GONE ZOMBIE & HUMAN TORCH
I was already planning a mid-week blog, but it looks like I’ve only made it to Tuesday. Reason being that I have something out right now and something out tomorrow.
Over on ZUDA Comics the first 8 pages of a webcomic that I was involved in is up. Written by Stephen Thor and colored by Drew Moore, GONE ZOMBIE is the story of man just trying to put his life back together in a world that’s gone mad.
Normally I’m not a zombie fan. Oh sure they are fun. Shaun of The Dead is brilliant. But as monsters go they are really one-trick ponies, and so are 99% of zombie comics. So my socks were totally blown off my feet when I started reading Steve’s script. It’s a very original take on the genre and I am wracked with guilt for not being able to finish the run with him.
I was sort of starving to death at the time and was on the verge of admitting defeat as an artist, getting a day job, and then curling up in a ball and dying. But then Marvel called, and then Atomic Robo exploded, and I had no real choice but to fuck Steve over.
So I am REALLY excited to see GONE ZOMBIE up on Zuda. It’s a fantastic story. The art is shit. Please vote for it if you like it.
Also out this week is HUMAN TORCH. I don’t have any soppy and sentimental story to go with this one. It was a really fun book to work on, Scott Snyder was a super swell guy, and our editor Jeanine Schaefter is a pip. It’s a fun little one-shot romp through the attic of the Marvel Universe as all the original Atlas and Timely Comics characters are wheeled out, dusted off, and let loose upon an unsuspecting comic reading public.
Scott Snyder’s also got some stuff in the works over at Vertigo, so keep an eye out for his name over there.
Wait, you didn’t finish the comic? It looks like your stuff, or do you mean you won’t be able to continue it?
I did the first 8 strips. another artists had to take over at that point.
Are those just your strips collected into one place, or is that actually how it happened? Because I was confused about a bunch of things when I was done.
I don’t follow, Ben. Are ou asking me if the strips are in order?
Yes. What’s not to follow?
You;re not really meant to know what’s going on at first. The larger picture comes into focus as more and more information is revealed.
Dude! Gone Zombie is phenomenal! Don’t be so supercritical of your art. Those jerks are good at what they do with their stupid cliffhanger promo pages! The preview left me all: Wait I demand to know what the hell is going on in this crazy story! I had to read those eight pages twice just to figure out that he was killing those guys for Zombie-Rape. I actually had to think to get it. IMPRESSIVE
The way Zuda works, is only 8 go up during the competition, if your comic wins then you get 52 more strips to put up there (and be paid for).
So I doubt if your writer has gotten an artist already drawing up more strips, because it’s not assured that you’ve won yet.
Mr Wegener, did you forget about KoD #3 coming out wednesday as well? When #1 came out, you alluded to the possibility of more to come if time was to be found. Has the 28h days arrived yet?
John- he does, because GZ was going to be a . . .oh that’s weird. Before Zuda was even considered I think we talked about it being roughly 50 strips. So I think Steve has someone working on more even as we speak.
Karel -shit that too? I can’t keep track.
So this month I have TORCH, KoD, ROBO, FCBD ROBO, and ZUDA.
Is that a record?
All I know is that 3 comics (and 76 pages of art) came into my shop from you this week. It was a super good week.
How can KoD end like that without any more releases in the forseeable future?
Um. . . well.
Sorry?
KoD was done and looking for a publisher before Robo took off. I’d love to do more but then that means no more Robo for half a year or more. My contract with Red5 doesn’t allow for that.
If we could figure out how to do it as a one-shot, or a series of short stories I could do it.