Cloudscape at Emerald City
Cloudscape will be at Emerald City Comicon April 7-10 with members, Jeff Ellis, Steve LeCouilliard, Jonathon Dalton, and Kathleen Jacques in attendance. Come by and say hello at booth 1332, near artists alley.
Jonathon Dalton
The TradeWaiters 15: “Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind” vol. 1 by Hayao Miyazaki
In episode 15 Jon, Jeff, and Kathleen are joined by special guest Jess Pollard to talk about the first half of Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind, the manga series by world-reknowned animator Hayao Miyazaki. This is an incredibly dense work and we have a lot to say about it! […]
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The TradeWaiters 14: “Jessica Jones: Alias” vol. 3 & 4 by Brian Michael Bendis & Michael Gaydos
In this episode we continue to read through Marvel’s Jessica Jones: Alias by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos, with volumes 3 and 4. We talk about the tricky dance of words and pictures in this series, hypothesize about a Marvel non-comics AU, dis the Savage Land, compare non-canon doujinshi […]
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The TradeWaiters 13: “Jessica Jones: Alias” vol. 1 & 2 by Brian Michael Bendis & Michael Gaydos
We’re trying something different! Episode 13 of the TradeWaiters will cover the first two trade paperbacks of Marvel’s Jessica Jones: Alias by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos, and then episode 14 will cover volumes 3 and 4. Alias being a Marvel book, it’s a hard sell for some of […]
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The TradeWaiters 12: “Nimona” by Noelle Stevenson
In episode 12 the TradeWaiters read Nimona by Noelle Stevenson, a subversive fantasy graphic novel. In addition to all four panelists gushing over this book, you can get the inside scoop on Jonathon crying in restaurants, what Kathleen really thinks of spoiler warnings, and roll your eyes at yet another […]
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TradeWaiters 11: “Astro Boy” Volumes 1&2 by Osamu Tezuka
For today’s episode Jon, Jeff, Angela, and Kathleen read the first two volumes of Dark Horse’s translation of Astro Boy by the godfather of manga, Osamu Tezuka. Travel back in time with us to the dawn of modern Japanese comics, and then forward again to the distant future of the […]
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TradeWaiters 10: “Finder: Voice” by Carla Speed McNeil
The TradeWaiters are back! This episode actually went online on December 25th, but the Cloudscape site was offline at the time, so it’s fresh and new as far as anyone seeing it here first knows. In episode 10, Jon, Jeff, Angela, and Kathleen read Voice from Carla Speed McNeil’s celebrated […]
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The TradeWaiters 9: “Essex County” by Jeff Lemire
On episode 9, Jon, Jeff, Angela, and Kathleen read Essex County by Jeff Lemire, another giant of Canadian independent comics. Tune in to find out what we think about hockey, history, and small-town Ontario. We’ve also got Christmas gift recommendations (all comics, of course), and more. Music by Sleuth. Episode […]
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The TradeWaiters 8: “Tekkon Kinkreet: Black & White” by Taiyo Matsumoto
In Episode Eight, the Tradewaiters discuss Tekkon Kinkreet: Black & White by Taiyo Matsumoto. Jon, Jeff, Angela, and Kathleen have a lot of opinions on how best to adapt manga to an English-speaking audience, Kathleen has some positive words for past-Kathleen, and Angela has some strong opinions on “historical neon.” […]
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The TradeWaiters 7: “Two Generals” by Scott Chantler
In Episode 7 Our panel talks about Two Generals by Scott Chantler, a comics biography of the author’s grandfather’s experiences in the Second World War. Listen to find out what everyone’s grandparents did during the war (spoiler alert: ONE of the tradewaiters’ grandparents were too young to do much of […]
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