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September Events for Cloudscape

The days are getting cooler and Cloudscape is gearing up for several exciting events happening this month! Car Free Day – September 9th – Find us at Car Free Day on Commercial Drive! We will have books for sale and a station for doing Comic Jams. Stop by and say […]


The TradeWaiters 99: “Dragman” by Steven Appleby

For this episode our intrepid TradeWaiters read Dragman by Steven Appleby. This hefty graphic novel cloaks a story about gender identity, predatory capitalism, and being true to yourself in a brightly-coloured superhero costume and sends it out to patrol the streets of London. Join us and listen in as we […]


Phobos and Deimos Kickstarter is LIVE!

Cloudscape is excited to announce our newest project: Phobos and Deimos! Maida Kilwa is a teenage refugee from Mars, who is faced with the difficult process of adapting to her new life on Earth. From high school life to a dystopian government, Maida is torn between the promise of safety […]


Submissions Reopened

Cloudscape is thrilled to announce that we are reopening submissions! After a long time on hiatus we are hoping to begin taking in on new projects soon. We would love to take on some new works for our 2024 catalogue. Cloudscape primarily publishes using funds from grants, and as such […]


The TradeWaiters 98: “Witch Hat Atelier” Vol. 1 & 2 by Kamome Shirahama

Today the Tradewaiters got lost in a fantasy manga with the first two volumes of Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama. We’ll break down what’s great about this comic, a few things that are maybe not as great, but mostly have a good time reading a book about kids who […]


The TradeWaiters 97: “Barefoot Gen” Vol. 1 & 2 by Keiji Nakazawa

For this episode we read the first two volumes of Barefoot Gen, Keiji Nakazawa’s semi-autobiographical account of surviving the bombing of Hiroshima when he was six years old. Barefoot Gen is the best book about the worst thing. Be prepared for it to be super traumatic, but no other book […]


Cloudscape’s 15th Anniversary Celebration

On June 4th, 2008, Cloudscape launched Robots, Pine Trees, and Broken Hearts, the first of ten anthologies to be published in the next decade. Since that date we have had regular meetups every Wednesday and expanded our publishing beyond the initial group anthologies to include many diverse and varied collections, […]


Free Comic Book Day!

Free Comic Book Day falls on May 6th, and Cloudscape has a fun time planned for all! Come to our field house from 11am to 1pm for drawing activities for all ages, open studio times for artists, and a giveaway of our library comic books by donation!


Fantastic Frights Reprint!

Cloudscape is pleased to announce the reprint campaign for Fantastic Frights on Crowdfundr! This all-ages horror anthology won the Sequential Magazine Awards for Best Anthology in 2023, and we want everyone to have the chance to read it. Our campaign is running RIGHT NOW, on the crowdfunding platform Crowdfundr. Click […]


The TradeWaiters 96: “All-Star Superman” by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely

The TradeWaiters return like the rising sun to bring you All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. This limited series turned trade paperback takes us deeper into DC lore than we’ve ever gone before, and we bring you back tales of the unimaginable, opining on pacing, and the magic […]