DC Universe: The Collective

Not long after MTV’s Splashpage called for a film adaptation of BAYOU, this UGO Comics article declares HIGH MOON to be a comic that “should be a TV show but isn’t…yet.” Can’t say I disagree!

High Moon writer David Gallaher weighs in on his casting dream team in the Ugo article, but artist Steve Ellis has some other ideas about who he’d want in a High Moon series: “I tend not to think of characters this way [as actors] — but — based on my designs, Conroy is somewhere between Michael Clarke Duncan and Mario Van Peebles. Macgregor is a combination of Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef.”

I say DOLF LUNDGREN as Tristan. YES.

We are back from  San Diego Comicon, and still buzzed from the show. Here is what’s on sale (and for free) this week from Zuda via the PSP, DC Comics and Comics apps:

AZURE #3
Daniel Govar
Azure escapes her pirate captors only to be confronted with the strange realities of her past and of her being.

Price: 99¢

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BOTTLE OF AWESOME #1
Andy Belanger
Billy Butterman is a loser, a putz. High school is a total nightmare: all the cool guys pick on him, girls ignore him, and worse yet, everyone calls him “Butterpants” because he had bladder control problems until age of twelve. That is, until the day he encounters a mysterious hobo, who urges him into drink from a bottle of awesome. However, he warns Billy not to drink too much, for a person can become too awesome. Will Billy heed his words?

Price: FREE

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BAYOU #5
Jeremy Love, Patrick Morgan
After a visiting her father in prison, Lee Wagstaff vows to find the missing Lily Westmoreland in order to free him from an impending lynching. While surveying the scene where she last saw Lily, Lee encounters an incomprehensibly bizarre creature.

Price: 99¢

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HIGH MOON #5
David Gallaher, Steve Ellis & Scott O. Brown
A man claiming to represent Nikolai Tesla enters the town of Blest and quickly becomes a problem for Macgregor. Macgregor attempts to make amends with Ester Kittel but to no avail.

Price: 99¢

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ONSALE NEXT WEEK - August 4:

BAYOU #6
BOTTLE OF AWESOME #2
DEADLY #1
HIGH MOON #6

Since Andy Belanger’s BOTTLE OF AWESOME hits the Comixology site today, I thought I’d share my favorite (for extremely high-brow reasons)  panel from the story: the jock-tacular screen 75, panel 4. You can procure BOTTLE OF AWESOME #1 on Comixology’s Zuda page at some point today for more scenes involving the ever-affable football hero, Dan Douche.

Just in from Tony Trov (BLACK CHERRY BOMBSHELLS, LAMORTE SISTERS) — a video recap of SDCC in under two minutes (one minute and forty-four seconds to be totally exact). Spot anyone you know? I know I do.

-J

Just in time for San Diego Comicon, here is what’s on sale this week from Zuda via the DC Comics and Comics apps:

AZURE #2
Daniel Govar
Azure’s above-water search for the lifeforms on her radar lands her in some trouble with a band of pirates – pirates who haven’t seen a woman in some time.

Price: 99¢

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BAYOU #4
Jeremy Love, Patrick Morgan
Lee Wagstaff journeys to see her father in prison. Armed with a rag doll and an heirloom tomahawk, she sets out under the cloak of night.

Price: 99¢

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HIGH MOON #4
David Gallaher, Steve Ellis & Scott O. Brown
Macgregor investigates a mysteriously artificial foe – a foe related to the deaths of a local man’s sons; and subsequently winds up in the midst of a love triangle.

Price: 99¢

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THE NIGHT OWLS #3
Peter Timony, Bobby Timony
Detective McRory’s fiancée emerges, posing a rather hairy threat to Mindy Markus, while New York’s Vampire Criminals decide they have a bone to pick with that no-goodnik, Ernest Baxter.

Price: 99¢

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The following Zuda-affiliated folks will be signing at the DC booth (#1915). Feel free to stop by, say hello, heckle, etc.

