This article presents a list of notable events of 2016 in webcomics.
Events
On April Fools' Day, a large group of webcomic artists published their own version of the same four-panel webcomic, satirizing debates on unoriginality and joke-theft. In December, Chris Onstad puts Achewood on hiatus again indefinitely.
Awards Eisner Awards, "Best Digital/Webcomic" won by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover's Bandette. Harvey Awards, "Best Online Comics Work" won by Mike Norton's Battlepug. Ignatz Award, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Meredith Gran's Octopus Pie. Reuben Awards, "Online Comics"; Short Form won by Dave Kellett's Sheldon, Long Form won by Drew Weing's The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo. Cartoonist Studio Prize, "Best Web Comic" won by Boulet's I Want to Believe.
Webcomics started
January — Les Culottées by Pénélope Bagieu January 14 — Terror Man by Han Dong-Woo and Ko Jin-Ho January 23 — Nano List by Min Song-ah March — Siren's Lament by instantmiso March 18–December 16 — Helios:Femina by Michelle Phan April 5–September 27 — The Red Hook by Dean Haspiel April 21 — Overwatch digital comics series by James Waugh May 13 — Lady of the Shard by Gigi D.G. May 13 — Dents by Beth Behrs, Matt Doyle & Sid Kotian May 24 — unOrdinary by uruchan June 25 — Brown Paperbag by Sailesh Gopalan July 15 — Otokonoko Zuma by Crystal na Yousuke July 26 — Webcomic Name by Alex Norris October 28 — Hello World! by Alex Norris November 15 — Adventures of God by Teo and Corey December 1 — Firebrand by Jessica Chobot and Erika Lewis
Webcomics ended Homestuck by Andrew Hussie, 2009 – 2016 Battlepug by Mike Norton, 2011 – 2016 Girls of the Wild's by Hun and Zhena, 2011 – 2016 Soul Cartel by Kim Eun-hyo and Kim Yeong-ji, 2012 – 2016 Henchgirl by Kristen Gudsnuk, 2013 – 2016 Bastard by Kim Carnby and Hwang Young-chan, 2014 – 2016 Demon by Jason Shiga, 2014 – 2016 Cyberforce by Marc Silvestri, 2015 – 2016 How to Love by Alex Norris, 2015 – 2016
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