We asked Suzette Chan to guest curate a month of Graphic Content because we were so moved by stories for her late friend Gilbert Bouchard’s passion for sharing his love of comics and popular art, a love that mirrored our own passions for starting the series. While the Bouchard Exhibit is no longer on display [...]
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Suzette on Gilbert Bouchard and Why She Chose American Splendor
Posted in Interviews and Articles on March 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Suzette on American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar
Posted in Comic Book Lists, Interviews and Articles on March 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
As part of her guest curating duties, we’ve asked Suzette Chan to put together a booklist of aesthetically and thematically relevant titles to go with her film choice, American Splendor. As we approach our screening on March 20th Suzette will be sharing both the titles she’s chosen and her thoughts on them. She starts things off [...]
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 [...]
Atomic Robo and The Persistence of Pulp: An interview with Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener
Posted in Interviews and Articles on January 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Well our screening of The Rocketeer may be over, but we’re not done with our Bullets, Brawlers, and Bombshells Booklist. This month we recommended one of our current favourite titles, and a popular read here in Edmonton, Atomic Robo from writer Brian Clevinger, artist Scott Wegener, and publisher Red 5 Comics. To further convince you to check [...]
A Special Comic Book Collection
Posted in Interviews and Articles on December 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Like many in Edmonton, Matt and I admired, and were greatly influenced by, local arts writer and comics advocate Gilbert Bouchard. During his time, he touched both Warp One Comics and Games and the Metro Cinema Society, as a long time customer and board member respectively. An avid collector and champion of the comic book [...]
Jay n’ J. Featuring Erin and Matt
Posted in Interviews and Articles on November 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This last weekend, Graphic Content curators Matt and Erin were guests on the Jay n’J movie review podcast. We and “The Js” watched the new Muppets movie, and then gave our opinions on it, in addition to talking up the Graphic Content concept. Listen to the podcast here. We are also happy to report that [...]
Your Bat-Villains
Posted in Interviews and Articles on October 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As some of you may remember, to kick off Graphic Content we announced that we would be giving away a signed copy of Batman and Robin by genius comics writer Grant Morrison. In the spirit of Batman: The Movie and Morrison’s story, we asked entrants to design their own nemesis for Batman’s rogues gallery. We are [...]
