Comments on: I really don’t know what to do about this Zuda thing. http://comics212.net/2007/09/24/i-really-dont-know-what-to-do-about-this-zuda-thing/ Never Safe For Work Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:37:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Digital Strips: The Webcomics Podcast http://comics212.net/2007/09/24/i-really-dont-know-what-to-do-about-this-zuda-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-13181 Digital Strips: The Webcomics Podcast Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:41:52 +0000 http://comics212.net/2007/09/24/i-really-dont-know-what-to-do-about-this-zuda-thing/#comment-13181 [...] There are the detractors but I’ve never really understood the problem of signing over a single idea. The approach to take is submit a good idea and once DC has given you a name you turn around and create something completely different and better. They know that and there’s a lot of verbiage in there that can confuse you as whether you own this new idea. They don’t. As for keeping everything as your these contracts go out of their way to state: [...] [...] There are the detractors but I’ve never really understood the problem of signing over a single idea. The approach to take is submit a good idea and once DC has given you a name you turn around and create something completely different and better. They know that and there’s a lot of verbiage in there that can confuse you as whether you own this new idea. They don’t. As for keeping everything as your these contracts go out of their way to state: [...]

]]> By: Asuma Momochi http://comics212.net/2007/09/24/i-really-dont-know-what-to-do-about-this-zuda-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-12879 Asuma Momochi Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:54:15 +0000 http://comics212.net/2007/09/24/i-really-dont-know-what-to-do-about-this-zuda-thing/#comment-12879 Have you been reading the Zuda message boards? It seems as though you win a contract for 52 screens, which can be published depending on the story you are telling and should it warrant screens in addition to those 52 (either the story is not done or it is becoming more popular), Zuda will pay for more screens. Why do you think Zuda is in the business of stealing IP and not wanting more of something popular from the creator? Have you been reading the Zuda message boards? It seems as though you win a contract for 52 screens, which can be published depending on the story you are telling and should it warrant screens in addition to those 52 (either the story is not done or it is becoming more popular), Zuda will pay for more screens. Why do you think Zuda is in the business of stealing IP and not wanting more of something popular from the creator?

]]> By: Chip Zdarsky http://comics212.net/2007/09/24/i-really-dont-know-what-to-do-about-this-zuda-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-12878 Chip Zdarsky Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:52:58 +0000 http://comics212.net/2007/09/24/i-really-dont-know-what-to-do-about-this-zuda-thing/#comment-12878 I would sell OUT Superman for $14,000. I would sell OUT Superman for $14,000.

]]> By: Zuda, Contracts, Platinum, and Money » Comics Worth Reading http://comics212.net/2007/09/24/i-really-dont-know-what-to-do-about-this-zuda-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-12803 Zuda, Contracts, Platinum, and Money » Comics Worth Reading Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:17:35 +0000 http://comics212.net/2007/09/24/i-really-dont-know-what-to-do-about-this-zuda-thing/#comment-12803 [...] Internet gadfly Chris Butcher has (as expected, and we love him for it) a more jaded take. It’s nice to be paid a page-rate for your work and all, but that $14,000 salary cap ($1000 purchase price plus 52 weeks @ $250/strip) seems to be pretty limiting, in terms of the potential revenue that could be generated off of a successful webcomic. It’s not bad money I guess, but here’s the thing… It’s less than the money you would make doing a half-page of comics art at DC or Vertigo even, and it also involves selling off the intellectual property for your work for an unlimited amount of time… [...] [...] Internet gadfly Chris Butcher has (as expected, and we love him for it) a more jaded take. It’s nice to be paid a page-rate for your work and all, but that $14,000 salary cap ($1000 purchase price plus 52 weeks @ $250/strip) seems to be pretty limiting, in terms of the potential revenue that could be generated off of a successful webcomic. It’s not bad money I guess, but here’s the thing… It’s less than the money you would make doing a half-page of comics art at DC or Vertigo even, and it also involves selling off the intellectual property for your work for an unlimited amount of time… [...]

]]> By: T Campbell http://comics212.net/2007/09/24/i-really-dont-know-what-to-do-about-this-zuda-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-12740 T Campbell Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:28:39 +0000 http://comics212.net/2007/09/24/i-really-dont-know-what-to-do-about-this-zuda-thing/#comment-12740 Zuda promised transparency right from the start, so the notion that the transparency was in response to public outcry seems unlikely. Zuda promised transparency right from the start, so the notion that the transparency was in response to public outcry seems unlikely.

]]> By: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Sept. 25, 2007: A comic that no longer makes any sense http://comics212.net/2007/09/24/i-really-dont-know-what-to-do-about-this-zuda-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-12724 Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Sept. 25, 2007: A comic that no longer makes any sense Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:20:53 +0000 http://comics212.net/2007/09/24/i-really-dont-know-what-to-do-about-this-zuda-thing/#comment-12724 [...] [Analysis] Gary Tyrrell combs through the Zudacomics submission agreement. Christopher Butcher and T Campbell each have further thoughts on the subject. [...] [...] [Analysis] Gary Tyrrell combs through the Zudacomics submission agreement. Christopher Butcher and T Campbell each have further thoughts on the subject. [...]

]]> By: Tina http://comics212.net/2007/09/24/i-really-dont-know-what-to-do-about-this-zuda-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-12701 Tina Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:11:42 +0000 http://comics212.net/2007/09/24/i-really-dont-know-what-to-do-about-this-zuda-thing/#comment-12701 I see a lot of girls in BL who are willing to take the 'draftsman' job and draw what's handed to them for a page rate. They like it, because the money is good and it pays the bills. They like it, for awhile. :/ Then when it comes time to produce something they've written on their own, they're not even given consideration because they're story isn't easily marketed, or they just aren't willing to change their story to suit what the editor wants. So they put off what they care about, and keep making pages for the page-rate high volume publisher, because despite their love of art--they got bills to pay. :( I know two girls I work with now who are in that boat. I feel for them. It's very Siegel and Shuster concept now, because...it's a job. I see a lot of girls in BL who are willing to take the ‘draftsman’ job and draw what’s handed to them for a page rate. They like it, because the money is good and it pays the bills. They like it, for awhile. :/ Then when it comes time to produce something they’ve written on their own, they’re not even given consideration because they’re story isn’t easily marketed, or they just aren’t willing to change their story to suit what the editor wants.

So they put off what they care about, and keep making pages for the page-rate high volume publisher, because despite their love of art–they got bills to pay. :( I know two girls I work with now who are in that boat. I feel for them. It’s very Siegel and Shuster concept now, because…it’s a job.

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