Editing Webcomic (section)

==Awards==
{{Main|List of webcomic awards}}

Many webcomics artists have received honors for their work. In 2006, [[Gene Luen Yang]]'s graphic novel ''[[American Born Chinese (graphic novel)|American Born Chinese]]'', originally published as a webcomic on [[Modern Tales]], was the first graphic novel to be nominated for a [[National Book Award]].<ref name="newyorktimes">Bosman, Julie.  (October 12, 2006). "National Book Award Finalists Chosen". ''[[The New York Times]]'', Pg. E2</ref> [[Don Hertzfeldt]]'s animated film based on his webcomics, ''Everything Will Be OK'', won the 2007 [[Sundance Film Festival]] Jury Award in Short Filmmaking, a prize rarely bestowed on an animated film.<ref name="Sundance">{{cite news|title=Bay Area films keep it real at Sundance festival|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20070116/ai_n17130219/pg_2/|access-date=2007-01-16|author=De Benedetti, Chris |newspaper=Oakland Tribune}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref>

Many traditionally print-comics focused organizations have added award categories for comics published on the web. The [[Eagle Awards]] established a Favorite Web-based Comic category in 2000, and the [[Ignatz Awards]] followed the next year by introducing an Outstanding Online Comic category in 2001. After having nominated webcomics in several of their traditional print-comics categories, the [[Eisner Awards]] began awarding comics in the Best Digital Comic category in 2005. In 2006 the [[Harvey Awards]] established a Best Online Comics Work category, and in 2007 the [[Shuster Awards]] began an Outstanding Canadian Web Comic Creator Award. In 2012 the [[National Cartoonists Society]] gave their first Reuben Award for "On-line comic strips."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reuben.org/?p=1019|title=National Cartoonists Society|access-date=June 27, 2012|archive-date=June 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604074859/http://www.reuben.org/?p=1019|url-status=live}}</ref>

Other awards focus exclusively on webcomics. The [[Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards]]<ref name="WCCA1">{{cite news|last=Boxer|first=Sarah|date=2005-08-17|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/17/books/17comi.html?ex=1281931200&en=08e3777cc4943486&ei=5090&partner=geartest&emc=rss|title=Comics Escape a Paper Box, and Electronic Questions Pop Out|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|access-date=February 20, 2017|archive-date=July 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720203141/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/17/books/17comi.html?ex=1281931200&en=08e3777cc4943486&ei=5090&partner=geartest&emc=rss|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="WCCA2">[http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/episodes/4335/Web_Toon_Awards_Picture_Podcasts_The_High_Speed_Scene.html "Attack of the Show"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404203521/http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/episodes/4335/Web_Toon_Awards_Picture_Podcasts_The_High_Speed_Scene.html |date=April 4, 2016 }}. G4TechTV. Aired August 12, 2005.</ref> consist of a number of awards that were handed out annually from 2001 to 2008. The Dutch [[Clickburg Webcomic Awards]] (also known as the Clickies) has been handed out four times between 2005 and 2010. The awards require the recipient to be active in the [[Benelux]] countries, with the exception of one international award.<ref name="Clickie">{{cite web|title=comicbase.nl's blog|url=http://www.comixpedia.com/blog/comicbase_nl|access-date=2007-01-31|author=Mirk, Jeroen|publisher=Comixpedia |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060615175457/http://comixpedia.com/blog/comicbase_nl |archive-date = June 15, 2006}}</ref>