Artists

ABBY HONTIVEROS

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Abby Hontiveros, a.k.a. Sunny Go, is a Vancouverite who yearns to create. A fearless artist, Sunny loves tabletop games, comics, and animation.

ALLISON KOBERSTEIN

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Allison is an exhibiting artist and illustrator. Her experimental multi-linear webcomic Flock was featured in Cloudscape’s art shows at the Cultch and Ayden Gallery, and she recently participated in the Comics In Transit project with an original work about going geocaching in her hometown. Alison has shown her manga-influenced artwork in galleries such as the Nikkei Cultural Museum, HOT ART Wet City, and Leanna Lin’s Wonderland in LA, and she has also worked on children’s book illustration, book covers, children’s apps and more. In her spare time, Alison watches way too much anime.

ANAT “LUNARBLADE” RABKIN

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Anat Rabkin is a local aspiring webcomic artist and constant dreamer. Creating tales of adventure and philosophy, she’s been telling her story for over 3 years now. As an 8-year veteran of the Vancouver games and film industry, she approaches comics in a pragmatic way, and as an immigrant, she has a unique perspective on life, which she channels into her work. You can check out her work at LunarBlade.com.

ARIANNA MAO

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Arianna Mao is a Weirdo-In-Training (it’s an unpaid, intern gig) and in her spare time creates illustrations sometimes paired with words. She’s currently working on (among many many things) a short comic about inexorably falling in love with a best friend, miniature portraits of people done in acrylic, and little papercraft toys.

BEVAN THOMAS

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Bevan is heavily involved in Cloudscape on numerous levels, previously serving as the Media Manager and as a frequent editor and writer for various books. Most prominently, he spearheads the Epic Canadiana series of Canadian superhero anthologies. Outside of Cloudscape, Bevan’s comics have also been published in GuruKitty Studios’ trio of comic collections and in the Beyond science fiction anthology. A devotee of storytelling in all its forms, Bevan is available to teach and mentor people in writing and world-building.

CAMILLE ROBERTSON

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Camille Robertson is always working on written or illustrated works of her characters and their worlds. After delving into being a colourist for different projects, she enjoys collaborating with other artists to bring stories to life through light and colour. A lover of speculative fiction, Camille is currently working on two original webcomics: B3yond and ReNew. She is a freelance artist at the ready for commissioning and is always happy to teach or mentor other artists on how to improve their work.

CAN RICHARDS

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Can Richards is a writer and artist from Cape Town, who can be found making zines with their friends, and saying “bird!!” every time they see a cute bird. Their work includes the webcomic INTO THE MIDNIGHT CITY, the short-form comic DR E-VIV’S LATEST PLAN, and the anthology zine TALES FROM THE ZONES; they also contributed to Cloudscape’s own LIFE FINDS A WAY! Can loves vampires, pirates, 2000s nostalgia music, and filling their room with clutter.

CHLOE CHAN

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Chloe Chan is a Vancouver-based artist. She currently works in a studio drawing things, and in her off-time enjoys drawing comics.

CHRISTIAN HARUKI LETT

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Christian Haruki Lett is a writer, illustrator, and comic artist working out of Vancouver, British Columbia. By day, he works for the provincial government. Interests / themes include linguistics, queer identity, British Columbia history, alternate history, feminism, mental health, monsters, ghosts, conspiracy theories, real science, fake science, and mad science. He always keeps a vial of glitter on his person in case of emergencies.

ED APPLEBY

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Ed “Mr Jitters” Appleby is a cartoonist and graphic designer based out of Vancouver originally from Lumby, BC. He began publishing work online in 2005 and has been doing comics full time since 2008. Ed puts his prolific amount of comics down to copious amounts of caffeine and small town work ethic, and the idea that you are only as good as your next piece. He is currently working on his twin properties of Ed’s R Us and Betty and the Beast, as well as working as an illustrator for The Other Press. When Ed isn’t drawing, he dabbles in acting, screen writing, 3d modelling and High Seas Piracy.

EDISON YAN

Edison is an illustrator and art director in the Videogame and Animation Industry. Some of his most notable projects have been Scribblenauts (WarnerBros), Drawn-to-Life (THQ), Lock’s Quest (THQ), and Endangered Species (DHX). He’s a regular contributor to Cloudscape Comics and is currently art directing on a Netflix exclusive series for Dreamworks at Bardel Entertainment. Edison resides in East Van, has 2 very adorable dogs, and can often be seen drawing in cafes all over Vancouver. His life goal is trying to find balance between working at a desk and not getting fat.

EMILY LAMPSON

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Emily Lampson, also known as “Hellpug,” is a comic artist whose favourite subjects are horror and fantasy. She resides in Vancouver and gets hired to do illustrations. Currently drawing No Evil, the tale of three youths trying to survive after being attacked by an evil fairy.

EVAN WATERMAN

Evan is a Vancouver born comic and children’s book writer and editor. He’s most known for editing the award winning, all-ages, horror anthology, Fantastic Frights as well as for his guide on how to make comics. When he’s not working, Evan can be found GMing silly tabletop adventures and obsessing over cats.

