Mara Coman


More Comic Classes This Week!

Drawing & Cartooning at Edmonds Community (12-15 years) Join Mara Coman this Friday, 3:30-5:00 for the first of four sessions to discover new drawing skills for creating expressive characters and bringing them to life in comic books or cartoon strips. Manga, anime and traditional drawing techniques are explored. Edmonds Community Centre […]


Upcoming Cloudscape Comic Classes

Cloudscape members will be teaching a lot of exciting comic classes coming up this summer. Here is a sampling of them. The Manga Summer Camp is run by board member Jonathon Dalton, while Mara Coman will be teaching the rest. July 6-10, Nikkei Cultural Center Manga Summer Camp July 6-10, Bonsor […]


Cloudscape Comics featured in "The Tyee"

Cloudscape’s Jeff Ellis and Mara Coman were recently featured in BC’s alternative online magazine The Tyee: “Since she joined the group in 2010, Mara Coman hasn’t looked back. She’s gotten involved in everything from event planning to representing the group at conventions to ‘yodeling via livestream’ to raise money for […]


Manga Summer Camp

Among Cloudscape’s numerous classes was a recent manga summer camp where Mara Coman and Chris Eberle (assisted by various special comic guests!) taught a group of kids how to create their own comics. “It was a smashing success! We’re always extremely pleased when kids are eager to learn how to […]


Chris and Mara’s Handy How-To’s

Chris and Mara’s booklets on how to create comics were a huge success at the Vancouver Art Gallery’s Family Fuze Event, so we’ve put them online. Curious about comic making? Check-out “How to Create Comics In Four Easy Lessons.”


Q is for Quivark, R is for Ryx Fish

Welcome once again to another installment of the Monster Alphabet. As with last week, our only submission is the ever-enterprising Mara Coman, and here is her depiction of the curious quivark: Q is for Quivark but R is for Ryx Fish. What does the ryx fish look like? Send all […]


P is for Pelquin, Q is for Quivark

Another round of the Monster Alphabet. There was only one submission for the puzzling Pelquin, so Mara Coman automatically wins! Furthermore, her image of the overpowering Ophidos wins as well. Two for two! P is for Pelquin, but Q is for Quivark. What does the quivark look like? Send all […]