Kalevala
KALEVALA Matthew Nielsen ONGOING Short stories from the Kalevala (the book of Finnish Mythology)
Desolation
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.
From Hell
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 […]
Comic Chunk #94: Black n’ White Knockdown 1/5
For more of Micah Iwaasa’s webcomic on creating comics, visit the Comic Chunk Archives.
Writing for Comics classes at Langara
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 […]
Cloudscape’s AGM this Wednesday!
Just reminding everyone that the Cloudscape annual general meeting is this Wednesday! If you want to vote on new board members, discuss 2017 comic projects, and play a part in shaping our organization over the next year, then make sure to stop by.
Mom’s Cancer
Review by Matthew Nielsen Mom’s Cancer by Brian Fies is a very moving story of a mother in her sixties being diagnosed with cancer and how her three children do their best to help her. It is an autobiography told by Brian, the eldest of the mother’s children. Events start […]
The TradeWaiters 28: “Bone” Volumes 1 & 2 by Jeff Smith
Today we read Bone: Out from Boneville and Bone: The Great Cow Race, the first two volumes of the acclaimed series by Jeff Smith. Join us and find out what we thought about these books that revolutionized graphic novels as we know them. Find out where Jeff Smith’s inspiration came […]
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Heart of Darkness
Review by Matthew Nielsen Based on the Joseph Conrad novella of the same name, the graphic novel Heart of Darkness (adapted by David Zane Mairowitz and illustrated by Catherine Anyango) is about a man’s journey up the Congo River during the late 19th-century Belgian colonial period. The protagonist, Marlow, works for […]
Remember, deadline for “Swan Song” submissions is February 1
Remember, everyone, that the deadline to submit to Cloudscape’s music-themed anthology, Swan Song, has been extended to February 1. So if you have a great idea for a comic that involves music in some way, then we encourage you to send it to us. For full information, check out Call for […]