News

The default category. For any general comics or Cloudscape news.


An Overview of the Cloudscape Website

There is much more to the Cloudscape website than the blog and as I have just expanded various sections, it’s a good time to remind the visitor of the various places they can visit. One of the big changes I’ve done recently is to upload numerous videos about Cloudscape and […]


Super-Why?

by Jonathon Dalton If you spend as much time on the internet as I do, you’ve probably seen a lot of frustration lately on the subject of superheroes, particularly regarding DC Comics’ recent relaunch. Even when I was a regular superhero reader DC was never my thing, so I’ll leave […]


Paper Wings Podcast

  Paper Wings is a podcast filled with advice on how to make and sell various forms of creator-owned visual storytelling, including comics, picture books, and animation. Led by Disney character designer Chris Oatley and IDW comics creator Lora Innes, Paper Wings investigates such topics as: -How to craft beautiful […]


Vancouver Comic Jam: October Edition

WHEN: October 15th, 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 […]


Golden-Age Superheroes

The Golden Age of superhero comics existed from the end of the 1930s to the beginning of the 1950s, with the bulk of it revolving around World War II. Superheroes have never been as popular since. There was something about the second War to End All Wars that made the […]


Jet City Comicon and Word Under the Street

If you aren’t going to Big Pete’s in North Vancouver this Saturday, there are two other opportunities for you to meet up with some Cloudscape artists and check out 21 Journeys. We’ll be a Jet City Comicon in Seattle: Come visit us at Table 56/57! Or if you don’t want […]


Sites for Comic Collaborations and Clients

The Cloudscape website already includes, in the “Comics 101” section, a list of various comic book companies who accept unsolicited submissions, but there are also various websites that include classifieds for people to post comic book-related jobs, recruit writers, artists, or other individuals for collaborative projects, or post their own […]


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 […]


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 […]


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: “He’s a […]