By Evan Waterman To see more tutorials about making comics, check out Cloudscape’s Comics 101 page. Han Solo, Sansa Stark, Forrest Gump… Everyone has their favourite characters. Characters are the lifeblood of your story. Without strong, likable characters there is very little chance your readers will be interested in your comic. […]
From the publisher of Wayward Sisters and Shout Out comes a monstrous new anthology! Wayward Kindred will use monster and human characters to explore the ways that our differences bring us closer to, or divide us from, our families. TO Comix is interested in stories of monstrous families, but most interested in stories that feature a […]
By Evan Waterman To see more tutorials about making comics, check out Cloudscape’s Comics 101 page. There are many different ways to format a comic script. They can be very tightly worded, describing the details of every panel, or they can be loose, only giving a vague overview of each […]
Want some free comics? Free comic book day is rapidly approaching, and Cloudscape participating this year with our share of free comics. Come join us on Saturday, May 4th for a fun day at Metropolis Comics and toys! We will have some discounted books as well as some free giveaways! […]
This weekend the Pacific National Exhibition is hosting “Make It!”, a market of handmade art by local creators. Tickets are $6 at the door, kids 12 and under are free but you can buy your tickets early to save 50% ($3). You can get more information about the show on […]
The Moberly Arts and Cultural Centre is organizing a community art project in Vancouver centered on “orange construction boxes”: Orange Boxes and City Futures is a community collaborative project that examines the orange fences that surround trees in construction zones in Vancouver. What do these orange boxes say about the […]
XS Noize’s Michael Barron gave a fantastic review of Cloudscape’s Swan Song anthology: From its 12” by 12” size and with each story title contained inside a vinyl image; the connection to tangible and superb quality music is superb. Just this musical knowledge alone is blissful enlightenment; the stories will […]
“This Week in Comics” is a new, (hopefully) weekly segment where we showcase interesting and relevant comics news with an emphasis on local creators. This past week, two new Kickstarters were launched by Cloudscape members. The first Kickstarter, Rise of the White Phoenix by Lisa Lindsay LaRose is a comic […]
NASRIN’S JOURNEY Anat Rabkin COMPLETE Inspired by the refugee experiences of several students from Byrne Creek Secondary School in Burnaby, this zine tells the story of a fictional Yazidi family who flee from war-torn Iraq to Canada.
