Comix History: The 2dcloud Controversy

I am currently subscribed to Desert Island Comic's monthly mystery mail, which sends me a blind box of indie comics every month. This episode I am unboxing March's box, as well as reviewing the selections from February.

3/4th of the titles from last month were from the micropublisher 2dcloud, which was mired in controversy in 2017-2018. Using these comics as guideposts I have tried to piece together the story from the little resources available.

Photos from the interior of 3 Books sourced from: https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2015/12/...

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00:00 Intro to the list
01:33 March Unboxing
01:57 Tank Tankuro
02:40 Smoke Signal #42
04:08 February Reviews
04:28 Excerpt from Kristof
05:08 Intro to the 2dcloud controversy
06:40 2dcloud Part I - Who is 2dcloud?
09:42 Virus Tropical
11:03 The Necrophilic Landscape
15:49 2dcloud Part II - The Controversy
24:27 2001
25:04 2dcloud Part III - The Fallout
26:04 2dcloud Part IV - The Return
30:06 Epilogue - Caroline Bren

media mentioned this episode:
Tank Tankuro by Gajo Sakamoto
Kristof by Alex Schubert
Virus Tropical by Power Paola
The Necrophilic Landscape by Morgan Vogel
Adrian Tomine - The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist
Young Lions - Blaise Larmee
Girls
3 Books by Blaise Larmee
2001 by Blaise Larmee
The Broken Teapot


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