http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:44:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/27384/%e2%80%9cthe-end%e2%80%9d-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-50/ http://sequart.org/magazine/27384/%e2%80%9cthe-end%e2%80%9d-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-50/#comments Wed, 24 Jul 2013 11:00:00 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=27384 Swamp Thing #50 “The End” Writer: Alan Moore. Editor: Karen Berger. Artists: Stephen Bissette, Rick Veitch and John Totleben (and special thanks to Tom Mandrake). Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. Cover Date: July 1986.… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/23738/the-summoning-alan-moore-swamp-thing-49/ http://sequart.org/magazine/23738/the-summoning-alan-moore-swamp-thing-49/#comments Wed, 10 Jul 2013 11:00:30 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=23738 Swamp Thing #49 “The Summoning” Cover date: June 1986. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Stan Woch and Alfredo Alcala. Editor: Karen Berger. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza This issue opens with a recap of the… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/23732/a-murder-of-crows-alan-moore-swamp-thing-48/ http://sequart.org/magazine/23732/a-murder-of-crows-alan-moore-swamp-thing-48/#comments Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:00:40 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=23732 Swamp Thing #48 “A Murder of Crows” Cover date: May 1986. Writer: Alan Moore. Artist: John Totleben. Editor: Karen Berger. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. We are off to an atmospheric start in this… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/21584/the-parliament-of-trees-alan-moore-swamp-thing-47/ http://sequart.org/magazine/21584/the-parliament-of-trees-alan-moore-swamp-thing-47/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:00:01 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=21584 Swamp Thing #47 “The Parliament of Trees” Cover date: April 1986. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Stan Woch and Ron Randall. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letters: John Costanza. Editor: Karen Berger. This issue opens with the first… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/21371/%e2%80%9crevelations%e2%80%9d-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-46/ http://sequart.org/magazine/21371/%e2%80%9crevelations%e2%80%9d-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-46/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:00:32 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=21371 Swamp Thing #46 “Revelations” Cover date: March 1986. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Stephen Bissette and John Totleben. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letters: John Costanza. Editor: Karen Berger. As noted on the cover of this issue, the… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/20994/%e2%80%9cghost-dance%e2%80%9d-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-45/ http://sequart.org/magazine/20994/%e2%80%9cghost-dance%e2%80%9d-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-45/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 11:00:17 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=20994 Swamp Thing #45 “Ghost Dance” Cover date: February 1986. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Stan Woch and Alfredo Alcala. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letters: John Costanza. Editor: Karen Berger. This haunted house story takes its inspiration from… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/20135/%e2%80%9cbogeymen%e2%80%9d-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-issue-44/ http://sequart.org/magazine/20135/%e2%80%9cbogeymen%e2%80%9d-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-issue-44/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:00:00 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=20135 Swamp Thing #44 “Bogeymen” Cover date: January 1986. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Stephen Bissette, Ron Randall & John Totleben. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letters: John Costanza. Editor: Karen Berger. The issue opens with a scene in… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/19578/windfall-alan-moore-swamp-thing-issue-43/ http://sequart.org/magazine/19578/windfall-alan-moore-swamp-thing-issue-43/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:00:21 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=19578 Swamp Thing #43 “Windfall” Cover date: December 1985. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Stan Woch & Ron Randall. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letters: John Costanza. Editor: Karen Berger This issue is aptly entitled ‘Windfall’, both for its… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/18870/%e2%80%9cstrange-fruit%e2%80%9d-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-issue-42/ http://sequart.org/magazine/18870/%e2%80%9cstrange-fruit%e2%80%9d-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-issue-42/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:00:01 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=18870 Swamp Thing #42 “Strange Fruit” Cover Date: November 1985. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Stephen Bissette, John Totleben and Ron Randall. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letters: John Costanza. Editor: Karen Berger. This issue serves to conclude the… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/18471/%e2%80%9csouthern-change%e2%80%9d-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-issue-41/ http://sequart.org/magazine/18471/%e2%80%9csouthern-change%e2%80%9d-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-issue-41/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:00:25 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=18471 Swamp Thing #41 “Southern Change” Cover date: October 1985. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Stephen Bissette & Alfredo Alcala. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letters: John Costanza. Editor: Karen Berger. Moore and Bissette offer a Voodoo-inspired tale beginning with ‘Southern Change’ in this… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/17107/fish-story-and-the-curse-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-issues-39-and-40/ http://sequart.org/magazine/17107/fish-story-and-the-curse-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-issues-39-and-40/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:00:12 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=17107 Swamp Thing #39 “Fish Story” Cover date: August 1985. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Stephen Bissette and John Totleben. Editor: Karen Berger. