Camilla D’Errico (Sky Pirates of Neo Terra), Colin Upton (Buddha on the Road), Angela Melick (Wasted Talent), and Steve Rolston (Ghost Projekt).
What do these comic book artists have in common? (Other than that they are all based in Vancouver, BC)
They represent just a handful of the fantastically diverse talents who have contributed to Cloudscape Comics over the years.
Cloudscape is a Vancouver-based comic collective that has published four comic anthologies since their inception in 2008. For more about who they are and what they do, I would direct your attention to this post I wrote profiling the group.
This past year, the folks behind Cloudscape Comics decided to try their luck in the wonderful world of internet crowdsourcing.
January 19, 2011 – 6:30 am
Making your own indie self-published comic books isn’t a cheap endeavor. Getting involved with a comic collective and participating in the creation of an anthology has long been a preferred alternative for indie creators looking to maximize their exposure while minimizing cost, but the fact is, it’s still certainly far from free. Luckily the rise of crowd-sourced fundraising seems to be providing comic creators with entirely new avenues to build enough capital to print a high quality anthology.
January 5, 2011 – 6:30 am
In keeping with tradition, we’re ringing in the new year by looking at some of the stuff that’s impacted our little corner of the interweb over the past twelve months. This includes some of the news bits the Fabler Blog has reported on, some of the changes and landmarks the main site has experienced, and of course, a Coles Notes list of the interviewees we’ve featured on the site throughout 2010.
By Kevin
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Posted in Comic News and Interviews
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Also tagged 2010 Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo, 2010 Year in Review, Aaron Leighton, Adam Bourret, Angela Melick, Arthur Dela Cruz, Ben Steeves, Colleen macIsaac, Damian Willcox, danielle keller, Derek McCulloch, Doug Wright Awards, Eric Kim, Eric Vedder, Ethan Rilly, Evan Munday, Gibson Twist, James Turner, Jason Bradshaw, Jason Loo, Jenny Romanchuk, Jim Zubkavich, Joe Shuster Awards, Jonathon Dalton, Kelly Tindall, Marta Chudolinska, Marvel, Mattew Dunn, Mike Jasper, Nick Thornborrow, Niki Smith, Noel Tuazon, rhian engel, Robin Thompson, Ryan Sohmer, Salgood Sam, Sarah Leavitt, Scott Chantler, scott ferguson, The Fabler, The Fabler Blog, Ty Templeton, zuda comics
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The past couple of weeks, the Fabler Blog featured interviews with Vancouver-based webcomickers Jonathon Dalton (www.jonathondalton.com) and Angela Melick (www.wastedtalent.ca).
In addition to their close proximity to Canada’s Western Coastline, they share something else in common; founding membership in a comic book collective by the name of Cloudscape Comics.
I was fortunate enough to recently connect with a few individuals involved with the group. My goal was to learn a little about what they do, what they stand for, and how local comic creators can benefit from collaborating through a collective like their own.
By Kevin
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Posted in Canadian Comics
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Also tagged Angela Melick, Anthology, Colin Upton, Colleen macIsaac, Comic Anthology, Comic Artists, Comic Collective, Exploded View, Jeff Ellis, Jonathon Dalton, Jordyn Bochon, Minicomics, Profile, Vancouver, Webcomics
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In 2005, an engineering school student named Angela Melick decided to put a collection of funny little comics she had sketched on looseleaf up onto the internet.
Melick had been drawing comics in one form or another for almost as long as she could remember, and she felt that pursuing an education in engineering shouldn’t be a reason to suppress her interest in that form of art.
It was lucky for us that Angela made the decision to find an outlet on the internet – that simple website collecting her quirky, autobiographical sketches on looseleaf became Wasted Talent, a hugely popular and extremely funny weekly webcomic that’s still updating, 5 years later.