HALEY BOROS

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Haley Boros is a cartoonist, illustrator, and prepress specialist that lives in Coquitlam with her husband Jessy and their two dogs, Rusty and Ginger. She creates work that’s cute and feisty, with hints of fantasy and fun. Her illustrations & comics have been published in several anthologies, which can be found at haleyboros.com

HANNAH LOU MYERS

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Hannah is a comic artist, illustrator, and decorative artist working out of Vancouver, B.C. She’s an Emily Carr graduate, cat tamer, knitting fiend, coffee addict, book sniffer, and cheese enthusiast. She’s currently working her way through her entire dating history and publishing it online for free through her webcomic Misery Loves Company.

JADE McGILVRAY

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Jade is a creature of the deep, and has made Vancouver her home for the time being. Humans sometimes hire her as a 3D Animator, and when she isn’t working, she is swimming, drawing, and traveling hither and yon. Jade has exhibited at the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival. She aspires to be a full-time comic-writing adventurer one day.

JAM

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Jam is best known for their webcomic Wasted Talent. They are a mechanical engineer from Vancouver and they love writing science fiction stories, weird experimental shorts, and other silly fun things.

JAMES BRANDI

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James Brandi is a Vancouver cartoonist who’s creating work that’s a little punk, a smidgen occult, and VERY queer. She is the creator of the webcomics Space Club and Softr, and has been published on Empathize This.

JAMES LLOYD

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James Lloyd has been drawing in Vancouver for twenty years plus, whether it’s been for local animation companies, the comic biz in LA, or his own independent works and gallery pieces. In 2000 he began penciling the Futurama title for Matt Groening’s Bongo comic company and has been the regular artist on the book ever since. In 2008, the collected Simpsons/ Futurama Crossover Crisis storyline, for which James provided the art, was collected by Abrams Art in a deluxe format and became a bestseller. Recently James has been developing projects for First Second Books and Boom! Comics.

JANICE LIU

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Janice Liu is a kids’ comic artist who has worked with children for 10 years. Her graphic novel with Naomi Cui, Chicken Soup & Goji Berries 中药鸡汤, was a 2020 Excellence in Graphic Literature Award finalist, and a Gene Day Award nominee. Janice’s all-ages comics use fantasy and the supernatural to explore loss, desire, and Chinese diasporic identity. Her comic work about Anti-Asian racism during the Covid-19 pandemic was featured in Comics in Transit 2021.

Janice is the owner at Young Artists’ Place in Burnaby, BC, where she teaches art classes for kids and teens. Janice is available for art & comics workshops, as well as youth mentorships.

JASON PINEO

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Jason loves to create: stories, drawings, props, thoughts, feelings. He loves silly monkeys, unsubtle winks at the audience, and science fiction, all found in his comic at www.moongazing.ca. His Instagram collects panels of ‘Project 2’ as it explores super powers and gaming tropes. You’ll also find drawn-on photography humor (which he contends isn’t THAT niche).

Though his comics work is digital, he enjoys working in pencil, ink, and occasionally yarn.

JASON TURNER

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Jason Turner is a Canadian comic book artist currently residing in Vancouver, BC. He has been self-publishing comics since the late 80s, and has been putting his comics on the internet since the late 90s. Jason co-wrote the True Loves trilogy with his wife Manien Bothma. More recent work includes Farm School, The Adulation, Bird Comics, and his new work-in-progress: Fir Valley. His comics column in comic form, Jason and the Comics, ran in Broken Pencil for five years. Jason currently organizes the monthly Vancouver Comic Jam.

JEAN KINDRATSKY

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Jean uses words and pictures (comics!) to share imaginings, experiences and recipes. She lives in Vancouver with a fluffy cat, 2 laying hens and a family that loves recipe test days.

JEFF ELLIS

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Recent graduate of Capilano Universities IDEA program with Bachelor of Design In Visual Communication seeking gainful employment in creating motion graphics and Illustrations. Visual storytelling has been his passion since childhood. Through his involvement in the Cloudscape Comics Society (which he founded) he’s had more than ten years of experience in project management, print production, publishing, and administration. he has managed the production of more than ten different printed graphic novels many of which contain my own work. He has also produced multiple books of his own work, most notably “Teach English In Japan”, which is based on my own experience teaching English in Japan for three years.

JERI WEAVER

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Gurukitty Studios is the brainchild of twin sisters Jeri (Kitty) and Jayleen (Guru). Based in Vancouver, they began making comics in 1997, and have published three anthologies, Ghost Tales, Once Upon A Time, and Gateways to Beyond. Jeri has also published an adult colouring book featuring animals and is known for beautiful watercolour illustrations of nature, dinosaurs and animals. Jeri has also contributed to several Cloudscape Comics projects, both Epic Canadiana books, Mega Fauna and Bones of the Coast.

JESS POLLARD

Jessica Pollard graduated from Camosun College in 2012, with a Certificate in Comics and Graphic Novels. By April 2017, she will have completed an Advanced Diploma in Visual Communication, which is a three-year degree program at Capilano University. She co-wrote, penciled, and inked “Hope Everything Okay” for the 2016 Cloudscape anthology Bones of the Coast, and currently works on the webcomic Liquid Shell.

JOCELYN C

Jocelyn is a Vancouver based artist who loves reading and creating comics. You can find her editing stories and discussing them with friends any day of the week. She believes anyone can make a comic.

