CLOUDSCRATCHERS: The UNHINGED Masterpiece NOBODYS HEARD OF
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- After 3 months of work, with the help of over 18 Voice Actors, we talk about the forgotten Webcomic "Cloudscratchers" made by Cody Baier, and deepdive into the series as a whole.
THE COMIC: www.cloudscrat...
-- SPECIAL THANKS TO THE VOICE ACTORS THAT MADE THIS PROJECT POSSIBLE! --
Captain voiced by Jordan "Gooderness" McQuaid
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Felix voiced by Erin (3KayEm)
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Burt voiced by EJ De Jesus
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Jacques voiced by Jimmy May
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Ixia voiced by Perry J
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Alice voiced by Cecil King
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Delila and Imperial Librarian voiced by Elena Michele
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Sally-Jean voiced by Candaru Driemor
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Soggat and D-Pesh voiced by The Gray Knight
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Borzax and Chef voiced by Brennen Blotner
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Noggos voiced by Baerutt
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Agathoth voiced by Taknocario
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Caxtur and General Leon voiced by Nico Burggraaf
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Wolfsbane voiced by Lazzi Faire
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Nina voiced by Kiyana Morgan
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Female Extras voiced by Cecil King and Kiyana Morgan
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Male Extras voiced by Nick Bean, Lazzi Faire, and Decebalus
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Pirate Extras voiced by Brennen Blotner and Ben Meyer
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00:00 - Introduction
0:01:48 - ARC ONE: VISITORS AND VENOM
0:16:54 - ARC TWO: 72 HOURS
0:34:07 - ARC THREE: BIRTHDAY BASH
0:55:13 - ARC FOUR: TREASURES OF THE AVIANS
1:47:14 - Closing Thoughts
Thanks for watching! ;)
Seeing as most of the video is a deep dive with my thoughts scattered throughout, I thought I'd give a more in depth breakdown of my thoughts on each of the 4 overarching arcs here in the comments. (Though on a side note, I know they're technically called "Episodes" but I'll be calling each group "Arcs" just because it's easier on my little pea-brain, and because that's what I call them in the video)
ARC 1 - Visitors and Venom
Overall I think Visitors and Venom is a great start to the series. It does its job of introducing you to the main cast, as well as the plot and stakes of everything without getting lost. Although there were some characters that didn't feel like they should have gotten their own full on introduction due to how few times they actually show up in the full series (Delila and Scotty), and others who felt like they weren't important members of the cast until we got to see MORE of them in 72 Hours, it's a great introduction to the characters, and builds up side threats like Agathoth and Noggos without taking away from Borzax's power/threatening-ness. It's alright, but is definitely improved upon later as Cody Baier got more used to writing the characters and getting a feel for what the series SHOULD and could be!
ARC 2 - 72 Hours
There isn't much bad to say about this arc. In fact, I'd argue it's the best of the arcs! Not only do we start to get a deeper look into all of the characters, and build on Ixia's relationship with the crew, as well as adding to the worldbuilding in substantial ways that really make you feel it's a living breathing world. Not to mention, we get to see the full extent of Borzax, and start getting into Noggos's personal arc as he tries to figure out the whole Agathoth Conspiracy. (which on a side note, Noggos's storyline is easily the best B-plot the series has had to date, giving us a deeper look into the empire, and giving him a life and motives outside of being a commanding officer).
ARC 3 - Birthday Bash
Although I didn't personally get a feel for the whole Birthday plotline (mostly due to personal preference) it 100% makes up for with the introduction of Wolfsbane, a fantastic villain that you just love to see whenever they show up for another scheme. Especially the Battle of Big Brockie where we get an epic battle between Wolfsbane's crew (with their giant robot) and the Cloudscratchers. Lends to some great fight scenes, and a good end to the fight scene that shows that he isn't incompetent (as he's able to escape with his crew, including the ones that were captured). Also has some of the sweetest moments of the series by far, with Felix giving Ixia the egg plushie being the most wholesome in my opinion. Although Delila's role is minimal, it does make her feel a little more important (whereas before she was sidelined and completely forgettable), especially with foreshadowing the Leatherbacks, and hinting at Delila's connection with them.
