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

Vancouver Comic Jam: September Edition

WHEN: September 17th, 2011 from 8pm until midnight-ish WHERE: The Wallflower Modern Diner, 2404 Main St, Vancouver WHO CAN COME?: Anyone who is of legal drinking age is invited. HOW MUCH?: No admission fee. There is a $5 minimum purchase per person required by The Wallflower. They provide their full menu to order from . . . → Read More: Vancouver Comic Jam: September Edition

The Terrible Death of Finnegan Strappe

Jordyn Bochon, former Vancouverite and occasional Cloudscape contributor, has launched a fundraiser for her new project. The Terrible Death of Finnegan Strappe will be an ongoing comics series and Jordyn is raising the funds to print the first three issues. She says:

“The Terrible Death of Finnegan Strappe is the macabre story of one man’s . . . → Read More: The Terrible Death of Finnegan Strappe

Colin Upton at Broken Frontier

Broken Frontier is a comics news website that I frequently blog for on various topics.

My latest blog post discusses someone I’m sure all of you are familiar with, that master of minicomics, that adept of autobiography, that emir of the underground… the one, the only Colin Upton:

Colin Upton's "Utterly True History of . . . → Read More: Colin Upton at Broken Frontier

Intro to Graphic Memoir, Tuesday nights this fall!

Miriam Libicki is running a comics course this fall! You should all consider taking it.

From Maus to Persepolis to Blankets, memoirs in graphic novel form are among the most powerful stories being told today. This course offers practical and wide-ranging techniques for translating your life experiences into sequential art. Classroom writing and drawing . . . → Read More: Intro to Graphic Memoir, Tuesday nights this fall!

Una the Blade Returns!

You will remember the daring woman warrior – mother – of -two from her appearance in our anthology “Funday Sunnies“, and now member and contributor Steve LeCouilliard is taking Una the Blade to her next project. LeCouilliard is currently posting a plethora of concept and design work on his Una the Blade Tumblr . . . → Read More: Una the Blade Returns!

21 Journeys is here!

It’s here! At long last, 21 Journeys is up for sale on this very site.

Cloudscape’s fifth anthology takes the reader on journeys near and far. Whether you travel around the world or around the block, it’s the people you meet along the way and the things you learn about yourself that . . . → Read More: 21 Journeys is here!