Hope Nicholson, who published the complete collections of classic Canadian characters Nelvana of the Northern Lights and Brok Windsor, has launched a Kickstarter for her latest graphic novel project: a complete collection of the lost 1980s comic book series: Fashion in Action by John K. Snyder III. This comic is […]
Beyond was an anthology of queer-themed speculative fiction comics published in 2015 to wide acclaim, featuring a wide variety of stories starring LGBT characters on numerous worlds. Now Beyond 2 has been announced. The editors are interested in original urban fantasy and post-apocalyptic stories exploring, expressing, and including queer, trans, […]
Hope Nicholson’s Bedside Press (publisher of Brok Windsor and The Secret Loves of Geek Girls) has announced that it will be publishing a prose anthology of new indigenous sci-fi stories that feature LGBT or two-spirited content. Artists will be paid $200 against royalties. Initial pitches are due March 30, 2016 […]
If you’re a published Canadian illustrator who’s passionate about creating works that will attract and captivate readers, your work could be featured in Vancouver Public Library’s new children’s book. At approximately 32 pages, this rhyming story is for families to read together – helping babies and toddlers to talk, sing, […]
Students will draw and produce their own mini-comics, as well as create one-page comic art that will be displayed at a final gallery exhibition hosted in partnership with Artquake. Date: Monday evenings (April 4 – June 13, but no class May 23) Time: 4 pm – 7 pm Place: Cloudscape HQ, Memorial South […]
Sadly, Cloudscape’s treasurer, Jonathon Dalton, has stepped down. He has been extensively involved with Cloudscape since the very beginning, serving as the organization’s first vice-president and then treasurer. However, he is an insanely busy guy, so has had to step down from the board. He will be missed. However, we […]
Pulp Literature is a Vancouver-based magazine that features fiction and poetry in a wide variety of genres, both regular prose and comics. They are accepting story submissions until the end of this month, so if you have a story you want them to take a look at, you should send […]
Remember that Cloudscape’s annual general meeting is tomorrow evening (Wednesday the 17th)! We’ll talk about the direction Cloudscape is going, vote in a new treasurer, go over various projects and volunteer opportunities our organization will be taking advantage of, and will vote on a theme for our next anthology. If you want to […]
As we mentioned before, acclaimed comic artist Steve Rolston is teaching “The Art of Drawing Comics” at the Vancouver Institute of Media Arts. Though originally the start date was listed as January 25, it has now been pushed back to February 15. There is still time to sign-up for it!
For more of Micah Iwaasa’s webcomic on creating comics, visit the Comic Chunk Archives.