Arc 4 - Treasures of the Avians
As I said in the video, this is by far the BEST the series has to offer, with extremely well written scenes between the cast (having some of my favorite moments with the crew and with Borzax) however, it's a shame that it's undercut by it's "blink-and-you'll-miss-it" pace, and a dozen and one new characters that we don't have nearly enough time to care about or bond with. As said in the video "It's like playing Russian Roulette with Chekov's gun" as although we get lots more worldbuilding, it's seemingly forgotten what made it's worldbulding that made 72 Hours so good: as Treasures of the Avians forgets the *Show* in Show and Tell. Merely telling us lots of cool facts about the universe, before quickly moving on, with most of it not mattering. The few times these new details do matter, they feel sudden, as there's little build up to them, and again, we're built to expect that it's not going to be brought up again, thanks to the several times it happens here. The biggest folly of this being the introduction of "Pitterpat" which Felix has to explain to the audience what a Toosu is due to the fact they have never been brought up until this point. The other main problem with this arc (which I didn't really bring up in the video) is that there's a massive power creep, in which half of the new characters introduced are either: unbeatable or have superpowers of some kind (the latter which weren't even established as a thing until just now). It feels like it's shifting into a superhero comic, as the story slips away to focus on The Enforcer's Airbender or the Immortal Sassy Hulk-- I mean Caxtur. Like, it feels more and more like the Captain and their crew aren't *capable* of combating toe-to-toe with these threats, and that they HAVE to rely on the forces, making the comics less and less about THEM. As much as I love Arc 4 for it's moment between our already established cast (especially Captain's scenes, as well as Soggat's scene with the Toxic Toast, and especially as they started to show Burt's weakness for women in full effect), I can only hope these problems don't leak into Arc 5 - Starstruck. From the tweets that have been posted on the author's account, we already know there's going to be a new scientist villain (whom I am super excited for, as well as a beetle character that's "the strongest character in their universe", I can only hope they've learned from Treasures of the Avians, and will put more time into introducing these new threats, and giving you a reason to care past vague "the end of the world" stuff.
In general, I hope we see more moments with the crew (and maybe give us a reason to see Scotty on-par with the rest of the cast!) I really do think Cloudscratchers is a fantastic webcomic that more people really should see! If the creator ever did a Makeship campaign or something, I'd support it. Hopefully this video will bring on some more fans! Like c'mon man, you're really telling me there's NO entries on AO3 on this thing? No self-insert fanfic? No Captain getting hanakaki? C'mon fanbase! Pull yourself together!
Wait what chapter did we end on (please don’t mind me asking you this I was intrigued on this comic and I’m confused and what chapter we are on cause you put them in arcs
"stress makes your hair go gray" says the gray furred cat to the snake
dawg as soon as that ninja dude said "Way of the Hustler' I knew i had to start reading the rest of this omg
Thank you for having me on. This is my first ever VA job and I hope I was satisfactory in my preformance and not to much of a hassle to work with.
i feel like 'switch to private frequency' could be a good meme
I love how you said 'you can tell by the runtime', had it with an hour and 22 minutes, and you were still putting it half an hour short. This is going to be SO entertaining.
Glad to see a community that enjoys the Cloudscratcher webcomic. It’s quite a read and I hope it gets an animated adaptation someday.
Thank you for having me on board as the voice of Delila and the Librarian!
If it wasn't for your casting call, I wouldn't have been introduced to this wonderful comic series, hope more people find it because of your essay.
Howdy! Author here! This was one helluva pleasant surprise! Seeing my long-running side project reviewed and voiced like this was so surreal! I've been working on Cloudscratcher for years while pitching comics to publishers and even currently writing a book. I'm a bit addicted to creating things, writing, and being productive, so this comic has been my way of keeping myself busy waiting for call backs and the like.
You did make one little oopsie though; the couple in the restaurant isn't Nyx and Zobith from West Bravo. They're just colored similarly. Actually all the Serpent characters are based on real species of snakes, with the more evil/scary ones based on more dangerous and venomous species. So all of West Bravo are non-venomous snakes that get mistaken for venomous, except Xyzzax, who's based on the world's least venomous cobra. Whereas for extras, I just improvise...
On episode 4's characters, it's worth noting that arc is meant to be the pandora's box of the comic. Introducing many of the biggest of the big time players in the comic's story, establishing how our heroes aren't going to be able to Ixia or Sally-Jean their way out of everything, and setting off a chain of events that much of the myth arc going forward will center on. Basically our heroes got thrust right into an event that a whole lot of endgame characters were involved in. Also I'm surprised you didn't notice who the Godspeed unit are... Or maybe you just didn't wanna spoil it. To anyone reading this, pay attention to some of the things Mercury and Solace say... If I could produce pages as fast as I'd like to, the story would be farther along and that would be way more apparent, but alas...
