This article presents a list of notable events of 2016 in

webcomics Webcomics (also known as online comics or Internet comics) are comics published on a website or mobile app. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers, or comic books. Webcomics can be co ...

Events

*On

April Fools' Day April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day is an annual custom on 1 April consisting of practical jokes and hoaxes. Jokesters often expose their actions by shouting "April Fools!" at the recipient. Mass media can be involved in these pranks, which may ...

, a large group of webcomic artists published their own version of the same four-panel webcomic, satirizing debates on unoriginality and joke-theft. *In December,

Chris Onstad ''Achewood'' is a webcomic created by Chris Onstad in 2001. It portrays the lives of a group of anthropomorphic stuffed toys, robots, and pets. Many of the characters live together in the home of their owner, Chris, at the fictional address of 6 ...

puts ''

Achewood ''Achewood'' is a webcomic created by Chris Onstad in 2001. It portrays the lives of a group of anthropomorphic stuffed toys, robots, and pets. Many of the characters live together in the home of their owner, Chris, at the fictional address of 6 ...

'' on hiatus again indefinitely.

Awards

Eisner Awards The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books, sometimes referred to as the comics industry's equivalent of the Academy Awards. They are named in ...

, "Best Digital/Webcomic" won by Paul Tobin and

Colleen Coover Colleen Coover (born July 14, 1969) is a comic book artist and author based in Portland, Oregon and is known for creating the lesbian-themed erotic comic book ''Small Favors'' from Eros Comix, illustrator of the comic book limited series ''Banan ...

's ''Bandette''. *

Harvey Awards The Harvey Awards are given for achievement in comic books. Named for writer-artist Harvey Kurtzman, the Harvey Awards were founded by Gary Groth in 1988, president of the publisher Fantagraphics, to be the successor to the Kirby Awards that we ...

, "Best Online Comics Work" won by

Mike Norton Mike Norton is an American comic book artist and writer, known for his work on '' Battlepug''. Early life Mike Norton first discovered comics as a child when his father gave him a copy of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #163, before he was old enoug ...

's '' Battlepug''. *

Ignatz Award The Ignatz Awards recognize outstanding achievements in comics and cartooning by small press creators or creator-owned projects published by larger publishers. They have been awarded each year at the Small Press Expo since 1997, only skipping ...

, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Meredith Gran's '' Octopus Pie''. *

Reuben Awards The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) is an organization of professional cartoonists in the United States. It presents the National Cartoonists Society Awards. The Society was born in 1946 when groups of cartoonists got together to entertain the ...

, "Online Comics"; Short Form won by

Dave Kellett Dave Kellett is the creator and cartoonist of two webcomic titles, '' Sheldon'' and '' Drive'', and the co-author of ''How To Make Webcomics''. Early years and education Kellett is a southern California native. He graduated from the University ...

's ''

Sheldon Sheldon may refer to: * Sheldon (name), a given name and a surname, and a list of people with the name Places Australia *Sheldon, Queensland *Sheldon Forest, New South Wales United Kingdom *Sheldon, Derbyshire, England *Sheldon, Devon, England *S ...

'', Long Form won by

Drew Weing Drew Weing is an American comic artist. Debuting in 2010 with the black-and-white graphic novel ''Set to Sea'', Weing went on to create the webcomic ''The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo''. Together with his wife Eleanor Davis, Weing has taught ...

's ''The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo''. * Cartoonist Studio Prize, "Best Web Comic" won by Boulet's ''I Want to Believe''.

Webcomics started

* January — '' Les Culottées'' by Pénélope Bagieu * January 18 — ''As Per Usual'' by Dami Lee * January 22 — ''Nano List'' by Min Song-ah * March — '' Siren's Lament'' by instantmiso * March 12 — ''Apocalyptic Horseplay'' by Boredman * March 17 — ''Teen Mom'' by TheTerm * March 18–December 16 — ''Helios:Femina'' by

Michelle Phan Michelle Phan (born April 11, 1987) is an American beauty YouTuber. She is the founder and owner of the multimillion-dollar cosmetics line EM Cosmetics. Early life Michelle Phan was born on April 11, 1987, in Boston, Massachusetts. Both her par ...

* April 5–September 27 — ''The Red Hook'' by

Dean Haspiel Dean Edmund Haspiel (born May 31, 1967 in New York City) is an American comic book artist, writer, and playwright. He is known for creating Billy Dogma, The Red Hook, and for his collaborations with writer Harvey Pekar on his '' American Splendor ...

* April 8 — ''My ID is Gangnam Beauty'' by Gi Maeng-gi * 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 UnOrdinary, published on the WEBTOON platform, is a webcomic written by Chelsey Han, better known as "uru-chan" (written only with lowercase letters). It tells the story of a world where almost everyone has a superpower and focuses on an elite s ...

'' by uruchan * May 31 — '' SUPERPOSE'' by Seosamh & Anka * June 17 — ''Ghost Wife'' by Saejung * June 25 — '' Brown Paperbag'' by Sailesh Gopalan * July 15 — '' Otokonoko Zuma'' by Crystal na Yousuke * July 26 — ''Webcomic Name'' by

Alex Norris Alexander James Jordan Norris (born 4 February 1984) is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Nottingham North, and was first elected at the 2017 general election. Early life and career Norris ...

* October 28 — ''Hello World!'' by

* November 15 — ''

Adventures of God ''Adventures of God'' is a comedy webtoon created and respectively written and illustrated by Italian Matteo "Teo" Ferrazzi and American Corey Jay. The comic explores the relationship between God and his sons Jesus and Lucy and the angel Gabe a ...

'' by Teo and Corey * December 1 — ''Firebrand'' by Jessica Chobot and Erika Lewis

Webcomics ended

* ''

Homestuck ''Homestuck'' is an Internet fiction series created by American author and artist Andrew Hussie in the first half of the 2010s. The fourth and best-known of Hussie's four ''MS Paint Adventures'', it originally ran from April 13, 2009 to April ...

'' by Andrew Hussie, 2009 – 2016 * '' Battlepug'' by

, 2011 – 2016 * ''

Girls of the Wild's A girl is a young female human, usually a child or an adolescent. When a girl becomes an adult, she is accurately described as a ''woman''. However, the term ''girl'' is also used for other meanings, including ''young woman'',Dictionary.c ...

'' 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 A demon is a malevolent supernatural entity. Historically, belief in demons, or stories about demons, occurs in religion, occultism, literature, fiction, mythology, and folklore; as well as in Media (communication), media such as comics, video ...

'' by Jason Shiga, 2014 – 2016 * '' Cyberforce'' by Marc Silvestri, 2015 – 2016 * ''How to Love'' by

, 2015 – 2016

References

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