McTAVISH-WISDEN Oliver
This New Westminster B.C. cartoonist and illustrator is an Executive Director of Cloudscape Comics Society. He is author of the webcomic Mystery Adventures of the Scout. He plays the trumpet and keyboard in the band Sleuth.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story: All published by Cloudscape Comics.
Giants of Main Street. March 2012: “Tales From Amber City: Daddy Long Arms”: 54-55.
Mega Fauna. Oct. 2014: “Crowsfoot”: 127-136.
Waterlogged: Tales From The Seventh Sea. June 2013: “Star Brothers”: 145-154.
WRITER:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Swan Song. Cloudscape Comics March 2018: “Shaman Hop.” Illus., Patrick Wong: 31-40.
SOURCE:
Article book:
Giants of Main Street. Cloudscape Comics, March 2012: “Oliver McTavish-Wisden.”
Swan Song. Cloudscape Comics, March 2018: “Shaman Hop”: 179.
MATSUMOTO Nina
Born and raised in Vancouver.
In addition to the work she has done with Cloudscape Comics Society, she has pencilled Simpson Comics, illustrated a Japanese children’s book called Stuck In A Video Game, the Sparks series of books written by Ian Boothy another Cloudscape associate. She also designs video game apparel.
WORK:
ILLUSTRATOR:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY: All published by Cloudscape Comics
Content story:
Mega Fauna. Oct. 2014: “Amanda And The Mantis.” Writ., Cameron Morris: 5-14.
Waterlogged: Tales From The Seventh Sea. June 2013: “Deep Rule.” Writ., Cameron Morris: 93-102.
Cover book wraparound:
Mega Fauna. Cloudscape Comics, Oct. 2014.
LINJAMA Reetta
Born in Finland, she works in the animation industry in Vancouver and is associated with Cloudscape Comics Society.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Waterlogged: Tales From The Seventh Sea. Cloudscape Comics, June 2013: “Breath”: 131- 136.
ILLUSTRATOR:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY: All published by Cloudscape Comics
Content story:
Giants of Main Street. March 2012: “Brotherhood.” Writ., Shannon Campbell: 129-134.
Mega Fauna. Oct. 2014: “Truly Wonderous.” Writ., Shevon & Renuka Singh: 199- 208.
Swan Song. March 2018: “Taliesin at King Maelgwn’s Court.” Writ., Bevan Thomas: 61-70.
Waterlogged: Tales From The Seventh Sea. June 2013: “Grandpa.” Writ., Bevan Thomas: 72- 84.
WRITER & ILLUSTRATOR:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content description:
Giants of Main Street. Cloudscape Comics, March 2012: “On Urban Fauna: ‘Pigeon Spam’”: 141.
SOURCE:
Article book:
Swan Song. Cloudscape Comics, March 2018: “Taliesin at King Maelgwn’s Court”: 179.
LEINONEN Christopher
This Vancouver, animator and cartoonist is associated with Cloudscape Comics Society. He worked for DHX Studios on programs like My Little Pony and Planet X packages.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY: Published by Cloudscape Comics.
Content story:
Exploded View, March 2010: “Shopping Lists”: 208-221. Colour.
Historyonics: Stories Drawn From The Past , Nov. 2008: “ Followers Of Ludd”: 95-100. Black & white.
Journeys. June 2011: “…” “An Essential Business: Egypt”: 13- 18. Colour. “An Essential Business: Ethiopia”: 137-142. Colour. “An Essential Business: Uganda”: 85- 90. Colour. “An Essential Business: Vancouver”: 185-188. Colour.
Mega Fauna. Oct. 2014: “Programming”: 169- 178. Colour.
GROS Kathleen
Last Night at Wyrmwood High, 2015: Last page.
This Toronto born cartoonist and textile artist lives in Vancouver. She graduated with a BFA degree from the Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2015. She was a member and secretary of Cloudscape Comics Society. (circa 2020). She draws the ongoing Webcomic Lunar Maladies. Last Night at Wyrmwood High began as a webcomic and is now her first published novel.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC:
Content novel & Cover book front & back :
Last Night at Wyrmwood High. Cloudscape Comics, Nov. 2015.
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Waterlogged: Tales From The Seventh Sea. Cloudscape Comics, March 2012: “To The End”: 25-28.
SOURCE:
Article book:
Last Night at Wyrmwood High. Cloudscape Comics, Nov. 2015: No title: Last page.
GALLERY:
From front cover of Last Night at Wyrmwood High, November 2015.
FORBES Kevin
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY: Published by Cloudscape Comics
Content story:
Exploded View, March 2010: “The Tinker”: 155-166.
