Grizzly Bear Music Video
Two Weeks – Grizzly Bear from Gabe Askew on Vimeo. An absolutely stunning fan music video for the song “Two Weeks” by Grizzly Bear. As far as I’m aware, it was all rendered in Maya. How brilliant is that!?
Elfquest
Elfquest is a fantasy comic created by Wendy and Richard Pini in 1978. It was a significant creation in numerous ways: a self-published comic that got mainstream attention, a prominent comic that didn’t feature superheroes, a comic created by a woman and which was as much directed towards girls as […]
Ephemera Studies
Ephemera Studies is a site that dedicates itself to “the identification, preservation, publicizing, and study of ephemeral publications that provide more-nuanced pictures of American culture and life. Because intended to aid scholars as well as collectors, this site focuses on artifacts preserving obscure information and imagery”. A fantastic resource for […]
The Illusionist
The trailer for a beautiful animation, L’Illusionniste, coming out this December.
Houdini and Holmes
The fantastic Polly Guo is selling self-published Sherlock Holmes comics! She’s only doing 50 copies, so hurry! Damn it looks fine.
Cloudscape Article in the Fabler
Cloudscape has been featured in an article this week on the comics blog at the Fabler. In this article, Cloudscape President Jeff Ellis discusses the creation of our collective, some of our early experiences and tips for starting a comics group. Feel free to check out the article here. The […]
Comic Battle Round 8: Voting 1
Congratulations to Kevin Forbes, our winner of the Cloudscape Comic Battle Round 7 ‘Brainstorm’! Here are our top three: 1st place – Kevin Forbes 2nd place – Michael J. Cohen 3rd place – Zach Allan See the full results here. Now let’s see who triumphs in round 9 ‘What Ever […]
Sunday Comic Workshop at the Wallflower
Hey Gang; It’s almost that time again – we will be meeting this coming Sunday, August 1 at the Wallflower Cafe on Main st from 3-5 pm. Everyone is welcome! Bring your favorite mark-making tools and anything you’d like feedback on. Cheers, Syd
Parka Blogs Artbook Reviews
I’m not sure if everyone’s already aware or not, but Parka Blogs is a fantastic resource for those of you who like to collect artbooks. If you’ve wondered if you should buy an artbook, but have been deceived by nice covers in the past, see if it’s been reviewed on […]
Whirring Blender Design Challenge
Check out Carly Monardo’s Whirring Blender Design Challenge, where she chooses a subject matter and an illustrator whose style she admires, and puts the two in a blender with magic and unicorns. The end result is a beautiful and creative milkshake of rainbows and good illustration. (The pic shown is […]