Zuda Announces...
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posted on April 19, 2008 - 6:14pm
Ron says:
Hey everyone,
Just about two hours ago the Zuda Panel at the New York Comic-Con ended. Here's a quick recap, for those of you that couldn't make it to the show or the panel. In addition to an open format Q&A between the various Zuda creators and the audience where we discussed everything from art styles, scheduling, the different creators approaches to how they pace their stories, what updates fans most want from the site and more there were four significant announcements. They are:
1. SUPERTRON started its ongoing series run. But you guys knew that.
2. THE NIGHT OWLS is moving to a twice weekly schedule. Now you'll have a double-dose of NIGHT OWLS goodness!
3. The much talked about ZUDA COMICS INVITATIONAL is on! Celebrating the one-year anniversary of our announcing Zuda at the San Diego Comic-Con we're going to have a competition featuring comics from the previous years worth of non-winning comics. I'll blog about this in more detail but basically if it ran on Zuda and didn't win its eligible to participate in the Invitational. Send your picks for which comics you want to see get another shot at the brass ring to FEEDBACK (in the upper right corner there, by the login)! The Invitational will be our July competition.
4. We are happy as hell to have a new Instant Winner! That's right, Zuda Comics announced that Dean Haspiel - multiple Eisner award nominee (most recently for his work on Billy Dogma, co-founder of the webcomics collective ACT-I-VATE, artist on the VERTIGO series THE QUITTER, THE ALCOHOLIC and on Harvey Pekar's AMERICAN SPLENDOR - will have an ongoing series called STREET CODE, a semi-autobiographical story set in Brooklyn. Let me tell you, Dean's got some stories to tell! Anyway, we'll have the first screen of it up soon (give us a few hours and you'll be able to find it in EXPLORE). STREET CODE will start its ongoing run this summer. Look for it!
OK, I'm off to meet the gang for some food and drinks.
More later!
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Bryy_Miller says:
Finally listened to the podcast. Good stuff, guys.
posted on May 13, 2008 - 4:02am
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RKB says:
Thanks for the news man!!!, I was wanting it be like that.
posted on April 21, 2008 - 8:41am
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BTimony says:
The comics in the invitational will be asked to submit 8 additional screens, for a total of 16.
posted on April 21, 2008 - 8:33am
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Argent says:
Sweet! The Invitational is great because there are a couple of strips I would love to see get a second chance!
posted on April 20, 2008 - 5:18pm
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Rory says:
I expect all of you kids to vote for Spudman to make his glorious return ;-)
posted on April 20, 2008 - 5:17pm
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Alex says:
the zuda invitational will happen often, or this will be the first and only? will we have new pages of the old comics or something?
posted on April 20, 2008 - 5:07pm
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Caio Robert says:
Great news, Kwanza! More updates for Night Owls and, "the invitation" it's really good!
posted on April 20, 2008 - 3:46pm
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famished says:
Is there a limit to the number of picks we can submit? One, Three? Five? Nine?
posted on April 20, 2008 - 12:55pm
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famished says:
OMG! OMG! OMG! I'm about as happy as a dolphin not in a fishnet.
posted on April 20, 2008 - 12:49pm
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re-evolve says:
Great announcements.The invitational is a great idea. Bummed I missed all the action, see you at Comic Con San Diego!
posted on April 20, 2008 - 11:51am
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JoshAlves says:
Nice! The only thing better than Night Owls is MORE Night Owls!
posted on April 20, 2008 - 11:34am
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SamLittle says:
Awesome!
posted on April 20, 2008 - 2:19am
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RKB says:
I hope we see the next 8 screens of the comics who get picked for the Zuda invite.
posted on April 20, 2008 - 12:29am
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Caanan says:
How does the invitational work? Readers vote for the top ten? Are we just gonna see the same eight screens again? Are we gonna get the next eight? And if so, what if some of the nominees aren't in a position to take part this time round? What happens to all the people who have sent submissions in and are waiting for their 90 days to be up, and all of a sudden there's a whole month out of the running? Their time will be up maybe not from a quality stand point, but from a time management issue. If that's the case, I hope you inform people of that.
posted on April 19, 2008 - 11:42pm
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robberry237 says:
Didn't get a chance to say it face-to-face, Dean, but congratulations on bringing your work here to Zuda. For those of you who aren't as familiar with Dean's work (shame on you!), he's one of the founders of ACT-I-VATE, a seminal force in webcomics collectives, and they also had a big announcement at the con about changes to the format over at that site. http://www.act-i-vate.com/ There's a lot of terrific energy between these two very different approaches to forming a quality webcomic catalog (plus a lot of familiar names) and, as a long time reader, I feel his work is a great addition here at Zuda.
posted on April 19, 2008 - 11:21pm
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RKB says:
Never mind just sending in the top ten, shoot the moon, and go for 12.
posted on April 19, 2008 - 10:33pm
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Kidgloves says:
To make it easy, Street Code can be found here-- http://www.zudacomics.com/node/483
posted on April 19, 2008 - 8:22pm
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Dave says:
Street Code is LIVE!!
posted on April 19, 2008 - 8:07pm
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TheBear says:
Dag it. I would suggest an edit button on posts would be nice. I was joking on the established bit. Tried to say that, but instead got a double post.
posted on April 19, 2008 - 8:05pm
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TheBear says:
Awesome! Another established creator gets an instant win. I wanted to be the first to say it.
posted on April 19, 2008 - 8:03pm
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TheBear says:
Awesome! Another established creator gets an instant win. I wanted to be the first to say it.
posted on April 19, 2008 - 8:02pm
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RKB says:
You know I'll send in a feedback Ron, but I'll say it here as well bring back the Crooked Man!!!!!!!
posted on April 19, 2008 - 7:47pm
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Illinest says:
Ron it seems like you're finally hitting your stride now. Twice weekly Night Owls and five regular comics rotating around a two week schedule equals an update every third day at most.
posted on April 19, 2008 - 7:33pm
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JFx says:
WOOWWW Wonderful, Really great. I love the Zuda Comics Invitational and waiting for the new Instant Winner :) Thanks Ron for the quick update.
posted on April 19, 2008 - 6:58pm
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