The Strength of the Comic Medium By Bevan Thomas In his screenwriting guidebook Story, award-winning screenwriter Robert McKee discusses the relative strengths of various storytelling mediums, and deduces that live theatre is the medium best-suited for detailed dialogue, novels and short stories for character introspection, and movies for visual subtext […]
CALL FOR COMIC SUBMISSIONS Short Story Comics Wanted for Cloudscape’s Fifth Annual Anthology Cloudscape Comics is currently taking submissions for our fifth annual anthology from dedicated local comic artists. We are looking for 15-20 exceptional artists to showcase in our new book based on Journeys. We are looking for dynamic […]
Wei Li and Anise Shaw, who are core members of Cloudscape Comics, just won a Xeric Grant to publish their graphic novel Lotus Root Children, expected to be released in the fall from Epidigm Studios Founding member Jonathon Dalton also won, and will be printing his Mayan epic Lords of […]
The Suitability of Various Artistic Media for the Superhero Genre By Bevan Thomas Not all superheroes are in comic books, and certainly not all comic books are about superheroes, but somehow the two fit together. Superheroism as a genre is defined by its visual spectacle and kinetic energy: larger-than-life characters […]
A new comics making group is meeting Sunday, June 6 at Our Town Cafe on Main st. 245 E Broadway from 3 – 5 pm. Bring your sketchbooks and favorite mark-making tools. We will be reading from the book Writing Words and Drawing Pictures by Jessica Abel and Matt Madden […]
Do you have what it takes to take on Cloudscape’s finest in a no-holds-barred* comics throwdown? This Wednesday you’re going to get your chance, at the first ever CLOUDSCAPE COMIC BATTLE. You will have ONE WEEK to come up with a short comic in response to our devilishly clever and […]
Local Great Steve Rolston, and his impressive mustache will be teaching a course on comics, if you are looking to hone your craft this is a great opportunity! For details click here.
Cloudscape is pleased to announce that Exploded View is now available for sale online in our shop. Just click the link!