...Also it's Cloudscratcher. Non plural. :p
(Also props to the guy who voiced Sogaat, really sold the emotional scenes in Episode 4!)
Awesome seeing you pop by! I hope this video leads to more folks seeing the comics, as its some pretty epic stuff! (Also, don't worry! I do know who Solstice and Mercury are! I just wanted to leave some things for people to discover on their own so more people are encouraged to check out the comics themselves!)
Very excited for the future of this series!
@@CutCafe Haha, okay, I was just fully prepared for a "who are you kidding, this is so obvious" type remark!
Anyway thanks for making my week!
Huh, the more scary snakes being based on the more venomous species is actually a pretty cool detail I didn't pick up on.
And ah... as the voice for Sogaat in this video, thank you very much for the compliment, it means a lot on its own but this is actually the first time I've had the actual author of someone I've voiced that I wasn't actively working under tell me that so... yeah, might sound like a bit of a broken record here, but thank you very much for that! It's the smaller things such as this that really fuel my passion for voice acting.
Everyone worked so hard on this, and I'm glad you got to see it.
As a long time fan of your work it was an honour to be allowed to assist in this project.
P.S. I hope you do not mind the creative liberties I took when voicing Caxtur.
I never would have read this comic on my own, but I am intrigued by the story and enjoyed the video! Well done!
This was super fun, and well put together. Glad I had the chance to lend my voice to it and I'll definitely be reading more of the Cloudscratcher lore. ☺
I know the creator of this comic and he was happy to know that you enjoyed it. BTW, Hellfire Venom is just napalm with another name.
Oh so excited to see this is finally here! So glad I could be part of this!
Thanks for letting me be a part of this! Your dedication to this webtoon is INCREDIBLE!
What is this and why am I only hearing about this now? o.o
This comic series brings me back to my childhood. ^^
I kind of really want you to keep making content around this series. It seems like you really enjoy talking about this comic, And I'd love seeing you come back to make more on it.
Maybe not necessarily centre the whole channel around it, But it'd make for a nice extra bit to the channel's repertoire. Alongside the mascot/Indie horror.
Now that it think, You have a knack for finding lesser known gems out there. Keep it up!
This was amazing!
Love the voice acting and the intersection of thoughts around.
Granted there are aspects I didn't quite like of this series of comics, but overall you made it so entertaining.
It's nice to see this finally come together, I've been waiting for its release and... honestly I love how it all comes together. Great editing as always, and my fellow VAs did _awesome_ at bringing the characters to life! Never actually heard of Cloudscratchers before the project, but I might have to give it a chance sometime, even with its flaws I'd say it's practically drawn me in with its characters & their personalities.
(also, 1:22:37 is my favorite edit, and its so stupid that of all things _that_ is what I can't stop giggling at.)
This video was really good! I hope you make more of these, normally I’m not a fan of this kind of genre but I was intrigued the whole way
wow, this sounds amazing! I will definitely be checking it out
I do like how the captain has that 90s don bluth hairstyle and some of the snakes are based on kobras let me guess scotty would have a Scottish accent because hes a Scottish tarrier
Me: *watching the avian summary section*
Me: *sees two EXTREMELY familiar birds in the background of one of the panels*...TWO OF THE THREE CABAIEROS?!?!
bro that last arc was some Walking Dead circular storytelling
why did I watch this whole thing on normal speed
why is this so cool to me
i need more
i have never been so fascinated by a webcomic before
what is happening to me
im turning 12 again
underrated youtuber/video 😭 get this Lil Matpat to 40k!
Incredible video CutCafe! Amazing work everyone!
hey new fan here I love you're content. I love you're art style its so cool!
that picture of the captain saying " you shut your mouth " is going in the meme folder lol
Amazing video,i really enjoyed it and i also really enjoy the fact that you like to cover things that arent well known,good luck in all your future endeavors!
I’m definitely checking this out, it reminds me of the sonic Archie comics
Wow. Outstanding job everybody!
I've only seen one arc so far, but Borzax terrifies me
Borzax’s VOA here - thank you!
since the editing obscures the speech bubbles at times, I really with the captions covered for the voice acted moments as well and not just your narration
Man, thank the algorithm for me seeing this
I hope more people see this it’s great
This would be such a good cartoon!