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. Moore begins this issue by drawing out the theme of children and… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/17095/%e2%80%9cstill-waters%e2%80%9d-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-issue-38/ http://sequart.org/magazine/17095/%e2%80%9cstill-waters%e2%80%9d-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-issue-38/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:00:43 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=17095 Swamp Thing #38 “Still Waters” Cover date: July 1985. Author: Alan Moore. Artists: Stan Woch and John Totleben. Editor: Karen Berger. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. This issue opens with Abby’s and Swamp Thing’s awkward farewell. Swamp Thing feels… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/17090/growth-patterns-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-issue-37/ http://sequart.org/magazine/17090/growth-patterns-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-issue-37/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:00:18 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=17090 Swamp Thing #37 “Growth Patterns” Cover date: June 1985. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Rick Veitch & John Totleben. Editor: Karen Berger. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza.  When Alan Moore first took over writing duties on Swamp Thing, he wanted to… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/17080/the-nukeface-papers-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-issues-35-and-36/ http://sequart.org/magazine/17080/the-nukeface-papers-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-issues-35-and-36/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:00:29 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=17080 Swamp Thing #35 “The Nukeface Papers Part One” Cover date: April 1985. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Stephen Bissette and John Totleben. Editor: Karen Berger. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. The issue opens with a one page spread which acts… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/17068/%e2%80%9crite-of-spring%e2%80%9d-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-issue-34/ http://sequart.org/magazine/17068/%e2%80%9crite-of-spring%e2%80%9d-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-issue-34/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:00:25 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=17068 Swamp Thing #34 “Rite of Spring” Cover date: March 1985. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Stephen Bissette and John Totleben. Editor: Karen Berger. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. Abby returns to the world of consciousness, following her dream experience in… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/17060/pog-and-abandoned-house-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-issues-32-and-33/ http://sequart.org/magazine/17060/pog-and-abandoned-house-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-issues-32-and-33/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:00:42 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=17060 Saga of the Swamp Thing #32 “Pog” Cover date: January 1985. Writer: Alan Moore. Artist: Shawn McManus. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. Editor: Karen Berger. This issue is something of a departure for the series. Shawn McManus illustrates Moore’s tale… [more]]]> 2 http://sequart.org/magazine/17054/%e2%80%9cdown-amongst-the-dead-men%e2%80%9d-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-annual-2/ http://sequart.org/magazine/17054/%e2%80%9cdown-amongst-the-dead-men%e2%80%9d-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-annual-2/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:00:45 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=17054 Saga of the Swamp Thing Annual #2 “Down Amongst the Dead Men” 1985. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Steve Bissette & John Totleben. Editor: Karen Berger. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. Moore’s consideration of conflict in… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/12588/a-halo-of-flies-and-the-brimstone-ballet-alan-moore-swamp-thing-issues-30-31/ http://sequart.org/magazine/12588/a-halo-of-flies-and-the-brimstone-ballet-alan-moore-swamp-thing-issues-30-31/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:00:35 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=12588 Saga of the Swamp Thing #30 “A Halo of Flies” Cover date: November 1984. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Stephen Bissette and Alfredo Alcala. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. Editor: Karen Berger. The halo of flies… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/12583/love-and-death-alan-moore-swamp-thing-issue-29/ http://sequart.org/magazine/12583/love-and-death-alan-moore-swamp-thing-issue-29/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:00:27 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=12583 Saga of the Swamp Thing #29 “Love and Death” Cover date: October 1984. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Stephen Bissette & John Totleben. Letterer: John Costanza. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Editor: Karen Berger.  Abby’s previous appearance (#28) showed… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/12575/%e2%80%9cthe-burial%e2%80%9d-alan-moores-swamp-thing-issue-28/ http://sequart.org/magazine/12575/%e2%80%9cthe-burial%e2%80%9d-alan-moores-swamp-thing-issue-28/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:00:08 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=12575 Saga of the Swamp Thing #28 “The Burial” Cover date: September 1984. Writer: Alan Moore. Artist: Shawn McManus. Letterer: John Costanza. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Cover: Steve Bissette and John Totleben. Editor: Karen Berger. There is… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/12569/%e2%80%9cby-demons-driven%e2%80%9d-alan-moores-swamp-thing-issue-27/ http://sequart.org/magazine/12569/%e2%80%9cby-demons-driven%e2%80%9d-alan-moores-swamp-thing-issue-27/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:00:43 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=12569 Saga of the Swamp Thing #27 “By Demons Driven!” Cover date: August 1984. Writer: Alan Moore. Penciller: Steve Bissette. Inker: John Totleben. Letterer: John Costanza. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Cover: Steve Bissette and John Totleben. Editor:… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/12562/%e2%80%9ca-time-of-running%e2%80%9d-alan-moores-swamp-thing-issue-26/ http://sequart.org/magazine/12562/%e2%80%9ca-time-of-running%e2%80%9d-alan-moores-swamp-thing-issue-26/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:00:58 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=12562 Saga of the Swamp Thing #26 “A Time of Running” Cover date: July 1984 Writer: Alan Moore. Penciller: Steve Bissette. Inker: John Totleben. Letterer: John Costanza. