http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:12:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/60133/fantastic-four-masterworks-vol-1-review/ http://sequart.org/magazine/60133/fantastic-four-masterworks-vol-1-review/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2015 17:00:24 +0000 Tom Speelman http://sequart.org/?p=60133 The one upside of the recent Fantastic Four movie slinking into and out of theatres is that Comixology had a flash sale on several starting points in the continuity of Marvel’s First Family. I bought… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/57245/how-the-avengers-became-the-center-of-the-marvel-universe/ http://sequart.org/magazine/57245/how-the-avengers-became-the-center-of-the-marvel-universe/#comments Tue, 12 May 2015 11:00:18 +0000 Tom Speelman http://sequart.org/?p=57245 From 1961 to 1965, in a white-hot blaze of publisher demand and creativity, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, John Romita Sr. and others hammered out the entire Marvel Universe. In the process, they made… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/57236/joss-whedons-interpretation-of-captain-america/ http://sequart.org/magazine/57236/joss-whedons-interpretation-of-captain-america/#comments Sun, 10 May 2015 11:00:36 +0000 Tom Speelman http://sequart.org/?p=57236 2012 was inarguably Joss Whedon’s biggest year ever. Not only did he take center stage of a sold-out ravishing audience at the 10th anniversary Firefly reunion panel at San Diego Comic-Con, have his micro-budget adaptation… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/53918/top-10-comics-in-2015/ http://sequart.org/magazine/53918/top-10-comics-in-2015/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2015 12:00:55 +0000 Tom Speelman http://sequart.org/?p=53918 2014 was a stunning year for comics. Between the debut and rapid success of many creator-owned series to superhero comics finally growing in big ways, comics are only getting even better. 2015 seems to be… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/49611/the-last-roundup-for-now/ http://sequart.org/magazine/49611/the-last-roundup-for-now/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2014 11:00:06 +0000 Tom Speelman http://sequart.org/?p=49611 If I told you my favorite comic book run, you’d be a little surprised. Given that I have a whole bookshelf section for him, you might assume it’s a Superman run. Or given that I… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/48091/the-good-duck-artist-and-the-godfather-of-comics/ http://sequart.org/magazine/48091/the-good-duck-artist-and-the-godfather-of-comics/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2014 11:00:26 +0000 Tom Speelman http://sequart.org/?p=48091 In less than a week, I’ll be presenting at the 22nd Annual Comics Arts Conference at Comic-Con on something I’ve been studying for three years. In my freshman composition class, we were instructed to vote… [more]]]> 1