Interview: Zuda Champs Michael Jasper & Niki Smith Independently Launch IN MAPS & LEGENDS Today!

Papa Llama | September 1, 2010

Earlier this year, DC Comics ended the monthly competititions for webcomic creators to win contracts with their Zuda Comics line. Soon after that, DC pulled the plug on Zuda altogether. Some Zuda creators got to continue their comics in a new DC format, but the most recent winners generally got left out in the cold. Right after Zuda’s collapse, we [...]

After Zuda Falls, Does Lily Leave the Valley? Interview with Adam Atherton (Lily of the Valley)

Papa Llama | July 9, 2010

Zuda Comics, DC Comics’ webcomic line built on the last couple of years’ worth of monthly competitions in which hopeful creators fought it out to see who’d win the vote and get contracts to produce another year’s worht of comics, is gone. Zip! It was there and then it was not. No fanfare, no forewarning, the website [...]

Interview: Tadd Galusha, Creator of The Meadowlands (Zuda Competitor)

Alex Langley | April 12, 2010

Each month, DC Comics’ online division Zuda Comics pits ten teams of creative gladiators against each other in a vote-based arena where they fight to their webcomics’ deaths, with only one comic to get the thumbs-down and survive. (Yes, down. In the arenas of old, “thumbs up” was bad and “thumbs down” good even though Hollywood long ago mixed [...]

Interview: Ken Frederick, Artist (Aleksander Christov: Assassin, Zuda Competitor)

Nick | March 22, 2010

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Earlier this month, Papa Llama interviewed Janine Frederick, writer and creator of Aleksander Christov: Assassin which is an entry in this month’s competition for a contract with DC’s Comics online division Zuda. While he was in New York last week, Nick caught up with Janine’s husband Ken who does the art for AC:A. Here’s a little bit of what [...]

Interview: Paul Dini (Arkham Asylum, Harley Quinn, Ewoks, and Pomegranate Blackberry Yogurt)

Nick | March 19, 2010

Paul Dini, writer for comics and cartoons based on the DC Comics line of characters, has had a huge influence on American television over the past fifteen years. He’s been a writer and often a producer of animated shows including Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Batman: The Animated Series, and [...]

Interview: Janine Frederick, Creator of Aleksander Christov: Assassin (Zuda Competitor)

Papa Llama | March 4, 2010

Aleksander Christov: Assassin - at ZudaComics.com

We love talking to competitors in each monthly Zuda Comics competition, webcomic creators who are competing for votes, views, and 5-star ratings that will earn 1 of the 10 creators (or creative teams) a contract to keep producing that comic for DC Comics’ online Zuda division. Every month’s competition is a different story in and of itself. This month [...]

Interview: Goldilock Returns (Zuda Winner Adam Lucas)

Papa Llama | February 23, 2010

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In September we talked to Adam Lucas about his webcomic Goldilock, which he’d entered in that month’s competition for a contract with DC Comics’ Zuda online division. And lo and behold, Adam won! Tomorrow Goldilock returns to Zuda, launching its weekly run that will add 52 more pages to the 8 we already saw during the contest. [...]

Interview: Monsterplex Artist David Schlotterback (Zuda Competitor)

Papa Llama | February 22, 2010

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Early this month we spoke with SuperFogeys creator Brock Heasley about another comic he has written, Monsterplex, a comedic entry in DC Comics’ February Zuda competition. Monsterplex was #1 at the time. Island Alone has moved into first place, but Monsterplex is running strong. So this week we asked Brock’s Monsterplex artist Dave Schlotterback about the whole [...]

Interview: Island, Alone (Zuda Competitor Shawn Aldridge)

Papa Llama | February 12, 2010

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Every month’s competition for a contract with DC Comics’ online division Zuda gives us interesting new turns of events as readers rate and vote on ten new comics. This week Shawn Aldridge’s Island, Alone has moved up into the #1 spot. We spoke with writer Shawn right before the comic reached the top. We started [...]

Interview: Monsterplex (Zuda Competitor Brock Heasley)

Papa Llama | February 5, 2010

Monsterplex - this month at Zuda Comics!

Check out out this pic from the Monsterplex team – as of this writing, it’s exclusive to our site. If you’ve read Monsterplex in the January Zuda Comics competition, spot the character that has not yet appeared in the comic. Monsterplex – http://zudacomics.com/node/1759 Also read Brock’s webcomic The SuperFogeys at http://www.superfogeys.com. Llama: In Monsterplex, you’ve given us a [...]

Interview: War of the Woods (Zuda Competitor Matthew Petz)

Papa Llama | January 28, 2010

War of the Woods promotional art by Matthew Petz. Used with permission.

The monthly Survivor-style competitions to win contracts with DC Comics’ line of Zuda webcomics regulary take some interesting turns. This month, we’ve seen Matthew Petz’s War of the Woods rise steadily up the ranks to reach the #1 spot. WotW had been galloping toward number #1 even before The Thunderchickens, which had held that rank [...]

Interview: The Thunderchickens (Zuda Comic Competitors Chad Boudreau and William Blankenship)

Papa Llama | January 20, 2010

The Thunderchickens - this month at Zuda.

We’ve spoken with various competitors in DC Comics’ monthly competition to win a year-long contract with their online Zuda Comics division. A number of those we interviewed went on to win their respective months. We’ve also shared the pain of some great ones who barely lost, and have talked to others because we felt their [...]

Interview: Villain (Zuda Competitor Greg Smallwood)

Papa Llama | December 19, 2009

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Each month DC Comics pits comics creators against  each other to compete for a contract producing their webcomic series for DC’s online division, Zuda Comics. This month two different entries focus on costumed superpeople, and this week we’re interviewing the creators of both. A few days ago we spoke with Luciano Vecchio whose work The Unseen Tribe [...]

Interview: The Unseen Tribe (Zuda Competitor Luciano Vecchio)

Papa Llama | December 15, 2009

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Our series of interviews with competitors in DC Comics’ monthly Zuda contests continues this week with a pair of interviews with current competitors, featuring the creators of comics featured costumed superfolks. Later this week we’ll speak with Greg Smallwood, creator of Villain, but let’s start with Luciano Vecchio about his work, The Unseen Tribe. Llama: [...]

Interview with Sidewise Author Dwight L. MacPherson Part Three: Why Do Steampunk?

Papa Llama | November 22, 2009

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Previous Posts: Interview with Sidewise Author Dwight L. MacPherson Part 1: Why Do Webcomics? Interview with Sidewise Author Dwight L. MacPherson Part 2: Why Do Zuda? Here we conclude our interview with Zuda Comics webcomic competition winner Dwight L. MacPherson, author and creator of the series Sidewise along with quite a bit more.  Llama: Is this a story [...]