webcomic
English
editEtymology
editFrom Web + comic. The word is first attested 2000, but websites titled "WebComics" existed previously (as early as 1995).
Noun
editwebcomic (plural webcomics)
- (comics, Internet) An online comic, especially one first published on the Internet.
- 2015 February 24, Lilian Min, “How the Internet Invented a New Kind of Storytelling”, in The Atlantic[1]:
- Almost six years ago, Andrew Hussie began another one of a series of webcomics on his website, MS Paint Adventures. These early comics were experiments in fan-sourced storytelling: He’d create and monitor forums for character and story suggestions, then fold them into the story.