Events
- Naver Corporation globally launched WEBTOON on July 2.[2]
- Namco Bandai subsidiary ShiftyLook shut down in March.[3][4]
Awards
- Eisner Awards, "Best Digital Comic" won by Matthew Inman's The Oatmeal.[5]
- Harvey Awards, "Best Online Comics Work" won by Mike Norton's Battlepug.[6]
- Ignatz Award, "Outstanding Online Comic" won by Evan Dahm's Vattu.
- Joe Shuster Awards, "Outstanding Webcomic Creator" won by Jayd Aït-Kaci and Christina Strain (The Fox Sister).[7]
- Reuben Awards, "Online Comics"; Short Form won by Ryan Pagelow's Buni, Long Form won by Jeff Smith's Tuki: Save the Humans.[8]
- Cartoonist Studio Prize, "Best Web Comic" won by Emily Carroll's Out of Skin.[9]
- Aurora Awards, "Best Graphic Novel" won by Peter Chiykowski's Rock, Paper, Cynic.[10]
- Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story won by Randall Munroe's "Time".[11]
Webcomics started
- January 1 — Eth's Skin by Sfé R. Monster
- January 6 — Harpy Gee by Brianne Drouhard
- January 20 — HIVE by Kyusam Kim
- January 31 — Demon by Jason Shiga
- February 12 — unTouchable by massstar
- April 13 — Paradox Space by Andrew Hussie and various others
- May — Pepper&Carrot by David Revoy
- June 15 — Sanitary Panels by Rachita Taneja
- June 30 — New Normal: Class 8 by Youngpaka
- July 1 — Bluechair by Shen
- July 13 — Winter Woods by Cosmos and Van Ji[12][13]
- August 13 — Tahilalats by Nurfadli Mursyid
- August–December — No Girlfriend Comics by Brandon Sheffield and Dami Lee
- October 19 — Devil's Candy by Clint Bickham and Priscilla Hamby
- September 24 — Feast for a King by Kosmicdream
- November — The Royal Existentials by Aarthi Parthasarathy
- November 20 — Lookism by Taejun Pak
- Bastard by Kim Carnby and Hwang Young-chan
- Princess Maison by Aoi Ikebe[14]
- Congqian Youzuo Lingjianshan by Guowang Bixia and Zhuhua and Junxiaomo.
- Witchy by Ariel Ries.
Webcomics ended
- Zap! by Chris Layfield and Pascalle Lepas, 2003 – 2014
- Pictures for Sad Children by Simone Veil, 2007 – 2014
- Brawl in the Family by Matthew Taranto, 2008 – 2014
- Gunshow by KC Green, 2008 – 2014
- Nimona by ND Stevenson, 2012 – 2014