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Comic Battle: Round 7 Voting 4

Congratulations to Mike Cohen, our winner of the Cloudscape Comic Battle Round 6 ‘Too Hot’! Here are our top three: 1st place – Mike Cohen 2nd place – Jeff Ellis 3rd place – Vera Varlamova See the full results here. Now let’s see who triumphs in round 7 ‘Brainstorm’! [nggallery […]


Observations on the American Manga Market 1

by Aliena Shoemaker There was a time when the local Borders was the only store in my city that carried manga (Japanese comics) in the trade paper back format. The titles the store carried were limited to a grand total of about five. The titles included had either been readily […]


Reader Controlled Art 1

The Strength of the Comic Medium By Bevan Thomas In his screenwriting guidebook Story, award-winning screenwriter Robert McKee discusses the relative strengths of various storytelling mediums, and deduces that live theatre is the medium best-suited for detailed dialogue, novels and short stories for character introspection, and movies for visual subtext […]


Comic Battle: Round 6 voting 2

Congratulations Kevin Forbes our winner of the Cloudscape Comic Battle Round 5 ‘Wrong Tool for the Job’! Here are our top three: 1st place – Kevin Forbes 2nd place – Dave and Byron 3rd place – Jeff Ellis It’s so great to see some new blood in the ranking! See […]


Comic Battle Round 6: Too Hot

Announcing Comic Battle Round 6! Too Hot, whatever that  happens to mean to you. In case you didn’t notice, all of our rules and links to past battles can be found at the Comic Battle page. No prize this round, but we will do our best to have a prize […]


Comic Battle: Round 5 voting 1

Congratulations Zach Allen, our winner of the Cloudscape Comic Battle Round 4 “Sleep Deprivation”! Here are our top three: 1st place – Zach Allen 2nd place – Amoebic 3rd place – Vincent Konrad It’s so great to see some new blood in the ranking! See the full results here. Now […]


Writing Critique available for Anthology Submissions

Writing, especially writing stories, is a difficult process, and it often helps when a sympathetic eye is there to give assistance, bringing the storyteller’s attention to what sections work and what sections need more development. If anyone is intending to submit something for the next Cloudscape comic anthology, and wishes […]


Comic Battle Round 5: Wrong Tool for the Job

Announcing Comic Battle Round 5! Wrong Tool for the Job, whatever that  happens to mean to you. In case you didn’t notice, all of our rules and links to past battles can be found at the Comic Battle page. No prize this round, but we will do our best to […]


Comic Battle Round 4 voting! 2

Congratulations Kevin Forbes, our winner of the Cloudscape Comic Battle Round 3 “Mental Vacation”! And Recipient of a free copy of Exploded View, I know you needed one! Apologies to non-Cloudscape contributors. Next month we will run another prize round and you will have another chance to win your copy. […]