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

Papa Llama | March 4, 2010

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

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. So [...]

Interview: Monsterplex Artist David Schlotterback (Zuda Competitor)

Papa Llama | February 22, 2010

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: One Hit Knock-Out (Maximo V. Lorenzo, Zuda Competitor)

A Boy Named Art | December 21, 2009

Welcome our guest writer, A Boy Named Art, as he discusses a current entry in DC Comics’ monthly Zuda Comics competition with its creator, Maximo V. Lorenzo.
One Hit Knock-Out, currently sitting in first place in the December Zuda balloting, is at heart about a kid who wants to be a hero – you know, beating [...]

Interview: Villain (Zuda Competitor Greg Smallwood)

Papa Llama | December 19, 2009

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

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: What’s [...]

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

Papa Llama | November 22, 2009

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 that you’ve had brewing [...]

Interview with Sidewise Author Dwight L. MacPherson Part 2: Why Do Zuda?

Papa Llama | November 12, 2009

Previous Post:
Interview with Sidewise Author Dwight L. MacPherson Part 1: Why Do Webcomics?
In part 1 of our interview with Dwight L. MacPherson, author and creator of the webcomic Sidewise which you can read at DC Comics’ online Zuda Comics, we discussed reasons for doing webcomics.In part 2, we discuss Zuda itself.
Llama: Is that why you [...]

Interview: Sidewise Author Dwight L. MacPherson Part One: Why Do Webcomics?

Papa Llama | October 29, 2009

Earlier in the summer, the 8-page webcomic “pilot” Sidewise by writer Dwight L. MacPherson and artist Igor Noronha won the monthly competition for a year-long contract to continue the series through DC Comic’s online division, Zuda Comics. Now, after Zuda’s normal three-month post-competition hiatus, Sidewise has returned for another 12 months and 52 more pages.
We love time [...]

Interview: Ti West (Dead & Lonely, House of the Devil) Pt. 2

Alex Langley | October 28, 2009

Previous posts:
Review: Dead & Lonely on IFC.com
Interview: Ti West (Dead & Lonely, Cabin Fever II) Pt. 1
Spoilers! If you’ve been watching the IFC web series Dead & Lonely, then you’ve seen episode one end with a view of the red haired girl Lee’s fangs identifying her to us as the vampire and episode two end [...]

Interview: Ti West (Dead & Lonely, Cabin Fever II) Pt. 1

Alex Langley | October 26, 2009

Last week I spoke with Ti West who created, wrote, and directed Dead & Lonely.

Dead & Lonely: “IFC Original five episode web series DEAD & LONELY, written, produced and directed by cult indie horror filmmaker Ti West (The Roost, Trigger Man, The House Of The Devil) premieres on IFC.com today at noon ET/PT. Each additional episode will air every night this week on IFC.com at noon. In this series, two lonely Los Angeles singles are brought together via an Internet dating website called DateOrDie.net. The only problem is that one of them is a vampire.”

Interview: Blitz (Ted Dawson, Zuda Competitor)

Papa Llama | October 21, 2009

As fans of older comics, we’re always looking for comics that remind us of the classics, whether that means in terms of story, setting, or artistic style. This month’s Zuda Comics competiton from DC Comics includes two black-and-white comics – one currently at #1 in the contest and the other at #10, bookending the ranks. While Pluck [...]

Interview: Pluck Creators Gabe White and John Amor (Zuda Competitors)

Papa Llama | October 14, 2009

After Walter Williams, creator of danger-prone clay hero Mr. Bill, became a full-time staff writer for Saturday Night Live, he said writers would arm wrestle to see whose skits would air. Instead of making online cartoonists arm wrestle, each month DC Comics’s Zuda line of online comics pits the creators of 10 different 8-page webcomics [...]

Interview: Lily at the Launch Pad (Adam Atherton, Zuda Winner)

Papa Llama | October 9, 2009

In May we talked with cartoonist Adam Atherton about his 8-page entry in Zuda Comics’ monthly competition. At the end of the month, Adam’s creation, Lily of the Valley, beat nine other webcomics to win a contract to continue his story in DC Comics’ Zuda line. Adam won! And now, with summer having come and [...]

Interview: Goldilock (Zuda Competitor Adam Lucas)

Papa Llama | September 25, 2009

 
Each month Zuda Comics (DC Comics’ webcomic line) strands the creators of ten online comics on an island in that great contest called Survivor – Zuda. We all get the opportunity to vote them off the island. At the end of the month, the sole survivor gets to go home alone and with a contract [...]