JONATHON DALTON

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Jonathon lives and works just outside Vancouver, Canada. He makes comics about strange, alien worlds and the ordinary people who live in them. Jonathon’s past works include the self-published graphic novels A Mad Tea-Party and the Xeric-winning Lords of Death and Life. He has also drawn short comics for various Cloudscape anthologies, for Leia Weathington’s The Legend of Bold Riley, and for the anthologies New World and Cautionary Fables and Fairy Tales: Asia Edition. He is currently working on a mysterious new book he has mysteriously described as “shoujo cyberpunk.” What a mystery!

JULIAN LAWRENCE

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Julian Lawrence is an award-winning artist and illustrator specializing in comic books. Born in England and raised bilingual English-French in Québec, his work has been published and displayed internationally by Fantagraphics Books, Les Editions des Plaines, Conundrum Press, National Film Board of Canada, Penguin Books, Cartoon Network and Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. Julian lives in Vancouver, Canada and teaches courses in contemporary comics at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design and with ArtStarts in Schools.

K. C.

Currently studying at Emily Carr, K.C. is interested in anything narrative-based. This, of course, includes comics. For K.C., comics are the perfect blend of the visual and prose, and she is not going to stop making them any time soon. In her free time K.C. does not like writing artist bios.

KATHLEEN GROS

Kathleen Gros is a cartoonist living in Vancouver, BC. She is the creator behind the graphic novel Jo: An Adaptation of Little Women (Sort Of) (HarperCollins 2020). Her other works include Last Night at Wyrmwood High (Cloudscape Comics, 2015), and Lunar Maladies (lunarmaladies.com, ongoing). She graduated with a BFA in Illustration from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2015 & teaches comics in the Continuing Studies program at Langara. You can find more of her work at kagcomix.com

KATHLEEN JACQUES

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Kathleen Jacques is a comics maker and designer based in Vancouver, and the creator of the ongoing queer-femmy webcomic Band Vs. Band.

KEYOTALES

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Keyotales (she and they) is a writer and maker of zines, comic scripts, short stories, and more! She likes to make fun, but deep, fantasy, sci-fi, and adventure stories, but she dabbles. They are making a comic with ZSeibar, The Cat Defenders, have had a short story published in Writer’s 4 Utopia’s zine “Cycles,” and have participated in Canzine Vancouver for three years. When not writing, she can be found learning to be an Early Childhood teacher, exploring the year-round green of Vancouver, reading literally hundreds of comics and graphic novels, or working on their long term novella project ‘Saria.’

KOBIE GINGRAS_FOX

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Kobie Gingras-Fox is an Illustrator from Vancouver Canada who tends to lean towards windows like a plant to light. She spends most of her time in the woods with her dog Kona taking roughly a million photos of the clouds. Her art commonly features quiet moments, dream-like colours, and connections being formed.

KRIS SAYER

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Kris Sayer is an independent game developer, illustrator, graphic designer and comic warrior who wreaks havoc with sewing machines and swords. She has had work published by Cloudscape Comics, Gurukitty Studios, and Pulp Literature, and currently posts several comics stories on Weald Comics. Right now she’s working on her long-term far-from-finished graphic novel, a Viking-age epic titled Tatterhood. When she’s not working on games and comics, Kris makes costumes and swings giant spoons around.

LISA LAROSE

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Lisa Lindsay LaRose is a Vancouver-based artist. By day she makes art. By night she makes more art (or plays video games). She paints, illustrates, works in the games industry, and sometimes she even makes comics.

MANUEL ARMONIO

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Wondering vagabond and active procrastinator with a heart of gold.

MARA COMAN

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Mara is chasing her love of storytelling through comics and illustration. As an active member of Cloudscape for 7 years, she’s had a chance to expand her skills. She likes to complicate things and loves long storytelling projects that seem to never get finished but she’s constantly poking at them.

MATTHEW KLIPPENSTEIN

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Matthew Klippenstein is a chemical engineer and fuel cell industry veteran. A produced playwright, he contributes Canadian electric-vehicle commentary to the website GreenCarReports. He once recorded a karaoke CD of his singing for his wife as a Christmas present, and is no longer allowed to surprise her with gifts.

MATTHEW NIELSEN

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Matthew Nielsen, known online as ‘Nuclear Jackal’ (due to the abundance of other Matthew Nielsens out there) is a writer/illustrator specializing in comics and landscapes. A graduate of the Hereford College of Arts BA (Hons) Illustration course and a strong supporter of self-education, his skills in both written and visual language are both progressing rapidly. Originally born in Wales to a Danish father and a Canadian mother, Matthew currently resides in the Canada. He frequently uploads artwork to his social media feeds and saves his best for his website: nuclearjackal.com

MICHAEL KLUCKNER

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Michael returned to comic-graphic art after a time as a newspaper cartoonist in the 1970s as well as 30 years of writing and illustrating books on history, travel, and small-scale farming. His graphic novel Toshiko is set during WWII and 2050: A Post-Apocalyptic Murder Mystery is a cli-fi thriller set in the ruins of a future Vancouver. A third comic, Julia, is underway.

Check out the books at Graphic Novels by Michael Kluckner.

