by Bevan Thomas June 19th, 2011 The comic series The Boys, by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, brings us numerous superhero teams with strangely familiar names: Fantastico, G-Men, Payback, and above them all is the Seven orbiting in their satellite headquarters: Homelander, world’s greatest hero, Queen Maeve, mightiest of heroines, […]
by Bevan Thomas September 24th, 2011 The Golden Age of superhero comics existed from the end of the 1930s to the beginning of the 1950s, with the bulk of it revolving around World War II. Superheroes have never been as popular since. There was something about the second War to […]
by Jonathon Dalton October 14th, 2011 If you spend as much time on the internet as I do, you’ve probably seen a lot of frustration lately on the subject of superheroes, particularly regarding DC Comics’ recent relaunch. Even when I was a regular superhero reader DC was never my thing, […]
It’s only a few days until Culture Days (which starts on Friday). Remember to stop by Cloudscape HQ on Saturday for our “How to Make Mini-Comics” workshop. A lot of other Park Board artist residencies are getting involved in Culture Days too. Check them out!
Cloudscape’s “Comics in Transit” keeps on rolling! Comics have been popping-up in bus shelters all over Metro Vancouver, one-page stories created by such prominent local creators as Nina Matsumoto, Johnnie Christmas, Steve Rolston, and many more. We’ve been getting a lot of attention, including more buzz in the Georgia Straight and an extensive […]
Cloudscape’s “Comics in Transit” keeps on rolling! We’ve been getting a lot of attention, including more buzz in the Georgia Straight and an extensive article in UBC’s student magazine, the Ubyssey. In the Ubyssey article, Cloudscape president Oliver McTavish-Wisden talks about what inspired him to create “Comics in Transit”
For the last few years, Top Cow has run a Talent Hunt as an opportunity for unpublished artists and writers to potentially showcase their stuff in a mainstream comic. Top Cow will choose 2 winning writers, 2 winning artists, and 2 runner-ups in each category. The winners will be paid to have their stories appear their own one-shot comic while the runner-ups will get paid to create backup stories.
Stop by Cloudscape HQ on September 26 (12:00-4:00 PM) to learn how to make a mini-comic from start to finish. We’re going to show everyone how to write a comic short story, draw the pages, scan the art, print the book, and staple it all together.
Welcome to the Comic Battle! The next theme is “Worst Day of School.” It is due on September 30th. Send all submissions to media@cloudscapecomics.com. We received one submission for the “Evil Twins” Comic Battle, from Rayleigh Nickle, and thus it wins by default. Thanks, Rayleigh!
The Epic Canadiana #2 Kickstarter is over after reaching 105% of our target goal! Thank you so much for everyone who has contributed! It’ll be heading off to the printers soon, and we’ll keep you posted on its status.
