Daily Grind Iron Man Challenge

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The Daily Grind Iron Man Challenge is an ongoing webcomics competition, featuring 56 webcomics. Competitors each donate $20 to a communal pot totalling US$1120 that will be awarded to the person who goes the longest without missing an update. In order to remain in competition, each participant must update their webcomic with (typically) at least two panels of their own original work Monday through Friday. (More complete rules are available at the official website.)

Notable participants included Scott Kurtz of PvP, D.J. Coffman of Yirmumah and Greg Dean of Real Life, all three of whom are now out.

Since the start of the Daily Grind, the original prize has been supplemented by additional money raised by selling advertising. Some of this money has been set aside to provide a second place prize of $130, a $50 donation to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, and $50 to the ACTOR Comic Fund.

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[edit] Remaining Competitors

Currently 19 participants remain eligible to win the Daily Grind.

  • Joseph Bergin III
  • Jennie Breeden
  • Stephen Burrell
  • Paul Gadzikowski
  • Jamie Dee Galey
      
  • Ive Sorocuk
  • Mike Stevens
  • Jam Torkberg
  • Bela Whigimill

[edit] Eliminated Competitors

Eliminated Competitors
Name Primary Comic Date Dropped Reason
Donald Noffsinger Demon Dorm Days[1] March 11, 2005 Invalid Comic (posted a photo unrelated to comic as a panel)
Richard Guidry Livejournal comic March 15, 2005 Voluntary Drop
Bruce Gorr Livejournal comic [2] March 24, 2005 Incarceration
Scott Williams Murderbunny April 5, 2005 Voluntary Drop
Jeff Skinner Livejournal comic[3] April 15, 2005 Computer Problems
Corey McDaniel PetnZoo April 19, 2005 Computer Problems
Dean Trippe Butterfly [4] May 5, 2005 Voluntary Drop
John Campbell Goodbye, foom [5] May 11, 2005 Homelessness
Erik Goldsby Duzty Graphics [6] May 11, 2005 Voluntary Drop
Wendy Chin Livejournal comic [7] May 18, 2005 Voluntary Drop
Jeff Bent Sporecloud[8] June 3, 2005 Invalid Comic (posted a pin-up)
Philippe Gaboury The Big Three Oh [9] June 17, 2005 Voluntary Drop
Tod Emko Toasted Pixel [10] June 22, 2005 Invalid Comic (posted a pin-up)
Scott Kurtz PvP [11] July 11, 2005 Voluntary Drop
Jason Turner Jason Turner Project [12] July 17, 2005 Voluntary Drop
Brian Fukushima Bottomless Pop [13] August 10, 2005 Missed a Comic
Owen Kuhn Knights of the Old Coding [14] August 30, 2005 Posted the Same Comic Twice
Greg Dean Real Life (webcomic) [15] September 5, 2005 Voluntary Drop
Robin Bougie Livejournal comic [16] September 9, 2005 Voluntary Drop
Miles Pekala Strange Town [17] September 13, 2005 Missed a Day (comic removed by family)
Phil McAndrew Various comics [18] September 15, 2005 Invalid Comic
Chris Crosby Superosity [19] November 28, 2005 Computer Problems (blizzard)
Yu-Jay Huoh Abrandoned Kids [20] November 28, 2005 Missed a Day
John Hill Amazing Amoeba [21] December 5, 2005 Voluntary Drop
Natasha Allegri Livejournal comic [22] December 9, 2005 Voluntary Drop
Remi Treuer Too-fat [23] December 9, 2005 Voluntary Drop
Steve Troop Melonpool [24] December 22, 2005 Voluntary Drop
Todd A. Sullivan CaffComics [25] January 9, 2006 Voluntary Drop
David Wright Todd and Penguin [26] February 1, 2006 Voluntary Drop
Karl Kauffman Karltoons [27] May 4, 2006 Voluntary Drop
Dalton Sharp (unnamed) [28] May 11, 2006 Invalid Comic
Matt Johnson Cortland [29] June 12, 2006 Voluntary Drop
Lonnie Allen Dada Graphics [30] June 30, 2006 Voluntary Drop
Bryan Stone Frogherder [31] July 26, 2006 Voluntary Drop
D.J. Coffman Yirmumah [32] October 16, 2006 Voluntary Drop
Ali Graham Housd [33] December 5, 2006 Voluntary Drop
Tom McHenry NonCanon.com [34] March 2, 2007 Voluntary Drop

[edit] Viewership and Comics

The Daily Grind has brought attention and increased viewership to several of the comics participating, notably Jennie Breeden's The Devil's Panties, which was added to Keenspot in September 2005. Viewership to most of the comics has also received periodic boosts when news of more popular comics, like PvP, Real Life, or Superosity being eliminated circulated through the web comic community.

[edit] Criticism

There have been several criticisms of the Daily Grind.

  • One common complaint has been the lack of a quality criterion—one could theoretically win the Daily Grind despite having a poorly drawn strip. However, many of the competitors view the competition as a motivation to develop and improve their skills and discipline, and the monetary prize as secondary.
  • Originally, the Daily Grind was intended as an amateur contest. Some participants criticized the decision to allow the participation of well-known webcartoonists such as Kurtz, Dean, and Chris Crosby (of Superosity), who had been producing webcomics for years (and making money in the process) without interruption. But other competitors were glad for the participation of notable webcomic "names" as it added to the prestige of the contest and to traffic to their own comics. Eventually this debate proved moot as the pro cartoonists either experienced difficulty updating on time or had guest artists draw strips, which led to their disqualification from the Daily Grind.

[edit] External links

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