On today’s Gutter-Take, Jam, Jeff, and JD talk about zines! Zines are back. They never left. We talk about their history, their future, and the many roles they can play in your life. Mentioned in this episode:A History of Zines on Book Riot by River H. KeroPositive Affirmations by John […]
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Cloudscape’s latest project on Kickstarter is Close on a Full Moon by Amy Longo. It’s a supernatural horror-comedy, set on a summer night in 2005, in a small Canadian town, where strange things are happening to the young employees of Big Burger restaurant …Â Or maybe not. Maybe this is […]
With the recent passing of Marjane Satrapi, we are reposting this episode from 2018 that we recorded with Kathlees Gros and Jess Pollard about The Complete Persepolis. Marjane shared several stories with the world in a few different media during her life, but Persepolis in particular is a seminal work […]
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The comics from the April drawing challenge are in! This month’s prompt was “prank,” and here are the results. There’s a poll in the Discord right now to choose May’s prompt. By Brandon Weigel By Kathy Mak (IG: @kymusings.create) By Tokubetsu Hitsugi By Roz Ng
The Big Soup: Growing up Autistic is Matthew Nielsen graphic memoir about compassion, as well as an educational testimony about understanding those who are different. It’s only been up on Kickstarter for a few days, but it’s already hit the halfway point to its goal! You can check it out […]
For March’s comics challenge, our members were given the prompt “luck,” and once again our artists stepped up. Although it looks like in most of these, we’ve got characters with more bad luck than good! If you want to participate, check out the art challenge channel in the Discord! Next […]
We’re back with the weighty graphic novel Hello Sunshine by Keezy Young, a book that weaves together one person’s mental health crisis with supernatural horror in a way that is simultaneously smart, original, and respectful. This book is a lot more than just “Scooby-Doo, but serious.” Be prepared for spoilers […]
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The TradeWaiters return with an old friend, Jess Pollard, as she gets us to read the first two seasons of the Webtoon Everything Is Fine by Mike Birchall. This comic might seem cute and simple, but don’t let the “Hello Kitty” faces fool you. This is a story about existential […]
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Recently Cloudscape has started issuing monthly challenges to our members, both at the in-person meetings and on our Discord, to draw a one-page comic each month based on a theme. This is just for fun, of course, but have a look at our first crop of comics! Everyone brought their […]
It’s a (winter) summer crossover spectacular! For this episode Jeff and JD were joined by Jack and Diane of the Panel Pals podcast to read Minus by Ryan Armand and Sweet Poolside by Oshimi Shuuzou. And then you can continue the crossover over on the Panel Pals podcast for part […]
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