MIK FUQUA

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Girl, 24, epic pasta salesperson by day, comics-writing hermit by night. Hails from the lovely, strange city of Aurora, Colorado and now resides on the West Coast. Has exhibited at Canzine and VanCAF, and occasionally moonlights as a set designer. Current ongoing projects include What The Quinoa, a webcomic chronicling the ridiculous adventures of fruit stand life, and Stranger Fiction, a zine of illustrated poetic fiction and comics. When not writing humourously angsty stories, Mik can be found getting lost in Wikipedia tangents, making pancake experiments, and watching way too much anime.

MOSES CIRULIS

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Moses is a local animation graduate from Capilano University’s 2d Animation program in 2018, and a past exhibitor in Canzine and Vancaf.  She currently handles all of the writing and art duties on her latest webcomic, a science fantasy adventure series called Ohmworld, and also does freelance artwork and animation, when she isn’t out serving coffee.

MYRON CHOI

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Myron is an aspiring comic creator, having only started a year ago. Most of his stuff is mediocre at best; he’s probably not even good enough to be a part of this “artist” page. And if you haven’t figured realized it by now, Myron is also really bad at talking about himself.

NEMO BALKANSKI

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Nemanja Moravic (Nemo) Balkanski is a comic book artist, graphic designer, painter, actor, writer, and film maker. He has published two graphic novels in Canada: FIB Chronicle (2011) and The Deliverer (2015). Currently, he is finishing his new graphic novels Cola-Teral and Joomboos Gun. Nemo lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

NINA MATSUMOTO

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Nina “Space Coyote” Matsumoto is a Japanese-Canadian Eisner Award-winning comic book artist who’s lived in Vancouver all her life. She pencils for Simpson Comics and also contributes to Cloudscape Comics anthologies. Most recently, she illustrated the Japanese children’s book I’m Stuck in a Video Game (now available in English, translated by Nina) and Sparks!, an all-ages graphic novel for Scholastic written by fellow Vancouverite Ian Boothby. When not drawing comics, Nina designs official video game apparel for Fangamer.

OLIVER McTAVISH-WISDEN

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Oliver Henry McTavish-Wisden is a New Westminster-based writer, artist and community arts programmer for the Vancouver Park Board. He really enjoys scuba diving and playing the Trumpet, but he’s kind of slow at drawing, so he finds himself collaborating well with others!

PATRICK WONG

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Patrick Wong is an illustrator and artist based in Richmond, BC. He has been recognized by Applied Arts Magazine, American Illustration, Society of Illustrators Los Angeles, and Creative Quarterly: the Journal of Visual Arts and Design for his work, and has exhibited in galleries throughout the United States. In comics, he is currently working on a creator-owned graphic novel in the form of a 3 issue mini-series titled The Knifeman, with writer Hannu Kesola.

PHILIP BARRETT

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Philip Barrett has been self-publishing comics since 2001, including writing and drawing 9 issues of his catch-all title ‘Matter’ and contributing to numerous anthologies. He is the illustrator on the Irish best-selling ‘Where’s Larry?’ find the character books, and his work has appeared in the Irish Times and Irish language kids comic ‘Ruaille Buaille’. Philip helped start the regular Dublin Comic Jam. He set up Blackshapes Books in 2014 to publish longer form graphic novel work, starting with John Robbin’s ‘Unlucky Unlikely’, followed by his own collection of short comics ‘In Bits’.

RILEY MASTERS

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Riley is an ideas guy who thinks he is a writer. Born in Canada in 1989, his heritage paints him as a British Isles mutt. His blood may or may not be 60% coffee as he only sleeps 5-6 hours a night. Found either working on something for Cloudscape or trying to write what his brain is showing him, Riley almost always has a pen or pencil in hand ready to write (not that you could read his penmanship). Thankfully his loving wife can somewhat understand his writing and translate it into something beautiful,  creative, or even wonderful.

ROB SHAUF

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In the last decade, I’ve spent most of my comic-making efforts on the comic strips “Charlie and the Ghost,” “Space Chuck,” and “Gogomachrocketsheep”. I’ve also dabbled in children’s book illustration, graphic design and animation. My absolute FAVOURITE thing to do is to help others discover and develop their own creative self-expressions!

SARAH WALKER

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Sarah Walker created the comic strip Pun, 2, 3  in 2014. She is mostly self-taught and has drawn comics on and off for most of her life. Her comics are often autobiographical and overloaded with puns, occasionally injected with social commentary. In addition to being in Canzine, her comics have been featured in student newspapers, zines, and online magazines. Outside of the drawing room, Sarah performs stand-up comedy.

SEAN KAREMAKER

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Sean Karemaker is an artist living in Vancouver, BC. After a childhood obsession with reading and writing comics, he obtained a diploma in graphic design from Malaspina University-College in Nanaimo (2002) and began a career in 3D design for video games, while also doing freelance work in graphic design and illustration. Personal narrative is a common element in his body of work, which encompasses diorama sculptures, comics, scrolls, and paintings. Sean’s work has been exhibited at such local art galleries as the Gam, the Gropps, the Seymour, the Pendulum, and the Ayden.

SPRAK

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Sprak is a Vancouver-based animator and webcomic artist, originally from Montreal. They love DND, dogs, and horribly over-caffeinated-sugar-filled monstrosities of coffee beverages from overpriced cafes. Their current project is a slice-of-life webcomic lovingly titled Coffee O’Clock.

