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 […]
21 Journeys Launch: The Voyage Itinerary 1
The 21 Journeys Bon Voyage is at the Ayden Gallery on Saturday, September 10. 7PM-late With the 21 Journeys Bon Voyage party just a few days away, we at Cloudscape are getting geared up to bring you one amazing event. We’re now happy to present the itinerary for the evening […]
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 […]
Quick Tips on Background Staging 3
Over at cartoonSNAP, Sherm Cohen has a bunch of stuff about story boarding and cartooning. I personally have his Character Design book to use while teaching my 6-12 year old students to break out of some of their drawing habits. His tutorials are, by no means, a replacement for […]
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 […]
21 Journeys – The Bon Voyage
A Comic Book Launch Party! Where: The Ayden Gallery, 88 West Pender Street, International Village When: Saturday, September 10, 2011 – 7PM-Late The Cloudscape Comics Society is proud to present the kickoff for our latest anthology 21 Journeys. Hosted at the fabulous Ayden Gallery, in the heart of downtown Vancouver, […]
Intro to Graphic Memoir, Tuesday nights this fall!
Miriam Libicki is running a comics course this fall! You should all consider taking it. From Maus to Persepolis to Blankets, memoirs in graphic novel form are among the most powerful stories being told today. This course offers practical and wide-ranging techniques for translating your life experiences into sequential art. […]
Una the Blade Returns!
You will remember the daring woman warrior – mother – of -two from her appearance in our anthology “Funday Sunnies“, and now member and contributor Steve LeCouilliard is taking Una the Blade to her next project. LeCouilliard is currently posting a plethora of concept and design work on his Una […]
Name Game: Two-in-One
by Bevan Thomas We are back once against to the Name Game, where I take a name from DC or Marvel Comics, and develop it into a totally new character of my own creation who is illustrated by one of the many talented artists I know. This character manages to […]