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2008 in webcomics

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Years in webcomics
  
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Notable events of 2008 in webcomics.

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Events

  • The website of Plan Nine Publishing went down.

    • Awards

  • Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards, "Outstanding Comic" won by Phil and Kaja Foglio's Girl Genius.
  • Ignatz Awards, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Chris Onstad's Achewood.
  • Eisner Awards, "Best Digital Comic" won by Joss Whedon and Fábio Moon's Sugarshock!.
  • Harvey Awards, "Best Online Comics Work" won by Nicholas Gurewitch' The Perry Bible Fellowship.
  • Joe Shuster Awards, "Outstanding Webcomic Creator" won by Ryan Sohmer and Lar DeSouza (Looking for Group).
  • The Weblog Awards, "Best Comic Strip" won by Randall Munroe's xkcd.

    • Webcomics started

  • January 1 — Hitlercito by Tormentas and Alejandro Cavallazzi
  • January 22 — Yehuda Moon and the Kickstand Cyclery by Rick Smith
  • February — Welcome to Convenience Store by Ji kangmin
  • February 15 — FreakAngels by Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield
  • February 27 — Star Wars: The Old Republic, Threat of Peace by Rob Chestney and Alex Sanchez
  • February — Garfield Minus Garfield by Dan Walsh
  • March 1 — The Black Cherry Bombshells by Tony Trov and Johnny Zito
  • April 1 — Truth Serum by Jon Adams
  • April 23 — Super Effective by Scott Ramsoomair
  • May 1 — Super Siblings by Patrick Scullin
  • May — Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton
  • July — XDragoon by Felipe Marcantonio
  • September 21 — Johnny Wander by Ananth Panagariya and Yuko Ota
  • October 19 — Sandra and Woo by Oliver Knörzer and Puri Andini
  • December 27 — The Meek by Der-Shing Helmer

    • Webcomics ended

  • Ozy and Millie by D. C. Simpson, 1998 – 2008
  • minus by Ryan Armand, 2006 – 2008

    • References

    2008 in webcomics Wikipedia
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