Come with us to the future of the past as we read Kingdom Come, written by superhero powerhouse Mark Waid and painstakingly painted by Alex Ross. This dark vision of the future of DC superheroes might be a commentary on the grim-dark comics of the 1990s, or it might be […]
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On today’s Gutter-Take, Jam, Jeff, and JD talk about how to make friends in comics. Maybe the real comics were the friends we made along the way. Music by Sleuth You can find us at:J Dalton Jam Jeff Ellis Our next episode will be on Kingdom Come by Mark Waid […]
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This week we read Home by the Rotting Sea by Finnish cartoonist Otava Heikkilä, a short but emotional journey to another world where the Arctic is melting and gender is what you make of it. We’ll talk about anthropology, allegory, and Otava’s unique page compositions. We’ll also talk about the […]
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The Kickstarter for Cloudscape’s hoped-for new book, Old Souls, only has two days left to fund! It’s close to its target, but not close enough. Please consider supporting this project. The Kickstarter is here! Jackarais isn’t new to comics, but this would be their first full book with a publisher, […]
This week Jam, Jeff, and JD went back in time to read The Rose of Versailles Vol. 1 by Riyoko Ikeda, one of the foundational works of all shoujo comics. Get into your Versailles mindset (Versaind-set) for some gorgeous dresses, elegant balls, murder, and class warfare. Listen in so as […]
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On today’s Gutter-Take, Jam, Jeff, and JD talk about manga. What’s it like to read manga for the first time? What was it like for manga to be widely available in North America for the first time? And what have been the lasting impacts on both readers and creators alike […]
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Cloudscape’s newest Kickstarter campaign has just begun! Let me introduce you to Old Souls by Jackarais, an eerie body horror novella set in the deep, dark woods. Loneliness can get to you, and finding bodies in the woods certainly doesn’t help. Check out the Kickstarter here! This will be a […]
Cloudscape has published a lot of books over the years, and with the way publishing works, often those books go out into the world and we don’t hear back from them. But sometimes we do! Here’s a short collection of reviews of some of our titles. Some of these reviews […]
Today’s book is weighty. We read Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hulls. This book follows the lives of Tessa’s grandmother, mother, and herself through some of the most difficult periods of Chinese history in the first half of the twentieth century, as well as the mental illness and […]
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In today’s episode we discuss Blurry by Dash Shaw, a nesting onion of vignettes of the lives of people facing indecision. Follow along as we fight our way through the fog and find out how they’re all connected. Take a delicious detour with us as we pick apart the mechanics […]
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