Notable events of 2014 in webcomics.
Events
- Naver Corporation globally launched WEBTOON on July 2.[1]
- Namco Bandai subsidiary ShiftyLook shut down in March.[2][3]
Awards
- Eisner Awards, "Best Digital Comic" won by Matthew Inman's The Oatmeal.[4]
- Harvey Awards, "Best Online Comics Work" won by Mike Norton's Battlepug.[5]
- Ignatz Award, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Evan Dahm's Vattu.
- Joe Shuster Awards, "Outstanding Webcomic Creator" won by Jayd Aït-Kaci and Christina Strain (The Fox Sister).[6]
- Reuben Awards, "Online Comics"; Short Form won by Ryan Pagelow's Buni, Long Form won by Jeff Smith's Tuki: Save the Humans.[7]
- Cartoonist Studio Prize, "Best Web Comic" won by Emily Carroll's Out of Skin.[8]
- Aurora Awards, "Best Graphic Novel" won by Peter Chiykowski's Rock, Paper, Cynic.[9]
- Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story won by Randall Munroe's "Time".[10]
Webcomics started
- January 1 — Eth's Skin by Sfé R. Monster
- January 6 — Harpy Gee by Brianne Drouhard
- January 31 — Demon by Jason Shiga
- February 12 — unTouchable by massstar
- April 13 — Paradox Space by Andrew Hussie and various others
- May — Pepper&Carrot by David Revoy
- June 15 — Sanitary Panels by Rachita Taneja
- August 13 — Tahilalats by Nurfadli Mursyid
- August–December — No Girlfriend Comics by Brandon Sheffield and Dami Lee
- October 19 — Devil's Candy by Clint Bickham and Priscilla Hamby
- November — The Royal Existentials by Aarthi Parthasarathy
- November 20 — Lookism by Taejun Pak
- Congqian Youzuo Lingjianshan by Guowang Bixia and Zhuhua and Junxiaomo.
- Bugcat Capoo by Yara
- Princess Maison by Aoi Ikebe[11]
- Witchy by Ariel Ries
Webcomics ended
- Pictures for Sad Children by Simone Veil, 2007 – 2014
- Brawl in the Family by Matthew Taranto, 2008 – 2014
- Gunshow by KC Green, 2008 – 2014
- Nimona by ND Stevenson, 2012 – 2014
References
- ^ Lee, Jun-Youb (2015-04-03). "Startup Battles Naver in English Webtoons". The Wall Street Journal
- ^ Gera, Emily (2014-03-10). "Namco High studio ShiftyLook is shutting its doors". Polygon
- ^ Pereyda, Rob (2014-03-10). "ShiftyLook's Next Step". ShiftyLook. Archived 2014-03-14 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Arrant, Chris (2014-07-26). "2014 Eisner Awards Winners (Full List)". Newsarama. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.
- ^ "2014 Harvey Award Winners Announced". Previews World. Sep 8, 2014.
- ^ johnston, Rich (2014-09-23). "The Joe Shuster Awards 2014 – Full Audio". Bleeding Cool
- ^ "2014 NCS Awards Winners!". National Cartoonists Society. May 26, 2014.
- ^ "Cartoonist Studio Prize 2014: Taiyo Matsumoto's Sunny and Emily Carroll's Out of Skin win.". Slate. March 7, 2014.
- ^ "sfadb: Aurora Awards 2014". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ^ "2014 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. 18 April 2014. Archived 2015-09-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
- ^ "Princess Maison Manga About Apartment-Searching Woman Gets Live-Action Series". Anime News Network. 2016-09-04.