The Rejects
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When Ultra-man, the world’s greatest superhero, is diagnosed with terminal cancer the government launches a secret black ops program designed to create a new generation of superheroes from abducted children. The program is soon scrapped as, “a terrible idea in the first place” and the children they’d been experimenting on are deposited back in their homes with no memory of the ordeal. Chris and Eric are two of these rejects. Chris quickly discovers he has some invulnerability and super strength. Unfortunately he has no control over whether or not his powers will work. Eric wakes up with control over electricity but using it drains his mental and physical energy like a battery, leaving him to pass out from exhaustion. Eric has been a fanboy his whole life and is eager to try to become a hero himself. All Chris ever wanted was to blend into the crowd, and suddenly it’s like trouble is just following him around. Now being normal seems to be out of the question, and being a superhero is a lot harder than they ever thought it would be.
Chris and Eric find themselves thrust deeper into the world of heroes and villains they’d only ever read about. As they discover more about their powers and super heroism in general, it seems only a matter of time before they begin to run into other rejects. For better or for worse.
Hey everyone! Wally was kind enough to finish out Chapter One! come check it out it's now updating every Tuesday over at http://rejects.capcomics.net/
Just a quick little update for all you Reject lovers. I finished penciling the rest of the pages of issue one.
I am working on some of the pages for the rest of the first issue. So be on the look out.
I love this!
Please carry on somewhere!
I hope you guys continue this elsewhere.
I want to see more from you guys!!! Keep plugging away, seems there is a lot of advertising needed, or a crap load of friends to help in winning here, so don't let the end results discourage you, it's a great read!!
Thanks for the last minute surge of support everyone! It's too bad we didn't win, but I'm glad to put aside the whole marketing aspect and get back to making new comics again. When I know something for sure about whats happening with The Rejects I'll post something up here. Until then you can check out any of my other comics at www.capcomics.net
oh well :-) . I want to thank everyone who faved, voted and supported Nick and I. It was a good fight and I am sure we'll lick our wounds and come back stronger.
only 88 favs, not quite a 100 but I'll see what I can do.
Hi guys I was skeptical after reading the synopsis but the writing is great and probably the most enjoyable 8 screens of the lot. Got my vote, can't work out why you're not higher.
good use of words. nice framing.
I wish there could be more than one winner. I really like your work too. Interesting plot, I hope we see more of it ...... this place is getting me hooked. And I'm an old lady!
eww, 83 favorites! Keep em coming pretty please. Thanks for the support ryanovision and J.W. and whoever else was kind enough to fav and vote.
Great to see you on here, King! Just wanted to chime in real quick with a fave and a vote. Hope there's an eleventh hour groundswell supporting The Rejects.
Oh I've been all over that, I'm a huge halo geek,(my G.T is OReillyStyle) and have introduced a lot of people to this site, and talked you guys up big time, I've myspaced, facebooked, blah blah blah. So I urge other Zuda members to do the same!!!
Come on Zudites fav the comic already!!!!
Don't tell us Ryan! Go tell all your friends! Are you part of a internet community? Recognized on a forum? Play a lot of Halo? Tell 'em to come vote! Facebook, Myspace, Twitter!
You heard Wally, 100 favorites and he'll keep drawing it! That's just 24 more! The script for the first issue is already done, so it's up to you guys now!
Has the majority of readers IQ's dropped slightly, or am I the only one who thinks voting for a comic purely for it's art is the reason comics went downhill in the mid 90's? Holy run on sentence Batman!! Come on you MUGS...read this comic, vote for it and make me a believer once again!!
If we get to 100 favorites I will totally finish the first issue :-)
Are you going to write more, regardless of the outcome of the competition?
No just Psychic!!! ;)
New Blog went up today! (http://zudacap.blogspot.com/) With a short, completely new, supplemental Ultraman comic! I don't know how RKB figured out it was coming. Maybe he's a witch!
@JSLoomis - I hope we were able to hold on to you after you made it through the others!
@Onegai213 - I agree!
@RobPivarnik - I know! I'm getting used to the limits of the tweets myself :)
@Frankie - I dunno, it's hard to say. You're the first to draw comparisons to The Hammer though.
@crackwalker - Thanks dude! I'd love to right more!
@Bryy - Maybe it's karma? I knew I shouldn't have fired that monkey out of a cannon into a crowd of orphans...
Thanks for the words. really glad there are people enjoying the rejects. I am not really sure why it isn't higher either...if you dont vote rejects, the hamsters will get you in your sleep. http://slidestudios.deviantart.com/art/3-Eyed-Amazonian-Hamsters-117015317
Why is this not higher?
The writing on this is great - really fresh dialogue. I'd love to read more!
Surely the reason this is 5th is because style wise it's alot like last months "Hammer"...maybe coincidence...either that or Zuda just want's a different edge this month?
Surely if you keep submitting "Rejects" WILL TAKE THE PRIZE HOME!:)
I have seen some of your other pages, WHOA, this is great man, GREAT!
@JSLoomis thanks, I hope we end up winning your vote.
@Onegai213 I think we should win also :-)
@RobPivarnik Hey if you want to see some more Bonus Rejects stuff, check out The Reject's Blog at http://zudacap.blogspot.com/. we got some concept art and bonus comic pages.
I hope the vote goes your way. I would love to read more, and it would suck if the Universe decided to mess with you and make your title a self-fulfilling prophecy. Oh, my. Look at all the elbow room in this text area. So much more comfy than a 140-character tweet, wouldn't you say? Ahhh... Peace, sir. --Rob (Kinravip at Twitter)
i loved this. should win!!
I'm not gonna lie, this was pretty funny.
Of course it's only the second strip I've read from this month so I still have a lot of reading to do, but it was an enjoyable read.
