2018 in webcomics
Events
- Nicholas Gurewitch announced that he was cutting back on the production of The Perry Bible Fellowship. While it used to be a weekly strip, it is now infrequently updated.{{Cite web |date=2012-02-10 |title=The Perry Bible Fellowship enters semi-retirement - BLORGABLE.com |url=http://www.blorgable.com/2008/02/19/the-perry-bible-fellowship-enters-semi-retirement/ |access-date=2023-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210172104/http://www.blorgable.com/2008/02/19/the-perry-bible-fellowship-enters-semi-retirement/ |archive-date=2012-02-10 }}
=Awards=
- Eisner Awards, "Best Webcomic" won by Katie O’Neill's The Tea Dragon Society.{{cite web |last1=McMillan |first1=Graeme |title=Eisner Awards: The Complete Winners List |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/2018-eisner-awards-complete-winners-list-1128983 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=July 21, 2018}}
- Ignatz Awards, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Carta Monir's Lara Croft Was My Family.{{cite web |last1=Leblanc |first1=Philippe |title=Rounding up the 2018 Ignatz Award Winners and SPX Controversies |url=http://www.comicsbeat.com/rounding-up-the-2018-ignatz-award-winners-and-spx-controversies/ |website=ComicsBeat |date=2018-09-21}}
- Joe Shuster Awards, "Outstanding Webcomic Creator" won by Gisele Lagace (Ménage à 3).{{cite web |last1=Boyd |first1=Kevin A. |title=The 2018 Joe Shuster Award Winners |url=https://joeshusterawards.com/2018/09/05/the-2018-joe-shuster-award-winners/ |website=joeshusterawards.com |date=2018-09-05}}
- Harvey Awards, "Digital Book of the Year" won by Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martín, and Muntsa Vicente's Barrier.{{cite web |title=2018 HARVEY AWARDS Winners (Full List) |url=https://www.newsarama.com/42221-2018-harvey-awards-winners-full-list.html |website=Newsarama |date=October 6, 2018}}
- Reuben Awards, "Online Comics"; Short Form won by Gemma Correll's Gemma Correll, Long Form won by John Allison's Bad Machinery.{{cite web |last1=Degg |first1=D. D. |title=NCS Reuben Divisional Award Winners |url=http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2018/05/26/ncs-reuben-divisional-award-winners/ |website=The Daily Cartoonist |date=May 26, 2018}}
- Ringo Awards:{{cite web |title=2018 RINGO AWARDS Winners (Full List) |url=https://www.newsarama.com/42071-2018-ringo-awards-winners-full-list.html |website=Newsarama |date=October 1, 2018}}
- "Favorite Publisher" won by WEBTOON.
- "Best Webcomic" won by Sanford Greene's 1000.
- Cartoonist Studio Prize, "Best Web Comic" won by Michael DeForge's Leaving Richard's Valley.{{cite web |title=Cartoonist Studio Prize 2018 winners: Keren Katz and Michael DeForge. |url=https://slate.com/culture/2018/03/cartoonist-studio-prize-2018-winners-keren-katz-and-michael-deforge.html |website=Slate |date=March 30, 2018}}
- Aurora Awards, "Best Graphic Novel" won by Peter Chiykowski's Rock, Paper, Cynic.{{Cite web|title= sfadb: Aurora Awards 2018|url= http://www.sfadb.com/Aurora_Awards_2018|website= www.sfadb.com}}
=Webcomics started=
- March 4 — Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe
- March 4 — Solo Leveling by Chugong
- March 13 — Romance 101 by Namsoo
- April 2 — True Beauty by Yaongyi
- May 19 — A Returner's Magic Should Be Special by Usonan and Wookjakga
- July 7 — The Beginning After the End by TurtleMe and Fuyuki23
- August 11 — Oct 13 — Your Letter by Hyun-ah Cho
- August 20 — Mage & Demon Queen by Kuru
- October 21 — SubZero by Junepurrr
- Acursian by John Barrowman
- Backchannel by Stan Lee and Tom Akel
- Caster by Common and Noble Transmission
=Webcomics ended=
- Guilded Age by T Campbell, Phil Kahn, Erica Henderson, & the Waltrip brothers, 2009 – 2018
- Hello World! by Alex Norris, 2016 – 2018
- Nano List by Min Song-ah, 2016 – 2018
- Leaving Richard's Valley by Michael DeForge, 2017 – 2018
- War Cry by Dean Haspiel, 2017 – 2018
- Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal, 2017 – 2018
- 1000 by Chuck Brown and Sanford Greene, 2017 – 2018