As you all remember, back in December Erin interviewed Andy Grabia, curator of the Gilbert Bouchard comics collection exhibit that was displayed at the University of Alberta this winter. Back then we teased that Suzette Chan, comics/culture writer and friend of Gilbert, would be working with us on a special screening in his memory, well now’s [...]
Archive for February, 2012
American Splendor, Canadian Theatre
Posted in Film Screenings on February 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Scott Pilgrim Booklist Part Five – James on Phonogram: The Singles Club
Posted in Comic Book Lists on February 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Continuing our partnership this month with Comics! The Blog, we bring the fifth and final entry in our Scott Pilgrim Booklist, Phonogram: The Singles Club, selected by troublemaker James Leask. Read on find out with this is the only non-Oni Press book to make the list. PHONOGRAM (Image Comics) Written by Kieron Gillen, Art by Jamie McKelvie [...]
Scott Pilgrim Booklist Part Four – Erin on Hopeless Savages
Posted in Comic Book Lists on February 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Continuing our partnership this month with Comics! The Blog, we bring the fourth entry in our Scott Pilgrim Booklist, Hopeless Savages, selected by the girl of the hour, Erin Elizabeth Fraser. Read on glimpse her meandering praise of the series, or skip to the end and listen to it’s theme song. HOPELESS SAVAGES: GREATEST HITS 2000-2010 (Oni Press) Story [...]
Scott Pilgrim Booklist Part Three – Brandon on Super Pro K.O.
Posted in Comic Book Lists on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Continuing our partnership this month with Comics! The Blog, we bring the third entry in our Scott Pilgrim Booklist, Super Pro K.O., selected by our grood friend and yours, Brandon Schatz. Read on if you like books about fun and fighting. Super Pro K.O. Vol. 01 (Oni Press) Pictures and story by Jarrett Williams It’s about chasing what [...]
Scott Pilgrim Booklist Par Two – Matt on Sharknife
Posted in Comic Book Lists on February 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Continuing our partnership this month with Comics! The Blog, we bring the second entry in our Scott Pilgrim Booklist, Sharknife, selected by our own Matt Bowes. Read on to find out why he chose this book, and why you should be reading. Sharknife (Oni Comics) Pictures and Story by Corey “The Rey” Lewis Caesar Halleluja is [...]
Scott Pilgrim Booklist Part One – Comics! The Blog vs. Scott Pilgrim
Posted in Comic Book Lists on February 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
As mentioned before, for this month’s screening of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, we’ve teamed up with world-famous bloggers and podcasters extraordinaire James Leask and Brandon Schatz (of Comics! The Blog fame) to bring you the film, as well as the booklist. This time, we’ve each decided to pick one book to focus on, and, not [...]
Podcast! The Comics! featuring Erin and Matt
Posted in Interviews and Articles on February 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Wow! We were asked to be on ANOTHER Podcast! Local Podcasters clearly can’t get enough of us! Is it Erin’s droll academia, or Matt’s sarcastic wit? Or maybe, they asked us on because we fed them cupcakes and scotch (actually James had a bourbon, and Erin a Manhattan). Podcast! The Comics! updates every Wednesday, and [...]
An Epic Valentine’s Day of Epic Epicness
Posted in Film Screenings on February 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The season of love is in the air, and Graphic Content is going to spread that love by presenting one of our favourite movies, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World! Not only are we showing the movie, but we bringing on our favourite local comics reviewing duo to help us do so, Brandon Schatz and James Leask from Comics! [...]
