List of webcomic awards
This article provides a list of notable awards for webcomics and some of the winners from each year.
Many webcomics artists have received honors for their work. In 2006, Gene Luen Yang's graphic novel American Born Chinese, originally published as a webcomic on Modern Tales, was the first graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award.[1] Don Hertzfeldt's animated film based on his webcomics, Everything Will Be OK, won the 2007 Sundance Film Festival Jury Award in Short Filmmaking, a prize rarely bestowed on an animated film.[2]
Webcomic artists have also won comic awards from organizations that generally honor print comics, such as the Ignatz Awards and Eisner Awards, and there are awards, such as the Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards, which are given only to webcomics.
Awards given only to webcomics
Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards
From 2001 until 2008, the Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards were given out, with voting rights granted only to online cartoonists. Because of the large number of categories, such as "Best Art", "Best Writing", "Best Gag Comic" and "Best Newcomer", only the winners of the main category "Best Comic" are listed here. The following articles provide complete listings of all nominees and winners in each year:
| Best Comic (2001 – 2002), Outstanding Comic (2003 – 2008) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Creator(s) | Website |
| 2001 | Boxjam's Doodle | Adam Burke | www.boxjamsdoodle.com |
| 2002 | Megatokyo | Fred Gallagher and Rodney Caston | www.megatokyo.com |
| 2003 | Nowhere Girl | Justine Shaw | www.nowheregirl.com |
| 2004 | Count Your Sheep | Adrian Ramos | www.countyoursheep.com |
| 2005 | Scary Go Round | John Allison | www.scarygoround.com |
| 2006 | The Perry Bible Fellowship | Nicholas Gurewitch | www.pbfcomics.com |
| 2007 | The Perry Bible Fellowship | Nicholas Gurewitch | www.pbfcomics.com |
| 2008 | Girl Genius | Phil Foglio and Kaja Foglio | www.girlgenius.net |
The Webcomic List Awards
In 2009 and 2010, users of internet forum The Webcomic List held an amateur award ceremony, where winners of its various categories were selected through a panel of judges. The ceremony itself was presented in the form of a webcomic, allowing it to spoof televised award shows as well as exhibit sample portions of the awardees.[5][6]
Awards from organizations that generally honor print comics
Eagle Awards
The Eagle Award is a series of awards for comic book titles and creators. They are awarded by UK fan voting for work produced during the previous year. The awards featured a "favourite web-based comic" category from 2001 until its discontinuation in 2012.
| Favourite Web-based Comic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Creator(s) | Website |
| 2001 | Sluggy Freelance | Pete Abrams | www.sluggy.com |
| 2005 | PvP | Scott Kurtz | www.pvponline.com |
| 2006 | Supernatural Law | Batton Lash | www.webcomicsnation.com |
| 2007 | Penny Arcade | Jerry Holkins (writer) and Mike Krahulik (artist) | www.penny-arcade.com |
| 2008 | The Order of the Stick | Rich Burlew | www.giantitp.com |
| 2010 | FreakAngels[7] | Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield | www.freakangels.com |
| 2011 | Axe Cop | Ethan Nicolle and Malachai Nicolle | www.axecop.com |
| 2012 | FreakAngels | Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield | www.freakangels.com |
Eisner Award
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Award, commonly shortened to the Eisner Award, is a prize given for creative achievement in American comic books. In 2003, Justine Shaw's Nowhere Girl received a nomination for an Eisner award in the "best new series" category, while Shaw was nominated for "talent deserving of wider recognition", making her the first webcomic artist to be nominated for an Eisner.[8] Paste Magazine noted in 2016 that the Eisner's conflation of "digital comic" and "webcomic" may cause independent works to be overshadowed by online services such as Marvel Unlimited and DC Comics' "Digital First".[9] In 2017, it was split into "Best Digital Comic" and "Best Webcomic".
| Best Digital Comic (2005 – 2008), Best Webcomic (2009 – …) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Creator(s) | Website |
| 2005 | Mom's Cancer | Brian Fies | momscancer.com (webcomic has since gone offline) |
| 2006 | PvP | Scott Kurtz | pvponline.com |
| 2007 | Sam & Max: The Big Sleep | Steve Purcell | telltalegames.com |
| 2008 | Sugarshock! | Joss Whedon (writer) and Fábio Moon (artist) | website is offline |
| 2009 | Finder | Carla Speed McNeil | shadowlinecomics.com |
| 2010 | Sin Titulo | Cameron Stewart | sintitulocomic.com |
| 2011 | The Abominable Charles Christopher | Karl Kerschl | abominable.cc |
| 2012 | Battlepug | Mike Norton | battlepug.com |
| 2013 | Bandette | Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover | Comixology |
| 2014 | The Oatmeal | Matthew Inman | theoatmeal.com |
| 2015 | The Private Eye | Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martín | panelsyndicate.com |
| 2016 | Bandette | Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover | available on Comixology |
| 2017 | Bird Boy | Anne Szabla | bird-boy.com |
| 2018 | The Tea Dragon Society | Katie O'Neill | teadragonsociety.com |
Harvey Awards
The Harvey Awards, named for writer-artist Harvey Kurtzman (1924-1993) and coordinated by the publisher Fantagraphics, are given for achievement in comic books. The Harveys were created as part of a successor to the Kirby Awards which were discontinued after 1987.