Giants of Main Street. March 2012: “Market Forces”: 85-96.
Historyonics: Stories Drawn From The Past. Nov. 2008: “Sub Orbital”: 102-107.
Waterlogged: Tales From The Seventh Sea. June 2013: “The Keeper”: 137- 144.
WRITER:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY: Published by Cloudscape Comics.
Content story:
21 Journeys. June 2011: “Parallel Lines., Illus., Aaron Bouthillier: 189- 202.
Exploded View. March 2010: “Replacement Parts.” Illus., Aaron Bouthillier: 4-6.
Giants of Main Street. 2012: “Walls.” Illus., Aaron Bouthillier: 5-12.
CAMPBELL Shannon
Completed a Masters Degree in creative writing at Oxford University in England.
President and organizer of the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival.
Teaches creative writing at Richmond Arts Centre in Richmond British Columbia.
WORK:
WRITER:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY: Published by Cloudscape Comics Society.
Content story:
Giants of Main Street. March 2012: “Brotherhood.” Illus., Reetta Linjama. 129-134.
Mega Fauna. Oct. 2014: “Dog Park.” Illus., Molly Nemecek/Jakface: 15-24. “Good Tidings.” Illus., Ryan McDiarmid: 189- 198.
Waterlogged: Tales From The Seventh Sea. June 2013: “Navy Ink.” Illus., Lucy Bellwood. 15-24. “Rhyme.” Illus., Sam Logan: 61- 68.
ATKINSON Toren
Illustrator for games Dungeons & Dragons and Call of Cthulhu.
Lead singer for the H.P. Lovecraft tribute band, The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, as seen on Rock Band the video game.
Actor on Stargate: Atlantis, Penny Arcade’s Cardboard Tube Samurai, Sword of the Stars.
Co-designed the award winning game Space Ship Zero.
WORK:
CARTOONIST OR ILLUSTRATOR:
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY: Published by Cloudscape Comics Society
Content story:
Giants of Main Street. March 2012: “Tales of the Underbelly.” Writ., Kolia Liquette. Let., Ed Brisson. 09- 112.
Historyonics: Stories Drawn From The Past. Nov. 2008: “The Ominous Origin Of Rhinosferatu”:41-44.
Mega Fauna. Oct. 2014: “Eye! Eye! Eye!” Writ., Ian Boothby: 61-70.
Content story & portrait:
Exploded View, March 2010: “Spaceship Zero”: 167-171. “Spaceship Zero”: 66.. .
SOURCE:
Article book:
Giants of Main Street. March 2012: “Toren Atkinson”: 144.
Historyonics: Stories Drawn From The Past. Nov. 2008: “Toren Atkinson”: 109.
LEE Ness
This illustrator who also works in ceramics, drawing, painting, mixed media, and sculpture is based in Toronto (2019). She grew up in Scarborough & Markham Ontario.
Her work has been exhibited in galleries in Boston, Hamilton, Los Angeles, Montréal, New York, Tokyo and Toronto. She was an Artist-In-Residence at the Art Gallery of Ontario, 29 October 2019 to 6 January 2020 where earlier in 2019 she helped emerging ceramic artists in a Clay & Ceramic Workshop .
She did the art work on Vivek Shraya’s music album Part-Time Woman.
WORK:
ILLUSTRATOR:
BOOK GRAPHIC:
Content story & Cover book front & back:
Death Threat. Writ., Vivek Shraya. Arsenal Pulp Press, 2019
DESIGNER:
MERCHANDISE:
Enamel Pin: “Two huge figures embracing.” Purchased August 2019.
SOURCE:
Article book:
Death Threat. Arsenal Pulp Press, 2019: “Ness Lee.”.
GALLERY:
Death Threat, 2019: Front cover.
GRAPHIC HISTORY COLLECTIVE
This collective which was founded in 2008, by Sam Brudd, Mark Leier and Trevor McKilligan is a group of writers, illustrators, and researchers who use cartooning to explore non-fiction social and cultural issues. It’s current members include Sean Carleton, Robin Folvik, Kara Sievewright, and Julian Smith authors of 1919. These creators have also in various combinations produced May Day A Graphic History Of Protest, Drawn to Change: Graphic Histories of Working Class Struggle, & Direct Action Gets The Goods: A Graphic History of the Strike in Canada.
PRODUCT:
BOOK GRAPHIC:
1919: A Graphic History of The Winnipeg General Strike. Illus., David Lester. Between The Lines, 2019.
SOURCE:
Article book:
A Graphic History of The Winnipeg General Strike. 2019: “Preface.” & “Contributors”
Internet:
Graphic History Collective / radical comics and history. Accessed 20 March 2020.
