Notable events of 2011 in webcomics.
Events Namco Bandai started subsidiary ShiftyLook, with the purpose to revive unused video game characters from the company's past with webcomics. International webcomic platform MangaMagazine.net, which later became Inkblazers, is founded by Victor Chu and Bancha Dhammarungruang. Dark Horse Comics releases Dark Horse Digital, an iOS app that functions as a digital store front for webcomics.
Awards
Eagle Awards, "Favourite Web-Based Comic" won by Ethan Nicolle and Malachai Nicolle's Axe Cop. Eisner Awards, "Best Digital Comic" won by Karl Kerschl's Abominable Charles Christopher. Harvey Awards, "Best Online Comics Work" won by Kate Beaton's Hark! A Vagrant. Joe Shuster Award, "Outstanding Web Comics Creator(s)" won by Emily Carroll. Ignatz Awards, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Kate Beaton's Hark! A Vagrant. Aurora Awards, "Best Graphic Novel" won by Tarol Hunt's Goblins. Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story won by Kaja Foglio, Phil Foglio, and Cheyenne Wright's Girl Genius, Volume 10.
Webcomics started
February 2 — Dr. Frost by Lee Jong-beom February 14 — Battlepug by Mike Norton March 12 — Prequel (or Making A Cat Cry: The Adventure) by Kazerad March 25 — Artifice by Alex Woolfson April 3 — Cucumber Quest by Gigi D.G. May 24 — Steroids 'n' Asteroids with Quadra Blu by Lyman Dally May 28 — Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant by Tony Cliff June 2 — Dorris McComics by Alex Norris July — Bongcheon-Dong Ghost by Horang September 7 — War and Peas by Jonathan Kunz and Elizabeth Pich September — A Redtail's Dream by Minna Sundberg October — The Fox Sister by Christina Strain and Jayd Aït-Kaci November 1 — Gaia by Oliver Knörzer and Puri Andini November 26 — JL8 by Yale Stewart Bucko by Jeff Parker and Erika Moen Fashion King by Kian84 Girls of the Wild's by Hun and Zhena (Kim Hye-jin) God of Bath by Ha Il-kwon Orange Marmalade by Seok Woo
Webcomics ended Digger by Ursula Vernon, 2003 – 2011 The Phoenix Requiem by Sarah Ellerton, 2007 – 2011 Hori-san to Miyamura-kun by HERO, 2007 – 2011 FreakAngels by Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield, 2008 – 2011
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