STEVE ROLSTON

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Steve Rolston is an Eisner-Award-winning comic artist whose work includes Queen & Country, Emiko Superstar, Pounded, The Escapists, Degrassi, Ghost Projekt, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. While he most often works with writers, Steve has gone solo on a few comics such as the cartoony Jack Spade & Tony Two-Fist and his slacker noir graphic novel One Bad Day. Beyond comics, Steve has worked on children’s books, video game character designs, and storyboards for animated cartoons. And since 2005, he has been teaching the art of comic book storytelling at the VanArts school in Vancouver.

TOREN ATKINSON

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Toren “MacBin” Atkinson made the following life choices: lead singer for H.P. Lovecraft tribute band The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets; artist for graphic novels Acts of Violence (New Reliable Press) and Exploded View (Cloudscape), illustrator for Call of Cthulhu d20, Dungeon Magazine, and Delta Green; game designer for Spaceship Zero; storyboard artist for TV series Rocket Monkeys, Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, and Avengers Assemble; actor in Stargate: Atlantis, Sword of the Stars (VG), and Penny Arcade’s Cardboard Tube Samurai; and podcasting Caustic Soda.

VANESSA KELLY

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Since 2005 Vanessa has instructed all ages in drawing, comics, and animation, with classes hosted across the Lower Mainland. She has participated in and edited various Cloudscape anthologies and was a director for Cloudscape from 2009-2011. Vanessa holds a BFA in Visual Arts from Simon Fraser University and an Associate’s Degree in Commercial Animation from Capilano University. Currently she works as a storyboard artist.

ANAT “LUNARBLADE” RABKIN

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Anat Rabkin is a local aspiring webcomic artist and constant dreamer. Creating tales of adventure and philosophy, she’s been telling her story for over 3 years now. As an 8-year veteran of the Vancouver games and film industry, she approaches comics in a pragmatic way, and as an immigrant, she has a unique perspective on life, which she channels into her work. You can check out her work at LunarBlade.com.

BEVAN THOMAS

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Bevan is heavily involved in Cloudscape on numerous levels, previously serving as the Media Manager and as a frequent editor and writer for various books. Most prominently, he spearheads the Epic Canadiana series of Canadian superhero anthologies. Outside of Cloudscape, Bevan’s comics have also been published in GuruKitty Studios’ trio of comic collections and in the Beyond science fiction anthology. A devotee of storytelling in all its forms, Bevan is available to teach and mentor people in writing and world-building.

CAMILLE ROBERTSON

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Camille Robertson is always working on written or illustrated works of her characters and their worlds. After delving into being a colourist for different projects, she enjoys collaborating with other artists to bring stories to life through light and colour. A lover of speculative fiction, Camille is currently working on two original webcomics: B3yond and ReNew. She is a freelance artist at the ready for commissioning and is always happy to teach or mentor other artists on how to improve their work.

JANICE LIU

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Janice Liu is a kids’ comic artist who has worked with children for 10 years. Her graphic novel with Naomi Cui, Chicken Soup & Goji Berries 中药鸡汤, was a 2020 Excellence in Graphic Literature Award finalist, and a Gene Day Award nominee. Janice’s all-ages comics use fantasy and the supernatural to explore loss, desire, and Chinese diasporic identity. Her comic work about Anti-Asian racism during the Covid-19 pandemic was featured in Comics in Transit 2021.

Janice is the owner at Young Artists’ Place in Burnaby, BC, where she teaches art classes for kids and teens. Janice is available for art & comics workshops, as well as youth mentorships.

JEFF ELLIS

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Recent graduate of Capilano Universities IDEA program with Bachelor of Design In Visual Communication seeking gainful employment in creating motion graphics and Illustrations. Visual storytelling has been his passion since childhood. Through his involvement in the Cloudscape Comics Society (which he founded) he’s had more than ten years of experience in project management, print production, publishing, and administration. he has managed the production of more than ten different printed graphic novels many of which contain my own work. He has also produced multiple books of his own work, most notably “Teach English In Japan”, which is based on my own experience teaching English in Japan for three years.

JESS POLLARD

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Jessica Pollard graduated from Camosun College in 2012, with a Certificate in Comics and Graphic Novels. By April 2017, she will have completed an Advanced Diploma in Visual Communication, which is a three-year degree program at Capilano University. She co-wrote, penciled, and inked “Hope Everything Okay” for the 2016 Cloudscape anthology Bones of the Coast, and currently works on the webcomic Liquid Shell.

JONATHON DALTON

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Jonathon lives and works just outside Vancouver, Canada. He makes comics about strange, alien worlds and the ordinary people who live in them. Jonathon’s past works include the self-published graphic novels A Mad Tea-Party and the Xeric-winning Lords of Death and Life. He has also drawn short comics for various Cloudscape anthologies, for Leia Weathington’s The Legend of Bold Riley, and for the anthologies New World and Cautionary Fables and Fairy Tales: Asia Edition. He is currently working on a mysterious new book he has mysteriously described as “shoujo cyberpunk.” What a mystery!

