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 — A Modest Destiny by Sean Howard
• February 1 — Dinosaur Comics by Ryan North
• February 7 — A Softer World by Joey Comeau and Emily Horne
• February 10 — Least I Could Do by Ryan Sohmer and Lar DeSouza
• February — Idiot Box by Matt Bors
• March — Digger by Ursula Vernon
• April 6 — Girly by Jackie Lesnick
• April 20 — No Rest for the Wicked by Andrea L. Peterson
• May 6 — Station V3 by Tom Truszkowski
• May — Wondermark by David Malki
• June 11 — Count Your Sheep by Adrian 'Adis' Ramos
• June 30 — Badmash by Sandeep Sood, Nimesh Patel, and Sanjay Shah
• June 30 — The Right Number by Scott McCloud
• July 13 — Zap! by Chris Layfield and Pascalle Lepas
• August 2 — Questionable Content by Jeph Jacques
• August 4 — Loxie & Zoot by Stephen Crowley
• September 25 —The Order of the Stick by Rich Burlew
• September — Smithson by Shaenon K. Garrity et al.
• October 22 — Twisted Kaiju Theater by Shin Goji
• October 22 — Twokinds by Tom Fischbach
• October 31 — y2cl by J Horsley III
• 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

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