Just updated a phony energy drink ad over on the blog (http://zudacap.blogspot.com/) Go check it out! Also I hope to see a couple of you at Webcomics Weekend Saturday.
ryanovision - You post as much as you like dude, we love hearing from you! I'm not totally counting out the win yet. There's still a week and a half to go. I was just interviewed for the local paper, and I'm going to be spreading the word at Webcomics Weekend. I'm hoping that'll generate a whole lot of votes.
rkb - There's definitely more bonus stuff coming. What exactly it's going to be I'm going to leave a mystery until it gets posted :)
Bryy - I bought some ad space earlier on in the competition, but I've slowed down on that. I couldn't see that it was necessarily translating into votes.
I promise this is my last post for this submission. If anyone actually reads ALL the comics submitted, you would realize this is the best of the month. I know it won't win, but if at least one person is swayed from voting for any other comic this month, I'll be happy!!!
I know you all have myspace, so paste a banner for The Rejects on it like I did....check it out...
www.myspace.com/ryanovision
Glad you liked the mini comic, wasn't sure if anyone was looking at it :-). as for your other question, all i can say is I've been busy...
FC's not IC's.
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Hey Nate can we expect more bonus comics/ or pin-ups as the contest goes along. Seeing Ultra-man in action would be very sweet.
Pie mod strikes, IC's post returns, like magic.
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I liked the mini comic, it was a nice add on bonus. Glad to see you reward your readers like that.
While the first page of this comic is totally ugly as **** and boring and useless, it just gets better from there. The concept, frankly, is "blah", because after Mark Millar's Kick-Ass, everything else like it (kid superheroes...) just seems so derivative. I do like that the thugs were just stealing stuff that they wanted (DVD's), and I liked towards the end when the thugs were theorizing how Ultra-Man could have become a kid. The electricity kid is annoying, though, and I kept expecting one of them to just plain get shot in the face, but all in all, the strip grew on me by the time it was done.
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Good morning everyone!
I finally got up that present I mentioned. Head on over to the Zuda blog (http://zudacap.blogspot.com/) because Wally and I have prepared a short, completely new, supplemental comic to The Rejects! It takes place in the same universe and is about the character Eric is dressed up as. Wally did a great job again with the art, and I'm hoping it'll give a little more insight into the world our protagonists live in.
Lol, still working on not having it suck ;)
Hey everyone! The extraordinarily positive reviews certainly take the edge off being in fifth. I'm still hoping I can surge from behind like Rocky with the knock-out punch.
FYI Today is my birthday! I’m 28! You know what would be a great present? About 50 votes and favorites ;) Actually I hope to have a present for you guys up on the blog tonight(http://zudacap.blogspot.com/). I wanted to have it this morning, but I left something I need to finish it on my work computer. For now I've just linked to a couple more reviews
@Ryanovision - Wow! Thanks dude! Oh what could I do with a montlhy XD
@frequentcontributer - Thanks a lot! I know you wouldn't say it if you didn't mean it and you've been around Zuda enough to see it all, so it means a lot to me.
@bryy - What can you say to a review like that but thank you? :)
Awesome review :-)
I threatened to do this. You all laughed at me. Here is this month's Zuda reviews, done under heavy medication:
http://leftyfilmsblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/zudamarch-2009.html
Thanks for the comments and votes. I promise to do my best to get the art as the same level of the writing :-)
Well, I just finished reading all of the comics, and when I went to vote, I found that this one was the best of the bunch, this month. For me, it was between you and Doorman Bill, and you swung me because yours if funnier. It doesn't look like you're going to win, but just know that you're the best, anyway. Good luck.
Hey everyone, help these guys out, it is, in my opinion, the best of the bunch this month! Stop giving your votes to the submissions that are just pretty to look at!! This has a story that could actually warrant a monthly comic!! C'mon, stop giving bad stories with good art more props than it deserves!!
Oh NO! We dropped a place! :( Somebody hasn't been telling there friends to vote. I'm not pointing fingers (Illnest) but come on guys! We can still do this! XD
@famished - I know! Where's your comic buddy! Thanks!
@stevapalooza - Crossing the streams would be "bad" Lol Thanks!
magoo666 - Thats some pretty high praise! I'll be sure to quote it whenever possible ;) I did want to make the villains likable, I don't plan for them to disappear after just one fight.
IkeDizzle - More high praise for my dialogue! Thanks! Maybe if I can get up to second place I can steal your vote ;)
Yes! Another comment from frequentcontributor! That guy is almost as funny as the dialog between the criminals! This has got to be the best written comic in the competition this month. Yes, it is even funnier than an elven Nick Fury. I love the fact that you're not taking yourself too seriously. Costumed heroes are still cool, and screw the derivative naysayers. I'll admit I didn't vote for the Rejects,but I did fave it, and definitely want more. Good luck. I think as long as you beat Panda Force you shouldn't be ashamed.
P.S. Did I use commas in the right place?
This has easily some of the very best dialog I've ever seen on Zuda. The biggest issue here is that the crooks and their hilarious arguments become the most likable thing in the story and begin to overshadow the actual protagonists.
Congrats on making it into the comp! Just remember the Zuda rules-- Never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut. And don't cross the streams, and stay out of room 237. Oh and never, EVER feed a Timony after midnight.
Good strip. Pretty funny. I was a little confused by some of the panel layouts, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt because I'm kind of stupid. Good luck!
Wow, after team feel-good on the renegade Harvey remake of "the Hammer", I don't know what to do here kingofsnake, lol. It's like voting for the goodfellas of Zuda. It took a while to get there but the payoff of dialogue on page 8 makes this a fav for me. The art needs to be a bit tighter, but I think this entry shows a lot of promise.
damn, need to scrap the clone story i had.