Following the revamp in 2018 after the awards moved to New York Comic Con, the "Best Online Comics Work" has been renamed "Digital Book of the Year".[10]
| Best Online Comics Work (2006-2016), Digital Book of the Year (2018-present) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Creator(s) | Website |
| 2006 | American Elf | James Kochalka | americanelf.com |
| 2007 | The Perry Bible Fellowship | Nicholas Gurewitch | pbfcomics.com |
| 2008 | The Perry Bible Fellowship | Nicholas Gurewitch | pbfcomics.com |
| 2009 | High Moon | David Gallaher, Steve Ellis and Scott O. Brown | zudacomics.com |
| 2010 | PvP | Scott Kurtz | pvponline.com |
| 2011 | Hark! A Vagrant | Kate Beaton | harkavagrant.com |
| 2012 | Hark! A Vagrant | Kate Beaton | harkavagrant.com |
| 2013 | Battlepug | Mike Norton | battlepug.com |
| 2014 | Battlepug | Mike Norton | battlepug.com |
| 2015 | The Private Eye | Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martin and Muntsa Vicente | Panel Syndicate |
| 2016 | Battlepug | Mike Norton | battlepug.com |
| 2017 | No Awards Given | ||
| 2018 | Barrier | Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martin and Muntsa Vicente | Panel Syndicate |
Ignatz Awards
The Ignatz Awards are intended to recognize outstanding achievements in comics and cartooning by small press creators or creator-owned projects published by larger publishers. They have been awarded each year since 1997, but skipped a year in 2001 due to the show's cancellation after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Recipients of the award are determined by the votes of the attendees of the annual Small Press Expo.
| Outstanding Online Comic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Creator(s) | Website |
| 2002 | Bee | Jason Little | www.beecomix.com |
| 2003 | American Elf | James Kochalka | www.americanelf.com |
| 2004 | American Elf | James Kochalka | www.americanelf.com |
| 2005 | The Perry Bible Fellowship | Nicholas Gurewitch | www.pbfcomics.com |
| 2006 | The Perry Bible Fellowship | Nicholas Gurewitch | www.pbfcomics.com |
| 2007 | Achewood | Chris Onstad | www.achewood.com |
| 2008 | Achewood | Chris Onstad | www.achewood.com |
| 2009 | Year of the Rat | Cayetano Garza | www.magicinkwell.com |
| 2010 | Troop 142 | Mike Dawson | mikedawsoncomics.com/troop142 |
| 2011 | Hark! A Vagrant | Kate Beaton | harkavagrant.com |
| 2012 | SuperMutant Magic Academy | Jillian Tamaki | mutantmagic.com |
| 2013 | SuperMutant Magic Academy | Jillian Tamaki | mutantmagic.com |
| 2014 | Vattu | Evan Dahm | rice-boy.com/vattu |
| 2015 | The Bloody Footprint | Lilli Carré | New York Times |
| 2016 | Octopus Pie | Meredith Gran | octopuspie.com |
| 2017 | The Meek | Der-Shing Helmer | meekcomic.com |
| 2018 | Lara Croft Was My Family | Carta Monir | Zeal |
Ringo Awards
| Best Webcomic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Creator(s) | Website |
| 2017 | The Red Hook | Dean Haspiel | Line Webtoon |
| 2018 | 1000 | Chuck Brown and Sanford Greene | Line Webtoon |
Shuster Awards
| Outstanding WebComic Creator/Creative Team | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title(s) | Creator(s) | Website |
| 2007 | April & May & June Kanami Penny Tribute |
Dan Kim | manga.clone-army.org manga.clone-army.org manga.clone-army.org |
| 2008 | Looking for Group Least I Could Do |
Ryan Sohmer (writer) and Lar deSouza (artist) | www.lfgcomic.com leasticoulddo.com |
| 2009 | Sin Titulo | Cameron Stewart | sintitulocomic.com |
| 2010 | The Abominable Charles Christopher | Karl Kerschl | abominable.cc |
| 2011 | His Face All Red Dream Journals The Death of José Arcadio Out the Door The Hare's Bride |
Emily Carroll | emcarroll.com/comic/ |
| 2012 | Emily Carroll | emcarroll.com/comic/ | |
| 2013 | Ant Comic | Michael DeForge | kingtrash.com/ants/index.html (archived) |
| 2014 | The Fox Sister | Jayd Aït-Kaci and Christina Strain | thefoxsister.com |
| 2015 | Fey Winds (A Fantasy Webcomic) | Nicole Chartrand | feywinds.com |
| 2017 | Bun Toons | Ty Templeton | tytempletonart.wordpress.com/bun-toons |
| 2018 | Ménage à 3 | Gisele Lagace, David Lumsdon | menagea3.net |
Silver Reuben Awards
The award for webcomics was first awarded in 2012 for work produced during the previous year. It was divided the following year into two separate categories, "On-Line Comics – Short Form" and "On-Line Comics – Long Form".
