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Tatsumi

February 21, 2012 to February 22, 2012 – Cineworld Former comic artist Eric Khoo is a long-time admirer of Yoshihiro Tatsumi, the father of the gekiga (‘dramatic pictures’). Inspired by Tatsumi’s hefty autobiography A Drifting Life, Khoo’s film is a… Organized by KAPOW!@GFF | Type: film, screening
Setting the Scene: Scotland and the Future of Comics

February 21, 2012 from 2pm to 3:30pm – CCA Theatre Dr Chris Murray (who runs the Comic Studies MLitt/PGDip course at the University of Dundee) and John McShane (chairman of the Scottish Cartoonists Society and Fat Man Press) will expand upon ideas ra… Organized by KAPOW@GFF | Type: film, and, discussion
Flash Gordon

February 21, 2012 from 8:15pm to 10pm – GFT The clock is ticking as all-American hero Flash Gordon and newshound Dale Arden race to save planet Earth from the evil plot of Ming the Merciless in this extravagantly entertaining Dino De Laurentii… Organized by KAPOW!@GFF | Type: film, screening

Death of a Superhero

February 22, 2012 to February 23, 2012 – Cineworld After several cycles of chemotherapy, fourteen-year-old Donald feels he has little left to hope for. When Donald’s parents urge him to confront his feelings, he retreats further into his own head, ch… Organized by Kapow!@GFF | Type: film, screening
Superman

February 22, 2012 from 5:45pm to 8:15pm – GFT When Superman was released in 1978 comic book blockbusters were a rare event. Director Richard Donner set himself the task of making the world believe that a man could fly and succeeded beyond his wi… Organized by Kapow!@GFF | Type: film, screening
Night is Day

February 22, 2012 from 6:30pm to 8:15pm – CCA Theatre Jason was just a normal twenty-something Glaswegian until, one day, supernatural powers were bestowed upon him. Since then he’s been hiding in the shadows, protecting the city in secret, while Police… Organized by Kapow!@GFF | Type: film, screening

Electric Man

February 23, 2012 at 4:45pm to February 26, 2012 at 6:30pm – CCA Theatre The Maltese Falcon meets The IT Crowd in this diverting mixture of romantic comedy and hectic chase thriller from co-writer/director David Barras. Buddies Jason and Wolf are the impoverished owners o… Organized by Kapow!@GFF | Type: film, screening
Superheroes

February 23, 2012 from 7:15pm to 8:45pm – GFT Across America an expanding number of cities are witnessing the appearance of an extraordinary subculture: real-life superheroes. Like most of our beloved fictional heroes, many live fairly run-of-th… Organized by Kapow!@GFF | Type: film, screening
The Crow

February 23, 2012 at 11pm to February 24, 2012 at 12:45am – GFT Alex Proyas’s brooding, bravura version of The Crow is one of the finest comic book screen adaptations. Inspired by James O’Barr’s cult comic, it looks as black and inky as the bleakest night, filled… Organized by Kapow!@GFF | Type: film, screening

Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods

October 26, 2012 from 8:45pm to 10:45pm – Dundee Contemporary Arts Grant Morrison is one of the most celebrated and successful writers working in comics. This 2010 film, directed by Patrick Meaney, charts Morrison’s fascinating life and career. The film is being scr… Organized by Dundee Comics Day and Dundee Contemporary Arts | Type: film, screening

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