Comments on: Zuda Announces First Winner, Competitors http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/10/27/zuda-announces-first-winner-competitors/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Sat, 26 May 2012 02:34:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: In Maps & Legends Wants to Sell Digital Copies Everywhere » Comics Worth Reading http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/10/27/zuda-announces-first-winner-competitors/comment-page-1/#comment-114502 In Maps & Legends Wants to Sell Digital Copies Everywhere » Comics Worth Reading Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:43:32 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/10/27/zuda-announces-first-winner-competitors/#comment-114502 [...] Maps & Legends has had a checkered history. It originally won the Zuda competition in November 2009, and it was picked up for serialization beginning in May of this year. Then, on [...]

[...] Maps & Legends has had a checkered history. It originally won the Zuda competition in November 2009, and it was picked up for serialization beginning in May of this year. Then, on [...]

]]> By: Meet the New World, Same as the Old: DC Webcomics as Exploitative as Their Superheroines » Comics Worth Reading http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/10/27/zuda-announces-first-winner-competitors/comment-page-1/#comment-100918 Meet the New World, Same as the Old: DC Webcomics as Exploitative as Their Superheroines » Comics Worth Reading Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:40:30 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/10/27/zuda-announces-first-winner-competitors/#comment-100918 [...] the big two American superhero publishers have tried going online, each with their own webcomic initiative. Some people are jaded about the efforts: Marvel doesn’t pay royalties for the [...]

[...] the big two American superhero publishers have tried going online, each with their own webcomic initiative. Some people are jaded about the efforts: Marvel doesn’t pay royalties for the [...]

]]> By: Marvel Launches Digital-Only Comics » Comics Worth Reading http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/10/27/zuda-announces-first-winner-competitors/comment-page-1/#comment-99336 Marvel Launches Digital-Only Comics » Comics Worth Reading Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:49:55 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/10/27/zuda-announces-first-winner-competitors/#comment-99336 [...] and selling directly to readers, even if it’s not technically the same product. DC’s Zuda webcomic program, focuses on new products, not existing characters, in part to avoid that [...]

[...] and selling directly to readers, even if it’s not technically the same product. DC’s Zuda webcomic program, focuses on new products, not existing characters, in part to avoid that [...]

]]> By: Zuda Invitational » Comics Worth Reading http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/10/27/zuda-announces-first-winner-competitors/comment-page-1/#comment-96293 Zuda Invitational » Comics Worth Reading Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:56:09 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/10/27/zuda-announces-first-winner-competitors/#comment-96293 [...] webcomics site Zuda is a year old? Well, since their original announcement, anyway; they actually went live last [...]

[...] webcomics site Zuda is a year old? Well, since their original announcement, anyway; they actually went live last [...]

]]> By: Tokyopop in Trouble: Manga Pilots » Comics Worth Reading http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/10/27/zuda-announces-first-winner-competitors/comment-page-1/#comment-91416 Tokyopop in Trouble: Manga Pilots » Comics Worth Reading Wed, 28 May 2008 01:04:18 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/10/27/zuda-announces-first-winner-competitors/#comment-91416 [...] other words, it’s their version of Zuda. They say it’s not a competition, but it sounds like they just want an out in case someone [...]

[...] other words, it’s their version of Zuda. They say it’s not a competition, but it sounds like they just want an out in case someone [...]

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/10/27/zuda-announces-first-winner-competitors/comment-page-1/#comment-76755 Johanna Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:18:42 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/10/27/zuda-announces-first-winner-competitors/#comment-76755 Yes, that was the update link I added this morning. My guess is that, rather than saying anything about contracts, this says more about who the Zuda editors knew to reach out to. That is, it looks to me like their circles include more print creatore than web. Or maybe Todd's right, that semi-established web creators don't see Zuda as having much to offer them they can't already do for themselves. Yes, that was the update link I added this morning. My guess is that, rather than saying anything about contracts, this says more about who the Zuda editors knew to reach out to. That is, it looks to me like their circles include more print creatore than web. Or maybe Todd’s right, that semi-established web creators don’t see Zuda as having much to offer them they can’t already do for themselves.

]]> By: Charles RB http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/10/27/zuda-announces-first-winner-competitors/comment-page-1/#comment-76749 Charles RB Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:02:38 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/10/27/zuda-announces-first-winner-competitors/#comment-76749 Todd Allen at Comic Book Resources has done a column on this, comparing what Zuda's stated aim is to who the first contestants are: http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/?column=26 It is quite surprising that they're almost all pre-existing print comics creators when the whole point is supposed to be getting a new generation in, and webcomic specific. I can understand if they want to use known quantities for the first vote, while they're still setting things up, but wouldn't it make sense to use pre-existing webcomic creators for that due to the nature of Zuda? (Though Allen raises the point they might not be _able_ to get webcomics people in due to the contract issue) Todd Allen at Comic Book Resources has done a column on this, comparing what Zuda’s stated aim is to who the first contestants are: http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/?column=26

It is quite surprising that they’re almost all pre-existing print comics creators when the whole point is supposed to be getting a new generation in, and webcomic specific. I can understand if they want to use known quantities for the first vote, while they’re still setting things up, but wouldn’t it make sense to use pre-existing webcomic creators for that due to the nature of Zuda? (Though Allen raises the point they might not be _able_ to get webcomics people in due to the contract issue)

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