News and updates about Cloudscape anthologies
Rachel Richey is dedicated to publishing the collected stories of classic Canadian comic characters. She was the co-publisher of the collected Nelvanna of the Northern Lights and also published Johnny Canuck herself, and now she’s started a Kickstarter for Canada’s first and most ruthless monster hunter and scourge of the undead: Mr. Monster! Though […]
Oath: Anthology of New Heroes is an intriguing comics anthology currently in its Kickstarter campaign. It features a wide variety of queer-themed superhero stories, including one created by Cloudscape contributor Sfe Monster. Check out the Oath’s Kickstarter page for more info.
In this next excerpt for the Epic Canadiana Kickstarter, we have “Soldier Skye,” an adventurer from Canada’s colonial days who confronts Ogopogo in a story by Ian Thomas and Kris Sayer. You can see more of Kris Sayer’s work at Weald Comics.
Another excerpt from the Epic Canadiana Kickstarter, the cover for “Josephine the Moose-Rider,” an African-Canadian who is filled with the power of an aboriginal spirit. You can see more examples of their work in the Jill Trent, Science Sleuth comic series from Superdames.
For the latest excerpt from the Epic Canadiana Kickstarter, here is the cover of “Sticks & Stones,” by John Ward and Edison Yan. A deaf aboriginal girl is forced to confront an ancient evil. You can see more of Edison’s work at his website.
Formline battles injustice on the West Coast, using her powers to animate Native formline drawings as her agents. Her story is written and drawn by Micah Iwaasa, who also is the cartoonist behind Comic Chunk, Cloudscape’s webcomic on creating comics. For more great Canadiana superheroes, visit the Epic Canadiana #2 Kickstarter.
It’s less than a week into the “Epic Canadiana #2” Kickstarter and it has already reached almost 50% of its goal! Thank you to everyone who has already contributed and don’t forget to continue to spread the word about it! To help wet people’s interest about the book, I’ll be showing some sample pages. The first one is the first page of the frame narrative, written by myself (Bevan Thomas) and drawn by professional comic artist Craig Wilson.
The Kickstarter fundraiser for Epic Canadiana #2, Cloudscape’s second anthology of Canadian superheroes, has begun! Epic Canadiana #2 features 17 stories (over 200 pages!) dedicated to exploring numerous flavours of superheroism within Canada. EPIC CANADIANA #2 is a black & white anthology featuring awesome comics written and drawn by creators from all […]
Cloudsapce Comics is always on the move to produce new kinds of quality indie comics, and we are excited to announce that this year we will for the first time be publishing print books spearheaded by individual members. Thanks to a $10,000 Title Assistance grant for publishers from the BC […]
The Mega Fauna Kickstarter fundraiser has reached it’s target goal! Thanks to everyone who contributed, we have more than enough money to publish this all-aged graphic novel anthology! And if you still want a copy of the book or one of the other great products we’re offering, the fundraiser still has […]
