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This article presents a list of notable events of 2016 in webcomics.

Events

File:SBurb Logo.svg finished his celebrated webcomic Homestuck after 7 years with over 8000 pages of content.{{cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/after-seven-years-homestuck-comes-to-an-end-1770729370 |website=Kotaku.com |title=After Seven Years, Homestuck Comes To An End |last=Schreier |first=Jason |date=2016-04-13 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027055321/http://kotaku.com/after-seven-years-homestuck-comes-to-an-end-1770729370 |archivedate=2016-10-27 }}]]

  • 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2016/4/1/11345654/why-did-webcomic-artists-all-post-the-same-comic-today-making-fools|website=The Verge|title=Why did webcomic artists all post the same comic today, making fools out of us?|last=Lee|first=Dami|date=2016-04-01}}
  • In December, Chris Onstad puts Achewood on hiatus again indefinitely.{{cite web|url=http://comicsalliance.com/chris-onstad-achewood-ending/ |work=ComicsAlliance |title=Chris Onstad Walks Away From 'Achewood' |last=Sims |first=Chris |date=2016-12-27 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104233614/http://comicsalliance.com/chris-onstad-achewood-ending/ |archivedate=2017-01-04 }}

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  • Eisner Awards, "Best Digital/Webcomic" won by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover's Bandette.{{cite news|url=http://www.newsarama.com/30298-2016-eisner-award-winners-full-list.html|work=Newsarama|title=2016 Eisner Awards Winners (Full List)|last=Arrant|first=Chris|date=2016-07-23}}
  • Harvey Awards, "Best Online Comics Work" won by Mike Norton's Battlepug.{{cite web|title=2016 Harvey Award Winners Announced|url=https://www.previewsworld.com/Article/183556-2016-Harvey-Award-Winners-Announced/|website=Previews World|date=Sep 6, 2016}}
  • Ignatz Award, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Meredith Gran's Octopus Pie.{{cite news|url=http://www.newsarama.com/31101-2016-ignatz-award-winners.html |work=Newsarama |title=2016 IGNATZ AWARD Winners (Full List) |last=Arrant |first=Chris |date=2016-09-19 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119114419/http://www.newsarama.com/31101-2016-ignatz-award-winners.html |archivedate=2016-11-19 }}
  • 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.{{cite web|title=Reuben Award Winners 2016|url=http://www.reuben.org/2016/05/reuben-award-winners-2016/|publisher=National Cartoonists Society|date=May 28, 2016}}
  • Cartoonist Studio Prize, "Best Web Comic" won by Boulet's I Want to Believe.{{cite web |title=Cartoonist studio prize 2016 winners Boulet and Carol Tyler. |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2016/04/cartoonist_studio_prize_2016_winners_boulet_and_carol_tyler.html |website=Slate |date=April 8, 2016}}

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