2002 in webcomics

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Years: | 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Notable events of 2002 in webcomics.

## Events[edit]

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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* January 17 -- ArtBomb anthology by Warren Ellis, Colleen Doran, Andi Watson, Laurenn McCubbin and D'Israeli[8]
* January 21 -- El Goonish Shive by Dan Shive
* 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 3 -- A Miracle of Science by Jon Kilgannon and Mark Sachs
* June 4 -- Scary Go Round by John Allison
* June 14 -- Pixel by Chris Dlugosz
* July 1 -- Wigu by Jeffrey Rowland
* July 22 -- Queen of Wands by Aeire
* August 5 -- Theater Hopper by Tom Brazelton
* September 17 -- NatalieDee by Natalie Dee
* October 23 -- Ctrl+Alt+Del (webcomic) by Tim Buckley
* October 31 — Serenity Rose by Aaron Alexovich
* November 1 -- Day by Day by Chris Muir
* November 1 -- Errant Story by Michael Poe
* 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
* Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki by kittyhawk

### Webcomics ended[edit]

* Bobbins by John Allison, 1998 - 2002
* Exploitation Now by Michael Poe, 2000 - 2002
* Yahtzee Takes On The World! by Yahtzee Croshaw, 2000 - 2002

## References[edit]

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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