Notable events of 2002 in webcomics.
Events
Website Modern Tales launches on March 2. Cool Beans World ceased operation in May. Jenny Everywhere, the first open source super hero, was conceived on Barbelith discussion boards. David Stenworth launches the Snafu Comics website.
Awards Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards, "Best Comic" won by Fred Gallagher & Rodney Caston's Megatokyo. Ignatz Awards, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Jason Little's Bee.
Webcomics started
January 17 — ArtBomb anthology by Warren Ellis, Colleen Doran, Andi Watson, Laurenn McCubbin and D'Israeli January 28 — Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weiner January — Buttercup Festival by Elliot G. Garbauskas February 14 — Van Von Hunter by Mike Schwark and Ron Kaulfersch February 15 — PartiallyClips by Rob Balder February 16 — Unshelved by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum February 25 — Nothing Nice To Say by Mitch Clem February — Saturnalia by Nina Matsumoto March 7 — Oh My Gods! by Shivian Balaris March 11 — Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney April — Copper by Kazu Kibuishi May 5 — Snafu Comics by David Stanworth May 12 — American Elf by James Kochalka June 4 — Scary Go Round by John Allison June 14 — Pixel by Chris Dlugosz July 1 — Wigu by Jeffrey Rowland August 5 — Theater Hopper by Tom Brazelton September 17 — NatalieDee by Natalie Dee October 23 — Ctrl+Alt+Del (webcomic) by Tim Buckley November 1 — Day by Day by Chris Muir December 8 — Fuzzy Knights by Noah J. D. Chinn December — Demonology 101 by Faith Erin Hicks December — Elsie Hooper by Robert D. Krzykowski Dicebox by Jenn Manley Lee Gods of Arr-Kelaan by Chuck Rowles Red String by Gina Biggs
Webcomics ended Bobbins by John Allison, 1998 – 2002 Yahtzee Takes On The World! by Yahtzee Croshaw, 2000 – 2002
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