Notable events of 2006 in webcomics.
| Years in webcomics: | 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 |
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| Years: | 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 |
Events
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- Platinum Studios purchases website DrunkDuck, with the purpose of publishing comic books online before creating physical releases.[1]
- Webcomics collective ACT-I-VATE debuted in February.[2]
Awards
edit- Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards, "Outstanding Comic" won by Nicholas Gurewitch's The Perry Bible Fellowship.[3]
- Clickburg Webcomic Awards, won by Liz Greenfield, Stephan Brusche, and Daniel Merlin Goodbrey.[4]
- Ignatz Awards, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Nicholas Gurewitch's The Perry Bible Fellowship.[5]
- Eagle Awards, "Favourite Web-Based Comic" won by Batton Lash's Supernatural Law.[6]
- Eisner Awards, "Best Digital Comic" won by Scott Kurtz' PvP.[7]
- Harvey Awards, "Best Online Comics Work" won by James Kochalka's American Elf.[8]
- Weblog Awards, "Best Comic Strip" won by Ryan Sohmer and Lar deSouza's Least I Could Do.[9]
Webcomics started
edit- January 5 — The Dreamland Chronicles by Scott Christian Sava
- January 22 — San Antonio Rock City by Mitch Clem
- January 27 — The Jimi Homeless Experience (webcomic) by J.F. Kinyon
- February 9 — minus by Ryan Armand
- February 8 — The New Adventures Of Queen Victoria, by Pab Sungenis
- February 13 — Married to the Sea by Drew and Natalie Dee
- March 1 — Planet Karen by Karen Ellis
- April 16 — Fission Chicken by J.P. Morgan
- April 18 — Tonari no 801-chan by Ajiko Kojima
- April – Rice Boy by Evan Dahm
- June — Cheshire Crossing by Andy Weir
- July 19 — Lackadaisy by Tracy Butler
- July — What the Duck by Aaron Johnson
- September 20— Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich
- November 6 — Looking For Group by Ryan Sohmer and Lar DeSouza
- November 11 Skin Deep by Kory Bingaman
- December 7 — Erfworld by Rob Balder and Jamie Noguchi
- December 25 — Last Blood by Bobby Crosby and Owen Gieni
- The Sound of Heart by Jo Seok
Webcomics ended
edit- Doctor Fun by David Farley, 1993 – 2006
- Narbonic by Shaenon K. Garrity, 2000 – 2006
- Mac Hall by Ian McConville and Matt Boyd, 2000 – 2006
- Anima: Age of the Robots by Johnny Tay, 2003 – 2006
- Sokora Refugees by Semaui and Melissa Dejesus, 2004 – 2006
- Concerned: The Half-Life and Death of Gordon Frohman by Christopher C. Livingston, 2005 – 2006
References
edit- ^ Marriott, Michael (2006-09-25). "For One Publisher, the Life of Every Comic Book Starts on the Web". The New York Times.
- ^ Alverson, Brigid (2014-01-01). "Dean Haspiel takes The Fox for a Silver Age spin". Comic Book Resources.
- ^ Brazleton, Tom. "Outstanding Comic". Ryanestrada.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-23. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
- ^ "Nog te weinig vernieuwing in internetstrips". Nu.nl. 2006-06-03. Archived from the original on 2007-06-10.
- ^ "2006 Ignatz Award Recipients". SPX. 2003-10-01.
- ^ "2006". The Eagle Awards. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- ^ "2006 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards". hahnlibrary.net.
- ^ "2006 Harvey Award Winners". The Harvey Awards. Archived from the original on 2007-11-05.
- ^ "The 2006 Weblog Award Winners". The Weblog Awards. 2006-12-18. Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2016-02-15.