I have emailed Ze Frank about the collaborative process of Stumpy. He said the project started at:
http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/archives/2007/02/021907.html
http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/archives/2007/02/021907.html
This is the link to "the show". Frank had asked his viewers to contribute illustrations in a social network ORG that he managed. The show apparently was "one of the earliest video blogs to incorporate viewer action to create context", and was a "conversation between the host and the viewers of the program" [zefrank.com, 2010]. The show ran from March 2006 for a year.
Zefrank.com [2010] About the Show. [online]
http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/archives/2007/02/021907.html
[24/02/2010]