Marvel and the moving image

As the gatekeeper of one of the richest holdings of comic book narratives in the world — over 8000 characters developed over nearly eight decades — Marvel’s move to the cinema screen was inevitable. They’d been dipping their creative toe in other media since the 1940s; under the name of founding company Timely Comics, they…

Creating the Cinematic Universe

We live in a complex world. We know this because we are told so on a daily basis. From podium-pounding political leaders to experts of all kinds, an unending stream of dire predictions infiltrates our lives through our ever-present electronic devices — global warming, overpopulation, financial instability, prejudice, terrorist attacks. The chatter is so constant it…

GOMA’s ‘Marvel’ blockbuster is coming soon

Today we’re previewing to media some of the costumes and props that have arrived to feature in the upcoming exhibition ‘Marvel: Creating the Cinematic Universe’ at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) from 27 May to 3 September 2017. The costumes of Marvel characters Captain America, Thor and The Ancient One will feature among over…

‘Marvel: Creating the Cinematic Universe’ comes to GOMA

QAGOMA will present the major exhibition ‘Marvel: Creating the Cinematic Universe‘ exclusively at GOMA from 27 May 2017. The exhibition will follow Thor, Iron Man, Captain America and their comrades and adversaries from comic book page to cinema screen in the first major Marvel-related exhibition to be staged in Australia and the largest ever presented…