2008 in webcomics

Notable events of 2008 in webcomics.

Events

 * The website of Plan Nine Publishing went down.

Awards

 * Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards, "Outstanding Comic" won by Phil and Kaja Foglio's Girl Genius.
 * Ignatz Awards, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Chris Onstad's Achewood.
 * Eagle Awards, "Favourite Web-Based Comic" won by Rich Burlew's The Order of the Stick.
 * Eisner Awards, "Best Digital Comic" won by Joss Whedon and Fábio Moon's Sugarshock!.
 * Harvey Awards, "Best Online Comics Work" won by Nicholas Gurewitch' The Perry Bible Fellowship.
 * Joe Shuster Awards, "Outstanding Webcomic Creator" won by Ryan Sohmer and Lar DeSouza (Least I Could Do and Looking for Group).
 * The Weblog Awards, "Best Comic Strip" won by Randall Munroe's xkcd.

Webcomics started

 * January 1 &mdash; Hitlercito by Tormentas and Alejandro Cavallazzi
 * January 22 &mdash; Yehuda Moon and the Kickstand Cyclery by Rick Smith
 * February &mdash; Welcome to Convenience Store by Ji kangmin
 * February 15 &mdash; FreakAngels by Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield
 * February 27 &mdash; Star Wars: The Old Republic, Threat of Peace by Rob Chestney and Alex Sanchez
 * February &mdash; Garfield Minus Garfield by Dan Walsh
 * March 1 &mdash; The Black Cherry Bombshells by Tony Trov and Johnny Zito
 * March 10 — Problem Sleuth by Andrew Hussie
 * April 1 &mdash; Truth Serum by Jon Adams
 * April 23 &mdash; Super Effective by Scott Ramsoomair
 * May 16 — Ménage à 3 by Gisele Lagace and Dave Lumsdon
 * June 13 &mdash; Brawl in the Family by Matthew Taranto
 * July 26 — Oglaf by Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne
 * July — Order of Tales by Evan Dahm
 * July — XDragoon by Felipe Marcantonio
 * September 4 — Gunshow by KC Green
 * September 21 &mdash; Johnny Wander by Ananth Panagariya and Yuko Ota
 * October 19 &mdash; Sandra and Woo by Oliver Knörzer and Puri Andini
 * December 27 &mdash; The Meek by Der-Shing Helmer

Webcomics ended

 * Ozy and Millie by D. C. Simpson, 1998 – 2008
 * Casey and Andy by Andy Weir, 2001 – 2008
 * The original Cheshire Crossing by Andy Weir, 2006 – 2008
 * minus by Ryan Armand, 2006 – 2008
 * Rice Boy by Evan Dahm, 2006 – 2008
 * A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge by Josh Neufeld, 2007 – 2008

Notable publications

 * June 2 — Loss by Tim Buckley