Notable events of 2012 in webcomics.
Events Chang Kim launches Tapastic in October 2012. Andrew Hussie's Hiveswap becomes the most successful webcomic-related Kickstarter project of all time, raising over US$2,000,000.
Awards Eagle Awards, "Favourite Web-Based Comic" won by Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield's FreakAngels. Eisner Awards, "Best Digital Comic" won by Mike Norton's Battlepug. Harvey Awards, "Best Online Comics Work" won by Kate Beaton's Hark! A Vagrant. Ignatz Awards, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Jillian Tamaki's SuperMutant Magic Academy. Joe Shuster Awards, "Outstanding Web Comics Creator" won by Emily Carroll. Reuben Awards, "On-Line Comic Strips" won by Jonathan Rosenberg's Scenes from a Multiverse. Aurora Awards, "Best Graphic Novel" won by Tarol Hunt's Goblins. Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story won by Ursula Vernon's Digger.
Webcomics started
January 2 — Polar by Victor Santos January 25 — As the Crow Flies by Melanie Gillman January 25 — O Human Star by Blue Delliquanti March 14 — The Young Protectors by Alex Woolfson April 18 — Mob Psycho 100 by One May 21 — Snarlbear by Natalie Riess June 17 — Junior Scientist Power Hour by Abby Howard June — Nimona by ND Stevenson July – August — The Cliff by Oh Seong-dae August 8 — Thunderpaw: In the Ashes of Fire Mountain by Jen Lee Ability by Son Jae-ho and Lee Gwang-su Ava's Demon by Michelle Czajkowski It's Geek 2 Me by Francis Cleetus MediaEntity by Emilie Tarascou and Simon Kansara Misaeng by Yoon Tae-ho Strong Female Protagonist by Brennan Lee Mulligan and Lee Knox Ostertag Soul Cartel by Kim Eun-hyo and Kim Yeong-ji Yarichin Bitch Club by Ogeretsu Tanaka
Webcomics ended Theater Hopper by Tom Brazelton, 2002 – 2012 Rob and Elliot by Clay and Hampton Yount, 2004 – 2012 Sin Titulo by Cameron Stewart, 2007 – 2012 Along with the Gods by Joo Ho-min, 2010 – 2012 Bucko by Jeff Parker and Erika Moen, 2011 – 2012 Artifice by Alex Woolfson, 2011 – 2012
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