Graphic Content: A Comic Book Film Series
Graphic Content is a new ongoing film series to the programming at the Metro Cinema. With comic books and other examples of “geek culture” becoming more prominent in the mainstream, Graphic Content has as its aim to promote and explore the relationship between film and sequential art.
The idea is to promote cross-media literacy, showing films and pairing them with examples from comic books, graphic novels, and manga. Curators Matt Bowes, of Warp One Comics and Games, and Erin Fraser, of Metro Cinema, will introduce each screening, attempting to place the film in context with the greater geek culture canon. They will also curate a book list of thematically relevant titles, which will be available at Warp One. We hope you’ll be able to join us for an afternoon of fun and adventure, and learn about the wide world of graphic literature! All films shown at the historic Garneau Theatre on 109th street in Edmonton, Alberta. Follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/graphic.content
Curators
Matt Bowes
Matt has has a BA in English and is currently the Comics Manager at Warp One Comics and Games in Edmonton, Alberta. Daily, he makes recommendations to new and old readers alike, stays up to date on the latest news from the independent scene to the big two superhero houses, and reads virtually every new release. He is a life-long comics fan and has had the opportunity to attend conventions all over North America. He also gave a guest lecture at the University of Alberta for Comparative Literature 474 on crime and noir comics in the winter semester of 2010. Follow him on Twitter @matt_bowes and read his blog This Nerding Life.
Erin Fraser
Erin has a BA in Film Studies and currently works at the Metro Cinema Society as the Front of House Manager and Social Media Coordinator. Like Matt, she is an avid comics reader and appreciates everything from the mainstream to the obscure. Her longtime love of film and comics grew alongside each other and bringing them together to program this series is a natural progression. While she enjoys titles of all modes and genres, she is especially interested in the representation and role of women in comics and fandom. Accordingly, she contributes to the online female-produced journal Sequential Tart. Follow her on Twitter @erinefraser.
Metro Cinema Society
Metro Cinema is a community-based non-profit cinema in Edmonton, Alberta, devoted to the exhibition and promotion of Canadian, international and independent film and video. To this end, they exhibit an eclectic blend of film, video and media arts, that are not screened anywhere else in the city. Their focus is on presenting a broad selection of educational, cultural and innovative works. They screen films 7 days a week in the historic Garneau Theatre on 109th street.
Twitter: @themetrocinema
Facebook: facebook.com/metro.cinema
Warp One Comics and Games
Warp One Comics and Games has been providing Edmonton with its geek fix for the past 25 years. A one hundred percent home-grown business, Warp prides itself not only on having a large selection of comics and merchandise, but also on their knowledge of the comics field. The store is a landmark in the popular Old Strathcona area and a mainstay in the local comics community. They are located on Whyte Avenue and 99th street and operate two other satellite stores in the north and south ends of town.
Facebook: facebook.com/warp.one.comics
