Notable events of 2013 in webcomics.
Events
Randall Munroe creates the Hugo Award-winning 3,099 panel xkcd strip "Time". The Modern Tales family of websites closes in April. Joey Manley, founder of webcomic syndicates such as Modern Tales and Webcomics Nation, dies at age 48.
Awards Eisner Awards "Best digital comic" won by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover's Bandette. Harvey Awards, "Best Online Comics Work" won by Mike Norton's Battlepug. Ignatz Awards, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Jillian Tamaki's SuperMutant Magic Academy. Joe Shuster Awards, "Outstanding Webcomics Creator" won by Michael DeForge (Ant Comic). Reuben Awards, "On-Line Comics"; Short Form won by Graham Harrop's Ten Cats, Long Form won by Vince Dorse's Untold Tales of Bigfoot. Cartoonist Studio Prize, "Best Web Comic" won by ND Stevenson's Nimona. Aurora Awards, "Best Graphic Novel" won by Alina Pete's Weregeek. Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature won by Ursula Vernon's Digger.
Webcomics started
January 26 — A Simple Thinking About Blood Type by Real Crazy Man January 28 — Table Titans by Scott Kurtz March – The Private Eye by Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martín April – Kill Six Billion Demons by "Abbadon" (Tom Parkinson-Morgan) May – Up and Out by Julia Kaye May 8 — Tales of the Unusual by Oh Seong-dae June – Henchgirl by Kristen Gudsnuk June 30 — Qahera by Deena Mohamed July – Fowl Language by Brian Gordon August 8 — Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu August — ēlDLIVE by Akira Amano September 4 – Love Revolution by 232 September 5 — The Gamer by Sung Sang-Young and Sang-Ah October 8 – The Last Halloween by Abby Howard October 12 — ReLIFE by Sō Yayoi October 31 – Blindsprings by Kadi Fedoruk November 1 — Stand Still, Stay Silent by Minna Sundberg November 21 – Let's Speak English by Mary Cagle November — Trans Girl Next Door by Kylie Summer Wu December 8 – Wind Breaker by Yongseok Jo December 11 — Million Doll by Ai Sarah's Scribbles by Sarah Andersen Year Hare Affair by Lin Chao
Webcomics ended FreakAngels by Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield, 2008 – 2013 Fashion King by Kian84, 2011 – 2013 Orange Marmalade by Seok Woo, 2011 – 2013 A Redtail's Dream by Minna Sundberg, 2011 – 2013 Misaeng by Yoon Tae-ho, 2012 – 2013
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