http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:44:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/28602/valerian-spaceships-simulacra-and-star-wars/ http://sequart.org/magazine/28602/valerian-spaceships-simulacra-and-star-wars/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:30:57 +0000 Nicolas Labarre http://sequart.org/?p=28602 The French Connection is back after a long hiatus with the same purpose it had two years ago, to present and review significant bande-dessinées. Previous columns dealt with recent publications, works by Sfar, Trondheim or… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/602/grant-morrison-from-the-asylum-to-the-star/ http://sequart.org/magazine/602/grant-morrison-from-the-asylum-to-the-star/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:41:16 +0000 Nicolas Labarre http://sequart.org/?p=602 Grant Morrison has been one of the three most influential writers working in mainstream comics over the last 20 years (the other two being Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman). Since Timothy Callahan has mostly devoted… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/28596/not-so-ordinary-victories/ http://sequart.org/magazine/28596/not-so-ordinary-victories/#comments Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:24:06 +0000 Nicolas Labarre http://sequart.org/?p=28596 To my surprise, Manu Larcenet was nominated for last year’s Eisners (“Best US edition of Foreign Material”). He did not win, since Sfar did, but that was a reliable signal that Larcenet had acquired both… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/28590/deep-in-the-donjon/ http://sequart.org/magazine/28590/deep-in-the-donjon/#comments Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:16:29 +0000 Nicolas Labarre http://sequart.org/?p=28590 I wasn’t sure where to start, now that the introductory articles are over. Should I focus on a mainstream, and therefore easily accessible, series? Should I select, instead, some obscure but brilliant work, while knowing… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/28582/independents-andor-avant-garde/ http://sequart.org/magazine/28582/independents-andor-avant-garde/#comments Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:07:29 +0000 Nicolas Labarre http://sequart.org/?p=28582 In the latest issue of l’Eprouvette, a critical review published by l’Association, BD creator Edmond Baudouin provides a retrospective look on his relationship to the medium. Since he hadn’t read much BD, he started in… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/28575/bandes-dessinees-the-rear-guard/ http://sequart.org/magazine/28575/bandes-dessinees-the-rear-guard/#comments Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:00:05 +0000 Nicolas Labarre http://sequart.org/?p=28575 As the art critic Clement Greenberg wrote in 1939, “where there is an avant-garde, generally we also find a rear guard.” He also noted that while the avant-garde is the focus of much attention, the… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/2726/introduction-bandes-dessinees-in-a-material-world/ http://sequart.org/magazine/2726/introduction-bandes-dessinees-in-a-material-world/#comments Wed, 31 May 2006 15:20:44 +0000 Nicolas Labarre http://sequart.org/?p=2726 My name is Nicolas Labarre. I am French, and while completing my Ph.D., including a dissertation on “Theories of Mass Culture in the United States,” I write comics. Or more precisely, bandes dessinées. This reminds… [more]]]> 0