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Cover: Steve Bissette and John Totleben.… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/12554/the-sleep-of-reason-alan-moores-swamp-thing-issue-25/ http://sequart.org/magazine/12554/the-sleep-of-reason-alan-moores-swamp-thing-issue-25/#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:00:18 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=12554 Saga of the Swamp Thing #25: “The Sleep of Reason” Cover date: June 1984 Writer: Alan Moore. Penciller: Steve Bissette. Inker: John Totleben. Letterer: John Costanza. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Cover: Steve Bissette and John Totleben.… [more]]]> 2 http://sequart.org/magazine/12017/%e2%80%9croots%e2%80%9d-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-issue-24/ http://sequart.org/magazine/12017/%e2%80%9croots%e2%80%9d-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-issue-24/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:00:12 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=12017 Saga of the Swamp Thing #24: “Roots” Cover date: May 1984. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Steve Bissette and John Totleben. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. Cover: Tom Yeates. Editor: Len Wein. This issue is the climax to Moore’s opening story… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/12003/another-green-world-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-issue-23/ http://sequart.org/magazine/12003/another-green-world-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-issue-23/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:30:43 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=12003 Saga of the Swamp Thing #23: ”Another Green World” Cover date: April 1984. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Steve Bissette and John Totleben. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. Cover: Tom Yeates. Editor: Len Wein. Swamp Thing is still in a virtual… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/12001/swamped-alan-moores-swamp-thing-issue-22/ http://sequart.org/magazine/12001/swamped-alan-moores-swamp-thing-issue-22/#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:00:34 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=12001 Saga of the Swamp Thing #22: “Swamped” Cover date: March 1984. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Steve Bissette and John Totleben. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: Todd Klein. Cover: Tom Yeates. Editor: Len Wein. Issue #22 opens… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/11990/%e2%80%9cthe-anatomy-lesson%e2%80%9d-alan-moores-swamp-thing-issue-21/ http://sequart.org/magazine/11990/%e2%80%9cthe-anatomy-lesson%e2%80%9d-alan-moores-swamp-thing-issue-21/#comments Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:00:22 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=11990 Saga of the Swamp Thing #21: “The Anatomy Lesson” Cover date: February 1984. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Steve Bissette and John Totleben (co-penciled by Rick Veitch). Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. Cover: Tom Yeates.… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/11986/loose-ends-alan-moores-first-issue-of-swamp-thing/ http://sequart.org/magazine/11986/loose-ends-alan-moores-first-issue-of-swamp-thing/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:00:37 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=11986 Saga of the Swamp Thing #20: “Loose Ends” Cover date: Jan 1984. Writer: Alan Moore. Penciler: Dan Day. Inker: John Totleben. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. Cover: Tom Yeates. Editor: Len Wein. Alan Moore… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/11984/a-ghost-dressed-in-weeds-unearthing-alan-moores-swamp-thing/ http://sequart.org/magazine/11984/a-ghost-dressed-in-weeds-unearthing-alan-moores-swamp-thing/#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:00:38 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=11984 Alan Moore began his career as a minor cartoonist working for his local newspaper and U.K. music magazines, producing humour strips like Maxwell the Magic Cat, Roscoe Moscow, and The Stars My Degradation. Believing himself… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/8924/parody-in-alan-moore-the-stars-my-degradation/ http://sequart.org/magazine/8924/parody-in-alan-moore-the-stars-my-degradation/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:00:09 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=8924 Alan Moore’s early professional work (such as Maxwell the Magic Cat, Roscoe Moscow, and The Stars My Degradation) was firmly rooted in comedy, which may seem at odds with the more later dramatic work he became… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/8899/alan-moore-the-stars-my-degradation/ http://sequart.org/magazine/8899/alan-moore-the-stars-my-degradation/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:00:15 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=8899 The title of Moore’s second strip for Sounds Magazine, The Stars My Degradation, owes its inspiration to a famous science-fiction novel by Alfred Bester, The Stars My Destination (1956). In the novel, Gully Foyle is… [more]]]> 2 http://sequart.org/magazine/8454/moore-gibbons-and-superman-annual-11-for-the-story-that-has-everything/ http://sequart.org/magazine/8454/moore-gibbons-and-superman-annual-11-for-the-story-that-has-everything/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:00:02 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=8454 Superman Annual #11 is a comic that stands as a classic for all the right reasons. Its main characters are the archetypal centre of the DC Universe, a “holy trinity” of superheroes – Superman, Batman,… [more]]]> 3 http://sequart.org/magazine/8752/alan-moore-roscoe-moscow/ http://sequart.org/magazine/8752/alan-moore-roscoe-moscow/#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:00:06 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=8752 The edition of Sounds magazine dated 31 March 1979 saw the publication of Alan Moore’s first instalment of Roscoe Moscow in “Who Killed Rock n’ Roll?” Unlike Maxwell the Magic Cat, which is largely composed of self-contained joke strips, Roscoe… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/8869/alan-moore-maxwell-the-magic-cat/ http://sequart.org/magazine/8869/alan-moore-maxwell-the-magic-cat/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 17:00:22 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=8869 Maxwell the Magic Cat was both written and drawn by Moore, and this strip, along with those he drew and co-wrote with Steve Moore for Sounds magazine, would support Alan and his family financially, allowing… [more]]]> 0