Hark! a vagrant
Hark! A Vagrant often portrays historical figures or fictional characters from Western literature in comic form. This webcomic won the 2011 Igantz Award for Outstanding Online Comic, as well as the 2011-2012 Harvey Award for Best Online Comics Work. Kate Beaton is an Eisner Award winning artist from Canada. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Contributor:
Beaton, Kate
Date:2009-04-17
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (SMBC), is a popular daily webcomic featuring comics about atheism, God, superheroes, romance, dating, science, research, parenting, and other topics. 2006-2007 Web Cartoonist choice award winner, this comic has been featured on numerous blogs and other websites. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Contributor:
Weiner, Zach
Date:2009-02-16
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xkcd
"A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language," xkcd often features a recurring cast of stick figures as well as numerous pop culture references. The comic won a Hugo award in 2014 for Best Graphic Story, and has been nominated for numerous additional awards. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Dinosaur Comics!
"Dinosaur Comics is a comic about talking dinosaurs! It appears online and also in print in some newspapers and magazines!" This widely read webcomic by Ryan North has been publishing since 2003. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Contributor:
North, Ryan
Date:2010-08-20
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Hyperbole and a Half
The original blog where author Allie Brosh published her autobiographical, illustrated essays and cartoons that deal with her own idiosyncrasies and battles with depression. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
sticky comics - comics drawn on sticky notes and other stuff
"Sticky Comics is my (mostly) humorous bunch of random drawings, scrawlings, and comics." A collection of comics by Christiann MacAuley, drawn by hand then scanned and posted to the website. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Date:2014-07-15
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The Abominable Charles Christopher
"Launched in 2007, The Abominable Charles Christopher follows the adventures of a childlike sasquatch through a forest full of colourful animal characters. It has been nominated for several awards and won the Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic in 2011." Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Date:2014-07-15
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As the Crow Flies - A webcomic by Melanie Gillman
"As the Crow Flies is a story about Charlie — a queer 13 year old girl who finds herself stranded in a dangerous place: an all-white Christian youth backpacking camp. It has been nominated for the Slate Cartoonist Studio Prize (2013) and an Eisner Award (2014)." Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Date:2014-07-08
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Failing Sky
A 2014-2015 Eisner Award nominated webcomic by Scout Tran, "Failing Sky is a comics novel comprised of 30 discrete stories, and is still a work in progress. The first chapter was posted in late 2013, with new chapters published serially." Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Date:2014-07-15
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The Last Mechanical Monster
Inspired by the short cartoon film "The Last Mechanical Monster" by Max Fleischer, this webcomc examines indeas of ambition, mortality, legacy, and remembrance. Brian Fies is an Eisner Award winning artist whose work includes Mom's Cancer. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Contributor:
Fies, Brian
Date:2015-07-11
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Mom's Cancer Blog
Mom's Cancer was the first winner for the Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic in 2005. This autobiographical webcomic by Brian Fies examines the impact of serious illness not only on the patient but on their family as well. This blog was started after the original webcomic was written. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Contributor:
Fies, Brian
Date:2015-07-11
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The Fies Files
Artist Brian Fies' blog, which includes information about his webcomics, such as Moms Cancer and the Last Mechanical Monster. Fies is an Eisner and Harvey award winning artist. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Contributor:
Fies, Brian
Date:2015-07-11
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Eat More Bikes
Created by Nathan Bulmer, this typically four panel daily webcomic showcases Bulmer's sense of humor on a wide variety of subjects. He was nominated in 2013 for the Ignatz Award for Promising New Talent for the published edition of the webcomic. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Date:2012-12-18
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Girl Genius Online Comics!
Nominated for multiple awards, including Web Comics Choice, Hugo, and Eisner awards, this "gaslamp fantasy" webcomic originally appeared in print from creators Kaja and Phil Foglio. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Date:2010-11-23
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Stop Paying Attention - By Lucy Knisely
"An observational comic series on youth, art & change" by New York Times bestselling author Lucy Knisely. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Date:2011-01-22
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Gronk - A Webcomic by Katie Cook
An all-ages comic that follows Gronk, a monster who has run away to the human world and now lives with human Dale and her dog and cat. Created by Katie Cook and published between 2010-2015. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Date:2012-07-30
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sticks angelica | Michael DeForge Blog
"Sticks Angelica plays with autobiography, biography, and hagiography to look at how we build our own sense of self and how others carry on the roles we create for them in our own personal dramas." Michael DeForge is a Igantz award winning artist from Canada known for his minicomics and the series Lose. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Contributor:
Deforge, Michael
Date:2014-07-15
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Shortpacked! - Toys are serious business.
"Shortpacked! is a webcomic about people who work in a toy store and tell jokes about Batman" created by David Willis and published since 2005. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Date:2010-11-04
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Oyster War - Ben Towle: Cartoonist, Educator, Hobo
An Eisner-nominated webcomic created by Ben Towle, which follows oyster fishermen plagued by pirates in a 19th century coastal town. Loosely based on historical events occurring in the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River in Maryland and Virginia in the late 19th and early 20th century. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Date:2014-07-15
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Hobo Lobo of Hamelin
"A short infinite-canvas parallax web comic about a wolf and a town, his woodwind, and their rat problem." Created by Stevan Živadinović in 2011 and based on the Pied Piper legend, this "3D" webcomic includes animation, music, and other layers to create a unique comic viewing experience. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Date:2014-07-15
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Nimona | Gingerhaze
Noelle Stevenson's Eisner nominated webcomic about the adventures of shapeshifter Nimona, the supervillan Lord Ballister Blackheart, and their quest to redefine the kingdom's ideas about their supposed heroes. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Date:2014-07-15
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The Loneliest Astronauts
"Astronauts Dan and Steve are stuck in a distant alien solar system, the last survivors of a mission that went horribly wrong and left the rest of their ten-strong crew dead. They’re light years from home on an airless moon, living on carefully-rationed supplies, and unable to contact Earth. The worst part of all this? They hate each other’s guts." Website. electronic | Electronic...
