You may have noticed that Vancouver has been receiving a startling amount of snow in the last few days, causing numerous accidents and transit problems. This is especially a problem at night. Because of that, Cloudscape has cancelled today’s meeting. We don’t want you stranded in Vancouver East tonight! There […]
In this episode we read Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life by Austrian cartoonist Ulli Lust. This comic follows the artist’s real life journey from Austria to Sicily with no money, no passport, and no friends. It’s a heavy book in terms of both physical […]
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MISERY LOVES COMPANY Hannah Myers ONGOING Follow Hannah as she searches desperately for love online, struggles through menial part time jobs, and navigates tricky friendships.
Review by Matthew Nielsen Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*! by Art Spiegelman is a big book. It’s about 36x26cm (roughly 10×14 inches), so when you open it, it’s going to be twice the width. However, the book’s comics make full use of the pages. This book […]
Deadline for all Swan Song submissions is this Wednesday: February 1st! If you want to be part of our music-themed anthology, then have your script submitted by then. Check Swan Song Call for Submissions for more information.
KALEVALA Matthew Nielsen ONGOING Short stories from the Kalevala (the book of Finnish Mythology)
DESOLATION Jade McGilvray COMPLETE The wild west coast holds a sinister secret that may… or may not… save the life of a girl with a terrible curse.
Review by Matthew Nielsen From Hell, written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Eddie Campbell, is one of the longest single-volume graphic novels I’ve read. With an average of 8-9 panels across 520 or so of those pages, the book features roughly 4400 illustrations, all meticulously researched with technical detail […]
For more of Micah Iwaasa’s webcomic on creating comics, visit the Comic Chunk Archives.
Only a couple of weeks until “Writing for Graphic Novels & Comix” starts at Langara, but there are still seats available. They are taught by Bevan Thomas, who has written and edited on numerous Cloudscape anthologies, most prominently the Gene Day-award-winning Epic Canadiana series. If you are interested in polishing off your […]
