Cloudscape Comics

About Cloudscape

The Cloudscape Comics Society is a community of comic creators in Vancouver, BC who together publish and distribute quality graphic novel anthologies, as well as host comic workshops and other related events. Here enterprising comic artists come together to network, develop their ideas, and help each other perfect their craft. Everyone is welcome to the weekly evening meet-ups on Wednesdays, starting at 7:30 PM in the back room of the Grind and Gallery Coffee Bar.

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Artist and Writer Calls

Interview with Jeff Ellis

by Bevan Thomas

At one of Cloudscape Comics’ Wednesday meetings, I sat down to chat with Jeff Ellis, the organization’s founder, as around us numerous fellow cartoonists worked on their own projects.

Jeff Ellis

In many ways, Jeff’s appearance captures the archetype of the “geek” in the best possible way; a slim, bespectacled bright-eyed man . . . → Read More: Interview with Jeff Ellis

Super-Why?

by Jonathon Dalton

If you spend as much time on the internet as I do, you’ve probably seen a lot of frustration lately on the subject of superheroes, particularly regarding DC Comics’ recent relaunch. Even when I was a regular superhero reader DC was never my thing, so I’ll leave it to others to respond . . . → Read More: Super-Why?

Where Do You Get Your Ideas?

by Bevan Thomas

“Where do you get your ideas?” is a question so common that it has become a cliche, the thing the creators supposedly least like to be asked. All works of art, indeed all human creations, develop from ideas, but each person finds ideas in their own separate ways. What may be a . . . → Read More: Where Do You Get Your Ideas?

Fallen Heroes

by Bevan Thomas

The comic series The Boys, by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, brings us numerous superhero teams with strangely familiar names: Fantastico, G-Men, Payback, and above them all is the Seven orbiting in their satellite headquarters: Homelander, world’s greatest hero, Queen Maeve, mightiest of heroines, Black Noir, the dark detective, the Deep, lord . . . → Read More: Fallen Heroes

Comic Artists Confessing their Sins.

On our ustream, we made some late night confessions of our artistic sins. Complete with tracing, perspective faux pas and 14 year old art failures. Forgive us.

This is for Cloudscape’s 21 Journeys Fundraiser on IndieGoGo. Before 5PM PST April 2, 2011 you can pledge $5 for any commission featuring anything.

Thanks for supporting . . . → Read More: Comic Artists Confessing their Sins.

A Video Interview with Jonathon Dalton

From the Cloudscape Perpetual Jam, which is going on until Saturday April 2 at 5PM PST on our ustream.