Notable events of 2008 in webcomics.
Events The website of Plan Nine Publishing went down.
Awards Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards, "Outstanding Comic" won by Phil and Kaja Foglio's Girl Genius. Ignatz Awards, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Chris Onstad's Achewood. Eagle Awards, "Favourite Web-Based Comic" won by Rich Burlew's The Order of the Stick. Eisner Awards, "Best Digital Comic" won by Joss Whedon and Fábio Moon's Sugarshock!. Harvey Awards, "Best Online Comics Work" won by Nicholas Gurewitch' The Perry Bible Fellowship. Joe Shuster Awards, "Outstanding Webcomic Creator" won by Ryan Sohmer and Lar DeSouza (Least I Could Do and Looking for Group). The Weblog Awards, "Best Comic Strip" won by Randall Munroe's xkcd.
Webcomics started
January 1 — Hitlercito by Tormentas and Alejandro Cavallazzi January 22 — Yehuda Moon and the Kickstand Cyclery by Rick Smith February — Welcome to Convenience Store by Ji kangmin February 15 — FreakAngels by Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield February 27 — Star Wars: The Old Republic, Threat of Peace by Rob Chestney and Alex Sanchez February — Garfield Minus Garfield by Dan Walsh March 1 — The Black Cherry Bombshells by Tony Trov and Johnny Zito March 10 — Problem Sleuth by Andrew Hussie April 1 — Truth Serum by Jon Adams April 23 — Super Effective by Scott Ramsoomair May 16 — Ménage à 3 by Gisele Lagace and Dave Lumsdon June 13 — Brawl in the Family by Matthew Taranto July 26 — Oglaf by Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne July — Order of Tales by Evan Dahm July — XDragoon by Felipe Marcantonio September 4 — Gunshow by KC Green September 21 — Johnny Wander by Ananth Panagariya and Yuko Ota October 19 — Sandra and Woo by Oliver Knörzer and Puri Andini November 1 — Sister Claire December 27 — The Meek by Der-Shing Helmer
Webcomics ended Ozy and Millie by D. C. Simpson, 1998 – 2008 Casey and Andy by Andy Weir, 2001 – 2008 The original Cheshire Crossing by Andy Weir, 2006 – 2008 minus by Ryan Armand, 2006 – 2008 Rice Boy by Evan Dahm, 2006 – 2008 A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge by Josh Neufeld, 2007 – 2008
Notable publications June 2 — Loss by Tim Buckley
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