
• March — Siren's Lament by instantmiso
• March 18–December 16 — Helios:Femina by Michelle Phan
• April 5–September 27 — The Red Hook by Dean Haspiel
• April 21 — Overwatch digital comics series by James Waugh
• May 13 — Lady of the Shard by Gigi D.G.
• May 13 — Dents by Beth Behrs, Matt Doyle & Sid Kotian
• May 24 — unOrdinary by uruchan
• June 25 — Brown Paperbag by Sailesh Gopalan
• July 15 — Otokonoko Zuma by Crystal na Yousuke ^[9]
• July 26 — Webcomic Name by Alex Norris
• October 28 — Hello World! by Alex Norris
• November 15 — Adventures of God by Teo and Corey
• December 1 — Firebrand by Jessica Chobot and Erika Lewis

Webcomics ended

• Homestuck by Andrew Hussie, 2009 – 2016
• Battlepug by Mike Norton, 2011 – 2016
• Girls of the Wild's by Hun and Zhena, 2011 – 2016
• Soul Cartel by Kim Eun-hyo and Kim Yeong-ji, 2012 – 2016
• Henchgirl by Kristen Gudsnuk, 2013 – 2016
• Bastard by Kim Carnby and Hwang Young-chan, 2014 – 2016
• Demon by Jason Shiga, 2014 – 2016
• Cyberforce by Marc Silvestri, 2015 – 2016
• How to Love by Alex Norris, 2015 – 2016

References

1. Schreier, Jason (2016-04-13). "After Seven Years, Homestuck Comes To An End". Kotaku.com . Archived from the original on 2016-10-27.
2. Lee, Dami (2016-04-01). "Why did webcomic artists all post the same comic today, making fools out of us?". The Verge .
3. Sims, Chris (2016-12-27). "Chris Onstad Walks Away From 'Achewood'". ComicsAlliance . Archived from the original on 2017-01-04.
4. Arrant, Chris (2016-07-23). "2016 Eisner Awards Winners (Full List)". Newsarama . Archived from the original on July 24, 2016.
5. "2016 Harvey Award Winners Announced". Previews World. Sep 6, 2016.
6. Arrant, Chris (2016-09-19). "2016 IGNATZ AWARD Winners (Full List)". Newsarama . Archived from the original on 2016-11-19.
7. "Reuben Award Winners 2016". National Cartoonists Society. May 28, 2016.
8. "Cartoonist studio prize 2016 winners Boulet and Carol Tyler". Slate . April 8, 2016.
9. "おとこのこ妻". Mangapedia (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 2022-01-07. Retrieved 2022-02-26.