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An Introduction’s Inevitable Conclusion: Art Spiegelman: Golden Age Superheroes were Shaped by the Rise of Fascism

Matthew Kirshenblatt — Thu, 24 Dec 2020 16:23:15 +0000

It’s hard to believe that it’s been over a year since the Folio Society published Marvel: The Golden Age 1939–1949 as compiled and edited by Roy Thomas. I saw it as a sponsored Facebook advertisement… [more]

“Skyscrapers and Democratic Institutions”: Trauma and Politics in Art Spiegelman’s In the Shadow of No Towers

Rafael Alves Azevedo — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 16:00:40 +0000

In the Shadow of No Towers" title="“Skyscrapers and Democratic Institutions”: Trauma and Politics in Art Spiegelman’s In the Shadow of No Towers" style="float:left;" />15 years ago, the United States were attacked by al-Qaeda on a day that would have a lasting political, economical, and cultural impact on America and arguably the rest of the world. More than any… [more]

On Canons, Critics, Consensus, and Comics, Part 3

Greg Carpenter — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 18:00:57 +0000

This week marks the final installment of our search for a comics canon. As I mentioned in the first column, I recently conducted a survey of the people who contribute to Sequart. A total of 25… [more]

On Canons, Critics, Consensus, and Comics, Part 2

Greg Carpenter — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:00:35 +0000

As I explained in last week’s column, I recently asked my fellow Sequart contributors to answer the following question: “What are the 10 greatest works in the history of the comics medium, and who are the… [more]

1986, The Year That Changed Comics: Introduction, Part 2

Peter Sanderson — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:00:51 +0000

Over the course of the coming months, Sequart will be serializing chapters from my forthcoming book, currently titled 1986: The Year That Changed Comics, here on their website. This book originated as a year-long monthly… [more]

1986, The Year That Changed Comics: Introduction

Peter Sanderson — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:00:38 +0000

In discussions of graphic novels, three works that are regularly cited as landmarks of the medium are Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’s highly acclaimed Watchmen, Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus, and Frank Miller’s Batman: The… [more]

American Thesis #5: The Revisionary Superhero and a New Breed of Comics

Jeff Tepper — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 16:47:51 +0000

After the industry’s expansion, through the use of direct distribution, comic books matured into a more intelligent and enjoyable entertainment. As readership of independent and underground comics increased, new characters emerged with dark and complicated… [more]

In The Beginning…#5

Chris Chopping — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:19:46 +0000

A Different Kind of Hero The popular preconception of comics is that they’re all about costumed crime fighters battling super-villains and saving the city / world, but of course there is a lot more to… [more]

American Thesis #1: Introduction

Jeff Tepper — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:28:19 +0000

Matthew Pustz, author of Comic Book Culture: Fanboys and True Believers, argues that any serious comic book reader can remember his or her very first comic. Many readers recall a surprising amount about the book… [more]

Anniversary Blues

Shathley Q — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 17:08:14 +0000

Up and down this year. We commemorated some anniversaries, added some others. Among the first, notably the publication of Einstein’s Specific at its centennial and Hiroshima + Nagasaki at their 60th. And among the second,… [more]

On In the Shadow of No Towers

Julian Darius — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 12:00:36 +0000

In the Shadow of No Towers" title="On In the Shadow of No Towers" style="float:left;" />In 2004, coinciding with the Presidential elections, Art Spiegelman released In the Shadow of No Towers. It was the first time his work had penetrated the bookstore since his Maus, which had since won a… [more]

Media Coverage of Comic Books: The Case of 60 Minutes II

Julian Darius — Wed, 30 Oct 2002 12:00:33 +0000

60 Minutes II" title="Media Coverage of Comic Books: The Case of 60 Minutes II" style="float:left;" />Tonight, I watched 60 Minutes II because I read online that Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada, popular hero for returning (or contributing to the return of) Marvel Comics to greatness (or something closer), would be on the… [more]