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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 [...]
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 [...]
Nick | March 22, 2010
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Papa Llama | February 14, 2010
We’re seeing plenty of Zuda this month. We’ve interviewed the creators of the both of the comics that are running neck and neck for 1st and 2nd place in the February, 2010, competition to win a contract with DC Comic’s online division. Brock Heasley talked to us about Monsterplex and then Shawn Aldridge wanted to [...]
Papa Llama | February 5, 2010
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 [...]
Papa Llama | January 22, 2010
This evening, comic writer Chad Boudreau announced that The Thunderchickens would withdraw from this month’s Zuda Comics competition: cboudreau: I am writing to inform you all that in light of recent events Bill and I don’t feel comfortable proceeding and we respectfully withdraw The Thunderchickens from the competition. Bill and I have been in touch [...]
Papa Llama | January 20, 2010
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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: [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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