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The TradeWaiters 135: “3rd Voice: 1st Passage” by Evan Dahm

Join us as we look at 3rd Voice: 1st Passage by Evan Dahm. This masterpiece webcomic is about community, memory, and desperation in a post-apocalyptic world. We’ll talk about culture, anarchy, bicycles, the subtleties of visual world-building, and how to use voice in comics, a medium that usually reads as […]


Some Kawaii Mahou Shoujo

October’s one page comic challenge was “magical girls.” Only two of our members opted to participate this month, possibly because October is already the month of many daily drawing challenges, and one page is a big ask after already committing to 31 illustrations. No matter, though, because look at how […]


The TradeWaiters 134: Gutter-Takes: Making Webcomics at the End of the World

This episode was inspired by the essay Evan Dahm included at the end of his book 3rd Voice: 1st Passage, which is what our next episode will be about. His essay got us thinking about the material conditions of cartooning, how we got here, and how to keep making comics […]


A Moderate Haunting

Unwilling to wait for the start of spooky month, September’s one page comic challenge was either “haunting” or “spooky forest,” and the results did not disappoint. The theme for October hasn’t been decided yet, but it had better not be Christmas-themed. We might not have a one-page comic theme picked […]


A Modest Heatwave

August brought a new one-page comic challenge in on a summer breeze. Let’s appreciate these “heatwave” comics, now that the weather has finally broken! August also brought dragons, courtesy of Smaugust. If you’re on the Cloudscape discord, be sure to check out the Art Challenge channel to see the fantastic […]


The TradeWaiters 133: Marvel Knights Daredevil #38-50 (Out) by Bendis, Maleev, and Accomplices

And now, the thrilling continuation of Marvel Knights Daredevil numbers 38 to 50 by Brian Michael Bendis, Alex Maleev, Manuel Gutierrez, Terry and Rachel Dodson, and Matt Hollingsworth. We have lots more to say about Daredevil; but also owl physiology, classical Chinese philosophers, the American legal system, and how to […]


Nimbus in Artfight!

Artfight is an annual online event where artists “attack” each other by drawing each others’ characters. Nimbus, Cloudscape’s cute new mascot, somehow got involved, and here are the results! First we’ve got an animated Nimbus from Woxie. I think you’d have better luck going the pacifist route and befriending Nimbus […]


A Little Day at the Beach

The pitch for July’s one page comic challenge was “the beach!” Here are the comics our sun-soaked cartoonists came up with! by Kathy Mak (IG: @kymusings.create ) by Ben Buckley by Juan Alvarez by Patbook13 by Ɓukasz Sidorkiewicz (@ten.kosmos) Now, get back inside or put on some sunscreen, everyone!


The TradeWaiters 132: Marvel Knights Daredevil #26-37 (Underboss) by Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev

In Hell’s Kitchen there stalks a devil. And that devil is Marvel Comics’ trade paperback numbering system. No. For this episode we read issues 26 to 37 of Marvel Knights Daredevil by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev. Come with us and spend some time with the comics that set […]


The TradeWaiters 131: “Flip” by Ngozi Ukazu

The Tradewaiters return with a new book to read. Flip by Ngozi Ukazu is a new twist on a “Freaky Friday” storyline. Chi-Chi and Flip switch bodies, and must experience race, gender, class, and their own mental health and personal hang-ups while living in each other’s shoes. We’ll talk about […]