Oh my GAUD you're a furry lover!!! Made me start rolling in laughter 😂
The moment I heard the word O.C I knew this was going to be interesting.
How the hell is man cooking this hard, mf got voice acting in the video 🗣🗣🔥🔥
Why does this vaguely remind me of lego ninjago? More specifically the serpentine. Those were funni snek people.
57:06 i know the green bird is a reference to a Brazilian Disney character that i currently forgot the name, the red one is also a Disney character, but that one i really don't know much of, and the blue one is straight up Falco Lombardi from star fox
The green one and red one fuck around with Donald duck
I have already forgotten everything
I cant wait to watch this and forget everything!
Please, please, *please* make another video about Poncho Science! There’s been so many new videos and new lore!
Dang, never been here with 2m ago, I think me record was like 30m or smth, anyway we love a good new cutcafe upload! even if I don't care abt the subject at hand its just nice to enjoy yer voice and script. Oh, and if you happen to come across this, ever heard of Phighting? just spreadin the word, reply if yer interested! -Ty for the read!
Tysm for hearting my comment! it makes me know that ive been seen! :D
Definitely adding this to my reading list!
Your sacrifice will be remembered 🫡🫡🫡
Nice video as always, CutCafe ! It's nice learning about underappreciated things, that reminded me about the fact that half of the 3DS games i played are considered niche ( some example include Ever Oasis, Deluxe Freakyforms and Aeterno Blade, but honestly, for that last one, it's not a big deal if people don't remember it, as this game can't be taken seriously due to a serious lack of character charisma... ).
Also, unrelated to the video, but do you remember the video you made about Cooking Companions ? I would really like to know which music you used in the video, as i keep coming back to this over and over and ask myself " oh, it'll be so nice if i could listen to this song while writing...! ". I already asked you on the Cooking Companions video, but since i had no answers, i thinked i could ask you again. Sorry to bother you with this.
No worries! Sorry I missed your comment! Here's the link to the music I used in that video: ua-cam.com/video/_9qZyG1L2z0/v-deo.html
@@CutCafe Thank you so much !!!!! I can finally write with this specific song in the background !!!! You just saved a writer's life !!!
Part 2 please!
51:53 that's the bird door portal thing from smb2usa
Part 2 when?
i will read this.
I would make a compliment about the video, but I haven't even started watching it, soooooo, cool thumbnail I guess :1
1:23:54 Oh my God, YOU'RE A FURRY LOVER?!
That's the most woke lines ever laughed at.
1:13:02 Chekhov's the
This is a reference
Help mine crewmate
SCP Wiki: [23:50]
Yo can we explore the lylat system?
im at 12:44 and im already invested
57:06 thats a great reference in the background
um... question could you put the page number for some of the acts so people can find the page easier
Oh my god I didn't even think this was going to be that good but GOD 21:57-22:02.
This is now going on my favorites list, thank you!
OH GOD THIS HAPPENED TO ME ONCE 37:27 I LOVE THIS OH MY GOD
1:49:13 OH GOD STOP IT FREAK
15:14 HE'S RABIDED 😨
16:38 SHIT HE'S GENUINELY SCARY
19:33 😨
34:41 FOXY'S TWIN(mostly the voice)!? FROM FNAF 1!?
40:27 YASSS TRANS SHIT, WITH ANIMALS/FURRIES!(no hate to them, I'm a furry-)
40:45 WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS- (they're genuinely creepy & scary, I don't like them)
1:43:43 forgetful pig. They literally have a kid from that same place.
1:49:06 right before this, I had realized that I wasn't subscribed. I just subscribed.
48:24 there's a reference here, i just don't know what to
Pochi science please
1:13:58 this is a jojo reference
It feels like one, at least
I scratch clouds
42:50 jojopose
1:04:41 is this a cat or a mouse? I can't tell
I'd like to say it feels like poor decorum to make a request like this. But in this case, it would actually help someone in the real world who needs it.
Make a video about another obscure webcomic called "Precocious".
Hi
F-f-fff-ff-FURRIES?!??!!! (Major joke lol, I am a furry)
Yo Ty for the heart, also, I have now become invested in this, Ty for this awesome video
1:02:40
Um actually it a tranformer problem if tranfom
55:26
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cloudscratchers cookie cutters
I was kinda getting into the story but some of the plot-armor moments really just made me groan out-loud and killed my interest to continue reading any further unfortunately.
Like it got VERY nice art but, eesh... few parts in the writing felt like hitting a pothole.
I might be first