#2d cloud

[reyarmenteros]

CALA 2017!! This is my haul. I got to talk to some great creators - Gina Wynbrandt, Fifi Martinez, Malachi Ward, and Nick Francis Potter. And it was lots of fun.

[unomoralez]

chance to take possession of something special

[smashpages]

Smash Pages Q&A: Maggie Umber

Maggie Umber is the acclaimed cartoonist behind the books 270˚, Sound of Snow Falling, Time Capsule and other comics. She is also one of the founders of 2d Cloud, which in the past decade has established itself as one of the most important comics publishers in North America.

Umber wrote a blog post recently about the state of 2D Cloud and her own health, and about how the company plans to move forward. The company has just launched Artist Book Boxes at the Center of the Universe, a Kickstarter for the company’s 2019 lineup. We spoke recently about her new book, what kinds of books 2d Cloud will be publishing this year and why they just couldn’t walk away from the company.

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[ajmcguire]

“Architecture of an Atom” by Juliacks (2017)

1. Rob Clough described Juliacks’ style of comics as the “immersive school” with fellow practitioners Austin English, Theo Ellsworth, Dunja Jankovic, and Olga Volozova.  Of that group Austin English is the closest to what Juliacks is doing where traditional narrative is deprioritized over various compositional elements that are more common to gallery art than print publications.  I find that I like Juliack’s work more than Austin English’s, but why is that?  Is there something about the ideas in their art, the way they use narrative, or just the formal aspects of their compositions?  Is it a superficial if it’s just because I find the pages more attractive?  

2.There are several two page spreads that have text that spans the two pages and gets lost in the binding gutter.  This reads as an indication that a bound comic was not the first format some of the art was created for - which we know to be true.  Does this say more about the priority of the narrative or the priority of exhibition vs publication?

3. “Architecture of an Atom” scans like an exhibition catalog, which isn’t surprising based on the construction and context.  The all white and all black pages in the final third of the book enforce this similarity.  How does this sense of the book impact the narrative?

4. Are Juliacks’ related artwork, plays, paintings, and live action films that she refers to as a “trans-media story universe” analagous to the shared universe concept in the common tradition of super-hero dominated comics publishers? (Just kidding about this one.)

[thecomicon]

SPX ’17: Celebrating 10 Years Of 2D Cloud And Being ‘Unwisely Ambitious’

SPX ’17: Celebrating 10 Years Of 2D Cloud And Being ‘Unwisely Ambitious’

At the 2D Cloud Panel celebrating 10 years of the press at Small Press Expo on Sunday, September 17th, panelists included Raighne Hogan, Laura Lannes, Xia Gordon, Fifi Martinez, and Margot Ferrick. Starting with an anthology comic, 2D Cloud was always something that Hogan wanted to do, and they followed that with minis published by friends. The founders met at a small art school in Minnesota and…

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[boiledleather]

2D Cloud is my publisher. They will be putting out Mirror Mirror 2, the goth anthology @doopliss and I are editing, next year. Their current run of books is being funded by a kickstarter underway now. For $40 you get five books, including genuinely singular memoirs by three women of color, but you can pitch in any amount you want. Please buy/donate today!

[robkirbycomics]

My interview with my pal MariNaomi is up on The Comics Journal today. We talked about her great new graphic memoir Turning Japanese. 

[comicsbeat]

Kickstarter is increasingly crucial to indie comics publishing

Kickstarter is increasingly crucial to indie comics publishing

Comics publishing has hit a bit of a slowdown, as I’ve noted a few times, and Kickstarter seems to be picking up the slack for a lot of publishers. Comicker’s Dave Acampo wrote a piece looking at this is mostly about his own Kickstarter for Comicker, but has some general observations and a pie chart of where the money goes prepared by Comicker publisher Sean Williams: The transparency is key…

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