JULIAN LAWRENCE

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Julian Lawrence is an award-winning artist and illustrator specializing in comic books. Born in England and raised bilingual English-French in Québec, his work has been published and displayed internationally by Fantagraphics Books, Les Editions des Plaines, Conundrum Press, National Film Board of Canada, Penguin Books, Cartoon Network and Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. Julian lives in Vancouver, Canada and teaches courses in contemporary comics at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design and with ArtStarts in Schools.

MICHAEL KLUCKNER

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Michael returned to comic-graphic art after a time as a newspaper cartoonist in the 1970s as well as 30 years of writing and illustrating books on history, travel, and small-scale farming. His graphic novel Toshiko is set during WWII and 2050: A Post-Apocalyptic Murder Mystery is a cli-fi thriller set in the ruins of a future Vancouver. A third comic, Julia, is underway.

Check out the books at Graphic Novels by Michael Kluckner.

ROB SHAUF

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In the last decade, I’ve spent most of my comic-making efforts on the comic strips “Charlie and the Ghost,” “Space Chuck,” and “Gogomachrocketsheep”. I’ve also dabbled in children’s book illustration, graphic design and animation. My absolute FAVOURITE thing to do is to help others discover and develop their own creative self-expressions!

STEVE ROLSTON

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Steve Rolston is an Eisner-Award-winning comic artist whose work includes Queen & Country, Emiko Superstar, Pounded, The Escapists, Degrassi, Ghost Projekt, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. While he most often works with writers, Steve has gone solo on a few comics such as the cartoony Jack Spade & Tony Two-Fist and his slacker noir graphic novel One Bad Day. Beyond comics, Steve has worked on children’s books, video game character designs, and storyboards for animated cartoons. And since 2005, he has been teaching the art of comic book storytelling at the VanArts school in Vancouver.

VANESSA KELLY

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Since 2005 Vanessa has instructed all ages in drawing, comics, and animation, with classes hosted across the Lower Mainland. She has participated in and edited various Cloudscape anthologies and was a director for Cloudscape from 2009-2011. Vanessa holds a BFA in Visual Arts from Simon Fraser University and an Associate’s Degree in Commercial Animation from Capilano University. Currently she works as a storyboard artist.

ABBY HONTIVEROS

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Abby Hontiveros, a.k.a. Sunny Go, is a Vancouverite who yearns to create. A fearless artist, Sunny loves tabletop games, comics, and animation.

ALLISON KOBERSTEIN

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Allison is an exhibiting artist and illustrator. Her experimental multi-linear webcomic Flock was featured in Cloudscape’s art shows at the Cultch and Ayden Gallery, and she recently participated in the Comics In Transit project with an original work about going geocaching in her hometown. Alison has shown her manga-influenced artwork in galleries such as the Nikkei Cultural Museum, HOT ART Wet City, and Leanna Lin’s Wonderland in LA, and she has also worked on children’s book illustration, book covers, children’s apps and more. In her spare time, Alison watches way too much anime.

ANAT “LUNARBLADE” RABKIN

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Anat Rabkin is a local aspiring webcomic artist and constant dreamer. Creating tales of adventure and philosophy, she’s been telling her story for over 3 years now. As an 8-year veteran of the Vancouver games and film industry, she approaches comics in a pragmatic way, and as an immigrant, she has a unique perspective on life, which she channels into her work. You can check out her work at LunarBlade.com.

ARIANNA MAO

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Arianna Mao is a Weirdo-In-Training (it’s an unpaid, intern gig) and in her spare time creates illustrations sometimes paired with words. She’s currently working on (among many many things) a short comic about inexorably falling in love with a best friend, miniature portraits of people done in acrylic, and little papercraft toys.

BEVAN THOMAS

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Bevan is heavily involved in Cloudscape on numerous levels, previously serving as the Media Manager and as a frequent editor and writer for various books. Most prominently, he spearheads the Epic Canadiana series of Canadian superhero anthologies. Outside of Cloudscape, Bevan’s comics have also been published in GuruKitty Studios’ trio of comic collections and in the Beyond science fiction anthology. A devotee of storytelling in all its forms, Bevan is available to teach and mentor people in writing and world-building.

CAMILLE ROBERTSON

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Camille Robertson is always working on written or illustrated works of her characters and their worlds. After delving into being a colourist for different projects, she enjoys collaborating with other artists to bring stories to life through light and colour. A lover of speculative fiction, Camille is currently working on two original webcomics: B3yond and ReNew. She is a freelance artist at the ready for commissioning and is always happy to teach or mentor other artists on how to improve their work.

CAN RICHARDS

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Can Richards is a writer and artist from Cape Town, who can be found making zines with their friends, and saying “bird!!” every time they see a cute bird. Their work includes the webcomic INTO THE MIDNIGHT CITY, the short-form comic DR E-VIV’S LATEST PLAN, and the anthology zine TALES FROM THE ZONES; they also contributed to Cloudscape’s own LIFE FINDS A WAY! Can loves vampires, pirates, 2000s nostalgia music, and filling their room with clutter.

ED APPLEBY

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Ed “Mr Jitters” Appleby is a cartoonist and graphic designer based out of Vancouver originally from Lumby, BC. He began publishing work online in 2005 and has been doing comics full time since 2008. Ed puts his prolific amount of comics down to copious amounts of caffeine and small town work ethic, and the idea that you are only as good as your next piece. He is currently working on his twin properties of Ed’s R Us and Betty and the Beast, as well as working as an illustrator for The Other Press. When Ed isn’t drawing, he dabbles in acting, screen writing, 3d modelling and High Seas Piracy.

