Notable events of 2001 in webcomics.
Events Phil and Kaja Foglio's Girl Genius launched in print. The Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards were established to "represent a form of peer recognition, with voting rights granted only to creators working on online webcomics."
Awards Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards, "Outstanding Comic" won by Adam Burke's Boxjam's Doodle. Eagle Awards, "Favourite Web-Based Comic" won by Pete Abrams' Sluggy Freelance.
Webcomics started
January 1–March 26 — King of Fighters Doujinshi by Vinson Ngo January 16 — Okashina Okashi - Strange Candy by Emily Snodgrass and J. Baird February 28 — Casey and Andy by Andy Weir March 2 — 8-Bit Theater by Brian Clevinger March 29 — Nodwick by Aaron Williams August 30 — The Morning Improv by Scott McCloud September 2 — toothpaste for dinner by Drew September 9 — VG Cats by Scott Ramsoomair September 10 — Makeshift Miracle by Jim Zubkavich October 1 — Achewood by Chris Onstad October 9 — Get Your War On by David Rees October 16 — Big Fat Whale by Brian McFadden October — Nowhere Girl by Justine Shaw December 19 — Something*Positive by R. K. Milholland The Perry Bible Fellowship by Nicholas Gurewitch When I Am King by Demian5 Zombie and Mummy by Olia Lialina and Dragan Espenschied
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