http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:44:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/57583/the-flash-122-review/ http://sequart.org/magazine/57583/the-flash-122-review/#comments Fri, 15 May 2015 17:00:44 +0000 Logan Ludwig http://sequart.org/?p=57583 “Rogue Air” is a near perfect penultimate episode of a season. It manages to reinforce the central themes and purpose of The Flash while simultaneously building off of all the material and characters the season… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/57209/the-flash-120-review/ http://sequart.org/magazine/57209/the-flash-120-review/#comments Sun, 03 May 2015 17:00:24 +0000 Logan Ludwig http://sequart.org/?p=57209 A good villain is one of the most important parts of just about any superhero story. Antagonists and conflict are essential to just about all sorts of drama, but when it comes to superheroics there’s… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/56559/the-flash-117-review/ http://sequart.org/magazine/56559/the-flash-117-review/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2015 17:00:28 +0000 Logan Ludwig http://sequart.org/?p=56559 One of the most surprisingly canny aspects of The Flash is how it’s not the first television series to bear that name. It was a mildly unexpected decision to cast John Wesley Shipp, the actor… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/56452/the-flash-116-review/ http://sequart.org/magazine/56452/the-flash-116-review/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2015 17:00:24 +0000 Logan Ludwig http://sequart.org/?p=56452 It turns out that “Rogue Time” isn’t quite the episode I expected at the close of “Out of Time” last week. Barry’s jaunt back in time seemed like the perfect way to undo some of… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/56233/iconism-hurts-dc-characters/ http://sequart.org/magazine/56233/iconism-hurts-dc-characters/#comments Sat, 28 Mar 2015 11:00:21 +0000 Ed Cambro http://sequart.org/?p=56233 Most of everyone knows, especially through the hit TV show, that Barry Allen is the Flash. And he is. But he isn’t the Flash. For an entire generation, Wally West was the Flash. After 1986’s… [more]]]> 6 http://sequart.org/magazine/56220/the-flash-115-review/ http://sequart.org/magazine/56220/the-flash-115-review/#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2015 11:00:59 +0000 Logan Ludwig http://sequart.org/?p=56220 Two-part episodes are always a bit of a challenge. One of the bigger obstacles that comes with episodic television arises from the need to tell compelling stories that resolve themselves within a single hour. As… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/55178/the-flash-113-review/ http://sequart.org/magazine/55178/the-flash-113-review/#comments Sat, 14 Feb 2015 18:00:21 +0000 Logan Ludwig http://sequart.org/?p=55178 The mark of a successful long running television show is the way it can reinvigorate an old formula. TV is a medium that thrives on repetition, particularly in the American network model of broadcast. When… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/54957/tv-flash-112-review/ http://sequart.org/magazine/54957/tv-flash-112-review/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2015 18:00:22 +0000 Logan Ludwig http://sequart.org/?p=54957 “Crazy for You” is a very good episode of The Flash. It’s fleet, lots of fun, and totally in control of all of its component parts. This episode veers from light camp, to somber emotional… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/54613/tv-flash-111-review/ http://sequart.org/magazine/54613/tv-flash-111-review/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2015 12:00:44 +0000 Logan Ludwig http://sequart.org/?p=54613 There’s something about “The Sound and the Fury” that just doesn’t work. Perhaps it’s that the villain never really sparks, or maybe it’s that the episode does plenty of teasing in regards to Dr. Wells’… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/54463/tv-flash-110-review/ http://sequart.org/magazine/54463/tv-flash-110-review/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2015 12:00:00 +0000 Logan Ludwig http://sequart.org/?p=54463 “Revenge of the Rogues” clearly demonstrates how The Flash has mastered its tone, which may sound like faint praise, but is a true compliment considering just how young this series is. Less than halfway through… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/52824/tv-flash-108-review/ http://sequart.org/magazine/52824/tv-flash-108-review/#comments Sat, 06 Dec 2014 18:00:44 +0000 Logan Ludwig http://sequart.org/?p=52824 One of the exciting things about bringing two superheroes together is seeing how they interact with one another. Most of the big, marquee heroes have their own distinct outlook on the world; Superman is optimistic,… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/52677/tv-flash-107-review/ http://sequart.org/magazine/52677/tv-flash-107-review/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2014 18:00:47 +0000 Logan Ludwig http://sequart.org/?p=52677 “Power Outage” is an ambitious episode of television; it’s filled with ideas, themes, and plots. All of which is nice to see, both in that it demonstrates the heights that the creative team is reaching… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/52362/tv-flash-106-review/ http://sequart.org/magazine/52362/tv-flash-106-review/#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2014 18:00:12 +0000 Logan Ludwig http://sequart.org/?p=52362 The moments that work in “The Flash is Born” mostly occur around the edges of the central plot. The main focus of the episode isn’t a total bust, but it is pretty standard material featuring… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/51225/the-flash-102-fastest-man-alive-review/ http://sequart.org/magazine/51225/the-flash-102-fastest-man-alive-review/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2014 17:00:53 +0000 Logan Ludwig http://sequart.org/?p=51225 Just about any second episode of a television series is going to repeat the pilot and its story beats to some extent. Now that the series is getting down to the business of actually being… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/43739/the-american-superhero-comics-of-mark-millar-part-20/ http://sequart.org/magazine/43739/the-american-superhero-comics-of-mark-millar-part-20/#comments Tue, 27 May 2014 11:00:17 +0000 Colin Smith http://sequart.org/?p=43739 Continued from last week. Millar’s habit of writing Swamp Thing tales, which demanded the presence of off-limits DCU characters, never entirely faded. Even at the climax of his run, and despite almost three years of… [more]]]> 0