EDISON YAN

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Edison is an illustrator and art director in the Videogame and Animation Industry. Some of his most notable projects have been Scribblenauts (WarnerBros), Drawn-to-Life (THQ), Lock’s Quest (THQ), and Endangered Species (DHX). He’s a regular contributor to Cloudscape Comics and is currently art directing on a Netflix exclusive series for Dreamworks at Bardel Entertainment. Edison resides in East Van, has 2 very adorable dogs, and can often be seen drawing in cafes all over Vancouver. His life goal is trying to find balance between working at a desk and not getting fat.

EMILY LAMPSON

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Emily Lampson, also known as “Hellpug,” is a comic artist whose favourite subjects are horror and fantasy. She resides in Vancouver and gets hired to do illustrations. Currently drawing No Evil, the tale of three youths trying to survive after being attacked by an evil fairy.

HALEY BOROS

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Haley Boros is a cartoonist, illustrator, and prepress specialist that lives in Coquitlam with her husband Jessy and their two dogs, Rusty and Ginger. She creates work that’s cute and feisty, with hints of fantasy and fun. Her illustrations & comics have been published in several anthologies, which can be found at haleyboros.com

HANNAH LOU MYERS

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Hannah is a comic artist, illustrator, and decorative artist working out of Vancouver, B.C. She’s an Emily Carr graduate, cat tamer, knitting fiend, coffee addict, book sniffer, and cheese enthusiast. She’s currently working her way through her entire dating history and publishing it online for free through her webcomic Misery Loves Company.

JAMES BRANDI

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James Brandi is a Vancouver cartoonist who’s creating work that’s a little punk, a smidgen occult, and VERY queer. She is the creator of the webcomics Space Club and Softr, and has been published on Empathize This.

JANICE LIU

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Janice Liu is a kids’ comic artist who has worked with children for 10 years. Her graphic novel with Naomi Cui, Chicken Soup & Goji Berries 中药鸡汤, was a 2020 Excellence in Graphic Literature Award finalist, and a Gene Day Award nominee. Janice’s all-ages comics use fantasy and the supernatural to explore loss, desire, and Chinese diasporic identity. Her comic work about Anti-Asian racism during the Covid-19 pandemic was featured in Comics in Transit 2021.

Janice is the owner at Young Artists’ Place in Burnaby, BC, where she teaches art classes for kids and teens. Janice is available for art & comics workshops, as well as youth mentorships.

JASON PINEO

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Jason loves to create: stories, drawings, props, thoughts, feelings. He loves silly monkeys, unsubtle winks at the audience, and science fiction, all found in his comic at www.moongazing.ca. His Instagram collects panels of ‘Project 2’ as it explores super powers and gaming tropes. You’ll also find drawn-on photography humor (which he contends isn’t THAT niche).

Though his comics work is digital, he enjoys working in pencil, ink, and occasionally yarn.

JEFF ELLIS

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Recent graduate of Capilano Universities IDEA program with Bachelor of Design In Visual Communication seeking gainful employment in creating motion graphics and Illustrations. Visual storytelling has been his passion since childhood. Through his involvement in the Cloudscape Comics Society (which he founded) he’s had more than ten years of experience in project management, print production, publishing, and administration. he has managed the production of more than ten different printed graphic novels many of which contain my own work. He has also produced multiple books of his own work, most notably “Teach English In Japan”, which is based on my own experience teaching English in Japan for three years.

JERI WEAVER

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Gurukitty Studios is the brainchild of twin sisters Jeri (Kitty) and Jayleen (Guru). Based in Vancouver, they began making comics in 1997, and have published three anthologies, Ghost Tales, Once Upon A Time, and Gateways to Beyond. Jeri has also published an adult colouring book featuring animals and is known for beautiful watercolour illustrations of nature, dinosaurs and animals. Jeri has also contributed to several Cloudscape Comics projects, both Epic Canadiana books, Mega Fauna and Bones of the Coast.

JONATHON DALTON

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Jonathon lives and works just outside Vancouver, Canada. He makes comics about strange, alien worlds and the ordinary people who live in them. Jonathon’s past works include the self-published graphic novels A Mad Tea-Party and the Xeric-winning Lords of Death and Life. He has also drawn short comics for various Cloudscape anthologies, for Leia Weathington’s The Legend of Bold Riley, and for the anthologies New World and Cautionary Fables and Fairy Tales: Asia Edition. He is currently working on a mysterious new book he has mysteriously described as “shoujo cyberpunk.” What a mystery!

JULIAN LAWRENCE

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Julian Lawrence is an award-winning artist and illustrator specializing in comic books. Born in England and raised bilingual English-French in Québec, his work has been published and displayed internationally by Fantagraphics Books, Les Editions des Plaines, Conundrum Press, National Film Board of Canada, Penguin Books, Cartoon Network and Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. Julian lives in Vancouver, Canada and teaches courses in contemporary comics at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design and with ArtStarts in Schools.

