Ah, 2008. It may seem a year just like any other. I mean, sure, the US elected its first African American President after, like, two years of campaigning. Meanwhile, a peppy governor from Alaska stole our hearts.
And then there were the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where a big-eared man taught us he could swim pretty fast, a Jamaican fellow lived up to his awesome surname of Bolt, and China shamed the world with its absolutely ginormous opening & closing ceremonies.
And there was a devastating earthquake months prior, too.
And the financial giants of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ushered in a recession, while bank giant Washington Mutual ceased to exist and the government issued a record bail-out, which automakers were eager to get a piece of the pie.
And the lowly New York Giants managed to topple the previously undefeated New England Patriots in the Super Bowl.
But how about the big things to happen in webcomics? OK, so this site is mainly an informal blog, so it’s not going to cover the really momentous occasions. Such as R. Stevens’ decision to pull Diesel Sweeties from newsprint, striking a salvo for the digital format. Or Half Pixel’s decision to pick up the webcomics.com domain from T. Campbell. Nor Marvel Comics’ huge push into the digital world, causing PW Beat’s Heidi MacDonald to declare that “the end of the pamphlet draws ever nigh.”
Nah, that would make this humble little blog some sort of authority on the subject, which it is not. I’ll let the big dogs cover those. This list focuses on smaller events, things that may not affect the business as a whole, but were probably important to someone. Things that will be forgotten if Megatokyo suddenly gets animated by Gainax or Sluggy Freelance gets mentioned on, say, The Big Bang Theory. Things that are more trivial.
Thus, the Webcomic Overlook’s Greatest Trivial Moments of 2008!
(NOTE: Yeah, I know this is a tad early, but you’re crazy to think if I’ll be compiling this list over friggin’ Christmas holiday season. The first week of December is as good a time as any.)