Contributor:
Church, Kevin - Doyle, Ming
Date:2014-07-08
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Nedroid Picture Diary
Anthony Clark’s Nedroid Picture Diary, publishing since 2005, follows the adventures of best friends Beartato (half bear, half potato) and Reginald (a bird) as well as other characters in this irregularly updated comic. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Date:2012-11-20
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Sin Titulo
Sin Titulo by Cameron Stewart, follows the supernatural experiences of protagonist Alex Mackay. This long running webcomic began in 2007 and ended in 2012, winning a Shuster Award in 2009 and an Eisner award in 2010. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Girly - an online digital internet webcomic
Girly is a webcomic created by Josh Lesnick which generally centers on the romantic relationship between two girls named Otra and Winter, as well as other citizens of the city of Cute-Town. It ran from April 2003 and finished on September 16, 2010. On October 15, 2005 Girly became a part of the Dayfree Press collective, and on June 28, 2006 the first Girly...
SHE-SPAN(Tumblr)
"SHE-SPAN is a DC-based public art exhibit commemorating the women of the 113th Congress. It was born in early 2013, shortly after a record number of women were sworn in to Congress. In those days, only 19% were women (compared to the walloping 20% who were recently inaugurated into the 114th Congress). SHE-SPAN seeks to make women in Washington more visible, and envisions a...
Date:2015-02-05
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Terms of Service: Understanding Our Role in the World of Big Data | Al Jazeera America
Terms of Service: Understanding Our Role in the World of Big Data has been cited in the press as a way for reporters to marry serious journalism with readability, and as a way to reach a bigger audience. The creators, Michael Keller of Al Jazeera America and artist Josh Neufeld, used a free and open source Web viewer, Pulp, and a comic-maker interface, Pulp...
Contributor:
Neufeld, Josh - Keller, Michael (Michael Henry
Date:2015-12-22
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Priya's Shakti
Priya is a rape survivor who becomes a superhero who combats gender based sexual violence (GBV). This Indian comic ultilizes augmented reality events and exhibits to engage both Indian and international readers. This comic was honored by UN Women as a Gender Equality Champion. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Contributor:
Menon, Vikas K. - Goldman, Dan
Date:2015-03-17
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Girls With Slingshots
Girls with Slingshots, a well known webcomic that focuses on the friendship of twenty-something main characters Hazel and Jamie, and explores subjects ranging from unemployment to sexual identity and orientation. The comic debuted in 2004 and published original strips until 2015. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Contributor:
Corsetto, Danielle
Date:2010-11-23
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QC: New Comics Every Monday Through Friday
Questionable Content (QC) is a long running, well known webcomic by Jeph Jacques about "romance and robots" that began in 2003. QC has won numerous Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Date:2009-02-13
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Content - Be Dependent
Ben Claassen is cartoonist whose work also appears in a number of alternative weekly newspapers as well as the Washington Post. This site features his illustrations as well as the archive for his weekly comic strip, DIRTFARM. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Contributor:
Claassen, Ben
Date:2015-05-12
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Chester 5000 XYV
Webcomic by a Jess Fink that explores themes on human sexuality, a subject area identified as significant and under represented for the comics collections (including webcomics). Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Contributor:
Fink, Jess
Date:2014-10-13
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octopus pie
"Octopus Pie is an ongoing comic series, started in 2007, about two women living in Brooklyn, NY – their jobs, social circles, and some problems." Meredith Gran is an Eisner and Ignatz Award nominated cartoonist and won the 2014 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Story for Octopus Pie. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Darwin Carmichael is Going to Hell
"Darwin Carmichael is Going to Hell is set in a world where mythical beings not only roam the earth, but also camp out on your sofa and raid your refrigerator. Gods and demons walk the earth, pay rent, and hold unfulfilling minimum-wage jobs just like everyone else." Created by 2014 Ignatz Award winning artist Sophie Goldstein, this comic was nominated under "Best Artist" category...
Contributor:
Goldstein, Sophie
Date:2015-05-12
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Unshelved by Gene Ambaum and Bill Barnes
Unshelved is a long running, well known daily webcomic primarily set in a public library. The last original strip for Unshelved appeared on November 11, 2016. The website has continued to republish classic strips. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Contributor:
Ambaum, Gene - Barnes, Bill
Date:2010-10-02
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What's Normal Anyway? A Webcomic About Being Trans Male
"What’s Normal Anyway? is a comic that discusses the trans male experience through the story of Mel, who takes the big risk of being himself and transitioning from female to male. This comic aims to add another voice representing a part of the wide spectrum of human diversity." Artist Morgan Boecher explores themes on human sexuality in this webcomic, a subject area identified as...
Date:2015-06-02
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The Nib - Medium
"Political cartoons, comics journalism, humor and non-fiction. Words + pictures. An online only site that includes comics content from award winning and nominated artists." As of 2016 the Nib is published by editor Matt Bors through First Look Media. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Contributor:
Bors, Matt
Date:2015-05-22
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DAR: A Super Girly Top Secret Comic Diary
An autobiographical comic by Erika Moen that addresses themes on human sexuality, a subject area identified as significant and under represented for the comics collections (including webcomics). Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
