http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:44:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/30077/on-urasawas-20th-century-boys-friends/ http://sequart.org/magazine/30077/on-urasawas-20th-century-boys-friends/#comments Tue, 26 Nov 2013 12:00:48 +0000 Colin Smith http://sequart.org/?p=30077 When I first read Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys: Friends, I stopped after the initial six pages and put the book away. For they were so perfect in themselves, so wonderfully concise and clever and moving,… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/29274/the-fire-of-youth-rachael-smiths-i-am-fire/ http://sequart.org/magazine/29274/the-fire-of-youth-rachael-smiths-i-am-fire/#comments Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:00:34 +0000 Kevin Thurman http://sequart.org/?p=29274 Rachael Smith is an exemplary cartoonist.  After her first book, The Way We Write, it was easy to see she was talented, but Rachael Smith is becoming a creator to watch. In a world of… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/15913/i-dont-want-to-grow-up/ http://sequart.org/magazine/15913/i-dont-want-to-grow-up/#comments Sat, 06 Oct 2012 11:00:04 +0000 Mike Greear http://sequart.org/?p=15913 Does being a fan of superhero comics at 28 years old make me immature and ill-prepared for the world ahead of me? Has it retarded my intellectual growth to go this long reading stories intended… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/3888/confined-spaces-morning-glories-and-the-fight-into-adulthood/ http://sequart.org/magazine/3888/confined-spaces-morning-glories-and-the-fight-into-adulthood/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:00:22 +0000 Kevin Thurman http://sequart.org/?p=3888 It is not hyperbole to say cynicism has become a problem. It would also not be over dramatic to say the problem has ballooned into great proportions with each passing generation. While there are plenty… [more]]]> 3