2003 in webcomics

Notable events of 2003 in webcomics.

Events

 * Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins of Penny Arcade founded Child's Play.

Awards

 * Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards, "Outstanding Comic" won by Justine Shaw's Nowhere Girl.
 * Ignatz Awards, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by James Kochalka's American Elf.
 * Justine Shaw's Nowhere Girl becomes the first webcomic to be nominated for an Eisner Award.

Webcomics started

 * January 1 &mdash; A Modest Destiny by Sean Howard
 * February 1 &mdash; Dinosaur Comics by Ryan North
 * February 7 &mdash; A Softer World by Joey Comeau and Emily Horne
 * February 10 &mdash; Least I Could Do by Ryan Sohmer and Lar DeSouza
 * February &mdash; Idiot Box by Matt Bors
 * March — Digger by Ursula Vernon
 * April 6 &mdash; Girly by Jackie Lesnick
 * April 20 &mdash; No Rest for the Wicked by Andrea L. Peterson
 * May 6 &mdash; Station V3 by Tom Truszkowski
 * May &mdash; Wondermark by David Malki
 * June 11 &mdash; Count Your Sheep by Adrian 'Adis' Ramos
 * June 30 &mdash; Badmash by Sandeep Sood, Nimesh Patel, and Sanjay Shah
 * June 30 &mdash; The Right Number by Scott McCloud
 * July 13 &mdash; Zap! by Chris Layfield and Pascalle Lepas
 * August 2 &mdash; Questionable Content by Jeph Jacques
 * August 4 &mdash; Loxie & Zoot by Stephen Crowley
 * September 25 &mdash;The Order of the Stick by Rich Burlew
 * September &mdash; Smithson by Shaenon K. Garrity et al.
 * October 22 &mdash; Twisted Kaiju Theater by Shin Goji
 * October 22 &mdash; Twokinds by Tom Fischbach
 * November 1 &mdash; y2cl by John Horsley
 * Anima: Age of the Robots by Johnny Tay
 * El Listo by Xavier Àgueda
 * Hetalia: Axis Powers by Hidekaz Himaruya
 * Inverloch by Sarah Ellerton
 * Is This Tomorrow? by Kelly Shane and Woody Compton
 * Li'l Mell and Sergio by Shaenon K. Garrity et al.
 * Unspeakable Vault (Of Doom) by François Launet

Webcomics ended

 * Leisure Town by Tristan A. Farnon, 1997 – 2003
 * Makeshift Miracle by Jim Zubkavich, September 10, 2001 – March 4, 2003
 * Zombie and Mummy by Olia Lialina and Dragan Espenschied, 2001 – 2003