K. C.

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Currently studying at Emily Carr, K.C. is interested in anything narrative-based. This, of course, includes comics. For K.C., comics are the perfect blend of the visual and prose, and she is not going to stop making them any time soon. In her free time K.C. does not like writing artist bios.

KOBIE GINGRAS_FOX

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Kobie Gingras-Fox is an Illustrator from Vancouver Canada who tends to lean towards windows like a plant to light. She spends most of her time in the woods with her dog Kona taking roughly a million photos of the clouds. Her art commonly features quiet moments, dream-like colours, and connections being formed.

KRIS SAYER

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Kris Sayer is an independent game developer, illustrator, graphic designer and comic warrior who wreaks havoc with sewing machines and swords. She has had work published by Cloudscape Comics, Gurukitty Studios, and Pulp Literature, and currently posts several comics stories on Weald Comics. Right now she’s working on her long-term far-from-finished graphic novel, a Viking-age epic titled Tatterhood. When she’s not working on games and comics, Kris makes costumes and swings giant spoons around.

LISA LAROSE

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Lisa Lindsay LaRose is a Vancouver-based artist. By day she makes art. By night she makes more art (or plays video games). She paints, illustrates, works in the games industry, and sometimes she even makes comics.

MATTHEW NIELSEN

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Matthew Nielsen, known online as ‘Nuclear Jackal’ (due to the abundance of other Matthew Nielsens out there) is a writer/illustrator specializing in comics and landscapes. A graduate of the Hereford College of Arts BA (Hons) Illustration course and a strong supporter of self-education, his skills in both written and visual language are both progressing rapidly. Originally born in Wales to a Danish father and a Canadian mother, Matthew currently resides in the Canada. He frequently uploads artwork to his social media feeds and saves his best for his website: nuclearjackal.com

MIK FUQUA

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Girl, 24, epic pasta salesperson by day, comics-writing hermit by night. Hails from the lovely, strange city of Aurora, Colorado and now resides on the West Coast. Has exhibited at Canzine and VanCAF, and occasionally moonlights as a set designer. Current ongoing projects include What The Quinoa, a webcomic chronicling the ridiculous adventures of fruit stand life, and Stranger Fiction, a zine of illustrated poetic fiction and comics. When not writing humourously angsty stories, Mik can be found getting lost in Wikipedia tangents, making pancake experiments, and watching way too much anime.

MOSES CIRULIS

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Moses is a local animation graduate from Capilano University’s 2d Animation program in 2018, and a past exhibitor in Canzine and Vancaf.  She currently handles all of the writing and art duties on her latest webcomic, a science fantasy adventure series called Ohmworld, and also does freelance artwork and animation, when she isn’t out serving coffee.

MYRON CHOI

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Myron is an aspiring comic creator, having only started a year ago. Most of his stuff is mediocre at best; he’s probably not even good enough to be a part of this “artist” page. And if you haven’t figured realized it by now, Myron is also really bad at talking about himself.

PHILIP BARRETT

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Philip Barrett has been self-publishing comics since 2001, including writing and drawing 9 issues of his catch-all title ‘Matter’ and contributing to numerous anthologies. He is the illustrator on the Irish best-selling ‘Where’s Larry?’ find the character books, and his work has appeared in the Irish Times and Irish language kids comic ‘Ruaille Buaille’. Philip helped start the regular Dublin Comic Jam. He set up Blackshapes Books in 2014 to publish longer form graphic novel work, starting with John Robbin’s ‘Unlucky Unlikely’, followed by his own collection of short comics ‘In Bits’.

ROB SHAUF

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In the last decade, I’ve spent most of my comic-making efforts on the comic strips “Charlie and the Ghost,” “Space Chuck,” and “Gogomachrocketsheep”. I’ve also dabbled in children’s book illustration, graphic design and animation. My absolute FAVOURITE thing to do is to help others discover and develop their own creative self-expressions!

SPRAK

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Sprak is a Vancouver-based animator and webcomic artist, originally from Montreal. They love DND, dogs, and horribly over-caffeinated-sugar-filled monstrosities of coffee beverages from overpriced cafes. Their current project is a slice-of-life webcomic lovingly titled Coffee O’Clock.

JEFF ELLIS

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Recent graduate of Capilano Universities IDEA program with Bachelor of Design In Visual Communication seeking gainful employment in creating motion graphics and Illustrations. Visual storytelling has been his passion since childhood. Through his involvement in the Cloudscape Comics Society (which he founded) he’s had more than ten years of experience in project management, print production, publishing, and administration. he has managed the production of more than ten different printed graphic novels many of which contain my own work. He has also produced multiple books of his own work, most notably “Teach English In Japan”, which is based on my own experience teaching English in Japan for three years.

JOCELYN C

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Jocelyn is a Vancouver based artist who loves reading and creating comics. You can find her editing stories and discussing them with friends any day of the week. She believes anyone can make a comic.

K. C.

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Currently studying at Emily Carr, K.C. is interested in anything narrative-based. This, of course, includes comics. For K.C., comics are the perfect blend of the visual and prose, and she is not going to stop making them any time soon. In her free time K.C. does not like writing artist bios.

LISA LAROSE

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Lisa Lindsay LaRose is a Vancouver-based artist. By day she makes art. By night she makes more art (or plays video games). She paints, illustrates, works in the games industry, and sometimes she even makes comics.