| On-Line Comic Strip Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title(s) | Creator(s) | Website |
| 2012 | Scenes from a Multiverse | Jon Rosenberg | amultiverse.com |
| 2013 | Short Form - Ten Cats | Graham Harrop | gocomics.com/ten-cats |
| Long Form - Untold Tales of Bigfoot | Vince Dorse | untoldtalesofbigfoot.com | |
| 2014 | Short Form - Buni | Ryan Pagelow | bunicomic.com |
| Long Form - Tuki: Save the Humans | Jeff Smith | ||
| 2015 | Short Form - Girls with Slingshots | Danielle Corsetto | gwscomic.com |
| Long Form - Stand Still, Stay Silent | Minna Sundberg | sssscomic.com/ | |
| 2016 | Short Form - Sheldon | Dave Kellett | sheldoncomics.com |
| Long Form - The Creepy Casefiles of Margo Maloo | Drew Weing | drewweing.com | |
| 2017 | Short Form - Donald and John | Ruben Bolling | thenib.com/donald-and-john |
| Long Form - OMG Check Please | Ngozi Ukazu | checkpleasecomic.com | |
| 2018 | Short Form - Gemma Correll | Gemma Correll | gemmacorrell.com |
| Long Form - Bad Machinery | John Allison | scarygoround.com/badmachinery/ar.php | |
Other awards
Cartoonist Studio Prize
Presented by the Slate Book Review and the Center for Cartoon Studies, the Cartoonist Studio Prize was first awarded in 2013 for work produced during the previous year. The award has two categories, "Best Print Comic" and "Best Web Comic".
| Best Web Comic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Creator(s) | Website |
| 2013 | Nimona | Noelle Stevenson | |
| 2014 | Out of Skin | Emily Carroll | |
| 2015 | Watching | Winston Rowntree | |
| 2016 | I Want to Believe | Boulet | |
| 2017 | On Beauty | Christina Tran | |
| 2018 | Leaving Richard's Valley | Michael DeForge | |
Weblog Awards
The Weblog Awards were held from 2003 to 2008 and featured a "best comic strip" category starting in 2006.
| Best Comic Strip | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Creator(s) | Website |
| 2006 | Least I Could Do | Ryan Sohmer (writer) and Lar deSouza (artist) | www.leasticoulddo.com |
| 2007 | xkcd | Randall Munroe | www.xkcd.com |
| 2008 | xkcd | Randall Munroe | www.xkcd.com |
See also
References
- ↑ Bosman, Julie. (October 12, 2006). "National Book Award Finalists Chosen". The New York Times, Pg. E2
- ↑ De Benedetti, Chris. "Bay Area films keep it real at Sundance festival". Oakland Tribune. Retrieved 2007-01-16.
- ↑ Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards; Presenter: Josh Rosen (2006). "Outstanding Single Panel Comic by Josh Rosen of Edwitch". 2006 Ceremony. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
- ↑ Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards (2007). "The 2007 Cartoonist's Choice Awards". 2007 Ceremony. Archived from the original on April 21, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
- ↑ Alverson, Brigid (2011-02-03). "The Webcomic List Awards are presented… in a webcomic". Comic Book Resources.
- ↑ MacDonald, Heidi (2011-02-03). "2010 Webcomic List Award Winners". Comics Beat.
- ↑ "2010 Eagle Award winners". Comics Beat. 2010-10-30. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ↑ Price, Matthew (April 18, 2003). "DC leads in nominations; Norman artist in race for award". The Daily Oklahoman, p. 21D.
- ↑ Rosberg, Caitlin (2016-05-25). "Why The Eisners Need to Show Webcomics Some Love". Paste Magazine.
- ↑ McDonald, Heidi. "Details of the 2018 Harvey Awards announced and it's a big change". The Beat. Retrieved 21 July 2018.