FRIDAY

2-3PM: Jeremy Love (BAYOU) & Dan Govar (AZURE)
3-4PM: Sheldon Vella (SUPERTRON) & Andy Belanger (BOTTLE OF AWESOME)

SATURDAY

11AM: Sheldon Vella & David Gallaher (HIGH MOON)
12-1PM: Johnny Zito & Tony Trov (BLACK CHERRY BOMBSHELLS + LAMORTE SISTERS)
2-3PM: Timony Twins & Andy Belanger (NIGHT OWLS)
3-4PM: Kevin Colden & Dan Govar (I RULE THE NIGHT)
4-5PM: Jeremy Love

SUNDAY

1:30-2:30PM: Sacha Borisich (BLACK CHERRY BOMBSHELLS) & Christine Larsen (LAMORTE SISTERS)
2:30-3:30PM: Kevin Colden & Bobby Timony

Since this is the week that AZURE joins DC Digital, I thought I’d do a bit of fan art for the occasion. Now, everyone knows that when it comes to art, Dan Govar sets the bar very high, and when it comes to underwater scenes, there are none that can top him. Nevertheless, I had never drawn a sea turtle before, so I thought I’d give it a shot. Please enjoy, and go read the first issue of Azure for free!

Here is what’s on sale and for free this week from Zuda via the DC Comics and Comics apps:

AZURE #1
Daniel Govar
The remnants of civilization survive underwater after a cataclysmic event decimates the earth. Warfare destroys most dry land, and the survivors must to eke out an existence beneath the sea, relying on technology to survive. AZURE hasn’t come into contact with another human for years and believes herself to be alone – until a blip materializes on her radar.

Price: FREE

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BAYOU #3
Jeremy Love, Patrick Morgan
Lily’s mischievous antics lead her and Lee to a terrible encounter with Cotton Eyed Joe. Lee watches helplessly as the fearsome simpleton swallows Lily whole, but things take a turn for the worse when Lee’s father is wrongfully implicated in Lily’s disappearance.

Price: 99¢

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HIGH MOON #3
David Gallaher, Steve Ellis & Scott O. Brown
Suspicions surrounding Macgregor heighten after the death of Jeb Garrett, prompting him to investigate the nearby mines for clues – setting into motion an eerie and violent train of events.

Price: 99¢

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THE NIGHT OWLS #2
Peter Timony, Bobby Timony
Strange happenings are afoot at Harlem’s Cotton Club. The Night Owls investigate, only to encounter a rather out-of-place criminal – and a rather musical one at that. Tensions explode as Mr. You strikes again and steals the wrong person’s face.

Price: 99¢

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HIGH MOON personnel David Gallaher and Steve Ellis have been nominated for some 2010 Harvey Awards: Both for Best On-Line Comics Work, and Ellis for Best Inker. Be sure to grab the first free issue of HIGH MOON on the Comixology site. For more info, check out the Harvey Awards site.

Over the last week we’ve been doing our best to answer any and all questions about what happens with ZUDA now that the site is down. While some of these conversations get pushed further down on this blog I thought I’d put together a post that helps round up the various interviews and locations where you might be able to get some answers.

First up, there’s Twitter. The official ZUDA COMICS account is @zudacomics. That’ll be your best bet for all sorts of ZUDA news. Feel free to ask questions as well. We’ll reply as quickly as possible. In addition to the official account, most of the staff are on Twitter as well. Be aware that these are not official DC Comics accounts so there’s going to be a lot of non-Zuda, non-work related tweets.

• @perazza - Ron Perazza
• @kwanzer - Kwanza Johnson
• @niksterr - Nika Vagner
• @davemccullough - Dave McCullough

Many of the ZUDA creators, past and present, are on Twitter as well. We’ve tried to compile as many as possible into a List but if there are any we missed just let us know.

In addition to Twitter, there are a number of conversations on the Wall of the official Zuda Comics Facebook Page. Don’t be shy!

There are also a number of official interviews that address the shutdown of the site specifically:

• Newsarama
• Robot6
• Multiversity Comics
• Comic Vine

And of course, there are still the official ZUDA COMICS Message Boards. While the Staff doesn’t get on the boards that often we do chime on on some of the longer threads. However, the Message Boards are still a great resource for discussions about the series themselves or other general topics.

Enjoy!