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Notable events of 2002 in webcomics.

## Events

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Zach Weinersmith's Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal went through three different incarnations in 2002 before reaching its current rendering. Tim Buckley's Ctrl+Alt+Del has been running since 2002.

* Website Modern Tales launches on March 2.[1][2]
* Cool Beans World ceased operation in May.[3]
* Jenny Everywhere, the first open source super hero, was conceived on Barbelith discussion boards.[4]
* David Stenworth launches the Snafu Comics website.[5]

### Awards

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* Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards, "Best Comic" won by Fred Gallagher & Rodney Caston's Megatokyo.[6]
* Ignatz Awards, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Jason Little's Bee.[7]

### Webcomics started

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* January 17 — ArtBomb anthology by Warren Ellis, Colleen Doran, Andi Watson, Laurenn McCubbin and D'Israeli[8]
* January 28 — Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weiner
* January — Buttercup Festival by Elliot G. Garbauskas
* February 14 — Van Von Hunter by Mike Schwark and Ron Kaulfersch
* February 15 — PartiallyClips by Rob Balder
* February 16 — Unshelved by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum
* February 25 — Nothing Nice To Say by Mitch Clem
* February — Saturnalia by Nina Matsumoto
* March 7 — Oh My Gods! by Shivian Balaris
* March 11 — Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney
* April — Copper by Kazu Kibuishi
* May 5 — Snafu Comics by David Stanworth
* May 12 — American Elf by James Kochalka
* June 4 — Scary Go Round by John Allison
* June 14 — Pixel by Chris Dlugosz
* July 1 — Wigu by Jeffrey Rowland
* August 5 — Theater Hopper by Tom Brazelton
* September 17 — NatalieDee by Natalie Dee
* October 23 — Ctrl+Alt+Del (webcomic) by Tim Buckley
* November 1 — Day by Day by Chris Muir
* December 8 — Fuzzy Knights by Noah J. D. Chinn
* December — Demonology 101 by Faith Erin Hicks
* December — Elsie Hooper by Robert D. Krzykowski
* Dicebox by Jenn Manley Lee
* Gods of Arr-Kelaan by Chuck Rowles
* Red String by Gina Biggs

### Webcomics ended

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* Bobbins by John Allison, 1998 – 2002
* Yahtzee Takes On The World! by Yahtzee Croshaw, 2000 – 2002

## References

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1. ^ O'Brian, Danny (2006-02-26). "The tooniverse explodes". Sunday Times. London. p. 27[S].
2. ^ Atchison, Lee (2008-01-07). "A Brief History of Webcomics — The Third Age of Webcomics, Part One". Sequential Tart.
3. ^ Johnston, Rich. "All the Rage: Refried Beans". Comics Bulletin. Archived from the original on 2011-08-10.
4. ^ Barnett, David (2008-11-06). "Jenny Everywhere never went away". The Guardian.
5. ^ Mangold, Stephanie (2007-10-02). "Web Comic Creators Take Charge". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on 2009-04-02.
6. ^ "2002 Winners and Nominees". Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards. Archived from the original on 2009-12-08.
7. ^ "2002 Ignatz Award Recipients". SPX. 2002-10-01.
8. ^ "Cultures mixed online Technology, pop comic launched on internet". 18 January 2002.

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