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Ever to Ashes: The Unadaptable Nature of the Dark Phoenix Saga

J. Andrew Deman — Sat, 08 Jun 2019 01:00:17 +0000

INTRO As Hollywood takes its second big stab at The Dark Phoenix Saga, the most popular X-Men storyline of all-time, certain age-old arguments about the adaptability of comics properties find new footing in our collective… [more]

Expanded Version of Chris Claremont’s X-Men Now Available from Amazon Video, iTunes

Mike Phillips — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 12:00:20 +0000

Chris Claremont’s X-Men Now Available from Amazon Video, iTunes" title="Expanded Version of Chris Claremont’s X-Men Now Available from Amazon Video, iTunes" style="float:left;" />Originally clocking in at 42 minutes, Sequart Organization and Respect Films are proud to announce that a revised and expanded 70-minute version of Chris Claremont’s X-Men is now available on Amazon Video and iTunes! Chris Claremont… [more]

The Best There is at What He Does in Current Previews Catalog

Mike Phillips — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 06:01:06 +0000

The Best There is at What He Does in Current Previews Catalog" title="The Best There is at What He Does in Current Previews Catalog" style="float:left;" />If you like to make all of your hard-copy purchases through your Local Comics Shop, and you want The Best There is at What He Does: Examining Chris Claremont’s X-Men (by Jason Powell), we are pleased… [more]

Word on a Wing: Claremont’s Samurai Detective Colleen Wing

Michael Campochiaro — Fri, 25 Nov 2016 20:30:49 +0000

Colleen Wing, the samurai detective who formed one half of the investigative agency Nightwing Restorations Ltd. with Misty Knight, is a complex and vastly underrated character. Created in 1974 by Doug Moench and Larry Hama… [more]

Sequart Releases The Best There is at What He Does: Examining Chris Claremont’s X-Men

Julian Darius — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 11:00:16 +0000

The Best There is at What He Does: Examining Chris Claremont’s X-Men" title="Sequart Releases The Best There is at What He Does: Examining Chris Claremont’s X-Men" style="float:left;" />Sequart Organization is proud to announce the publication of The Best There is at What He Does: Examining Chris Claremont’s X-Men, by Jason Powell. The X-Men franchise is a sprawling comic-book mythology, to which hundreds… [more]

The X-Men Series Re-Watch: X-Men

James Kelly — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 18:00:16 +0000

X-Men" title="The X-Men Series Re-Watch: X-Men" style="float:left;" />Does the first X-Men stand the test of time, or is it a film that is better remembered than revisited? [more]

Thomas J. McLean on Mutant Cinema: The X-Men Trilogy from Comics to Screen

Mike Phillips — Sun, 07 Feb 2016 18:00:29 +0000

Mutant Cinema: The X-Men Trilogy from Comics to Screen" title="Thomas J. McLean on Mutant Cinema: The X-Men Trilogy from Comics to Screen" style="float:left;" />As part of its ongoing Patreon campaign, Sequart runs a Book/Movie of the Month Club. Patrons get a digital copy of a Sequart book or movie at the beginning of each month, and they’re invited… [more]

Information for the Fourth Annual Locust Moon Comics Festival

Mike Phillips — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 19:00:11 +0000

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: The Locust Moon Comic Festival, Philadelphia’s rapidly growing independent comics expo, has announced a star-studded guest list and an expanded slate of programs for its fourth annual event, to be held… [more]

How The Avengers Became the Center of the Marvel Universe

Tom Speelman — Tue, 12 May 2015 11:00:18 +0000

The Avengers Became the Center of the Marvel Universe" title="How The Avengers Became the Center of the Marvel Universe" style="float:left;" />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]

“It Would Have Made a Great Comic”: On Skrull Kill Krew #1-5 (The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 43)

Colin Smith — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 12:00:05 +0000

Skrull Kill Krew #1-5 (The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 43)" title="“It Would Have Made a Great Comic”: On Skrull Kill Krew #1-5 (The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 43)" style="float:left;" />Continued from last week. Yet whatever its strengths, Morrison and Millar’s 2099 proposal went to waste, with a far less sweeping and less nostalgic series of changes being introduced instead. As part of the ongoing… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Dying of the Light

Christopher Maurer — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 11:00:04 +0000

After putting them through the wringer with Inferno, Chris Claremont gave our merry mutants a two issue break filled with shopping and drinking while simultaneously broaching the fallout of the event and introducing Jubilee. Now… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Inferno Finale

Christopher Maurer — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 11:00:58 +0000

Inferno Finale" title="X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Inferno Finale" style="float:left;" />Writers: Chris Claremont (X-Men), Louise Simonson (X-Factor) Pencilers: Marc Silvestri (X-Men), Walter Simonson (X-Factor) Inkers: Dan Green/Hilary Barta (X-Men), Al Milgrom (X-Factor) Colorists: Glynis Oliver (X-Men), Tom Vincent (X-Factor) Letters: Tom Orzechowski (X-Men), Joe Rosen… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Inferno Part 2

Christopher Maurer — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:00:37 +0000

Inferno Part 2" title="X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Inferno Part 2" style="float:left;" />The son of Scott Summers/Cyclops, Nathan Christopher, is finally in the hands of his demonically twisted mother Madelyne Pryor aka The Goblin Queen. Her promises to turn the world to ashes seem very probable given… [more]

Guarding the Galaxy from the Discount Bin: Star-Lord: The Special Edition

Greg Carpenter — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 15:00:46 +0000

Star-Lord: The Special Edition" title="Guarding the Galaxy from the Discount Bin: Star-Lord: The Special Edition" style="float:left;" />Okay, I’ll admit it. I’m not in love with the Guardians of the Galaxy trailer. I know this puts me in the comic book community’s version of the flat Earth society, but I’m fine with… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Inferno Part 1

Christopher Maurer — Sat, 05 Jul 2014 15:00:51 +0000

Inferno Part 1" title="X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Inferno Part 1" style="float:left;" />The first major crossover of my time as devotee of the Uncanny X-Men, Inferno marked the culmination of year’s worth of story, a vast majority of which I was unfamiliar with at the time, and… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Prelude to Inferno

Christopher Maurer — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 19:00:24 +0000

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Prelude to Inferno" title="X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Prelude to Inferno" style="float:left;" />Genosha was now in the rearview mirror but for the last several issues, ever since her dream sequence with S’ym, something had been building with Madelyne Pryor. The demon “stabbed” her in the heart with… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Part 10

Christopher Maurer — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 11:00:56 +0000

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Part 10" title="X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Part 10" style="float:left;" />We left off last issue with Rogue / Ace and Wolverine rescuing Phillip Moreau from the Mutant Train with promises to “…bring this flamin’ country down” while their teammates finally arrived in Genosha on their… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Part 9

Christopher Maurer — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 19:00:19 +0000

Writer: Chris Claremont Penciler: Rick Leonardi Inker: Terry Austin Colorist: Glynis Oliver Letter: Tom Orzechowski Editor: Bob Harras We left a depowered Wolverine and Rogue, with the Carol Danvers persona in charge of the psyche… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Part 8

Christopher Maurer — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 11:00:04 +0000

Writer: Chris Claremont Penciler: Marc Silvestri Inker: Dan Green Colorist: Petra Scotese Letter: Tom Orzechowski Editor: Bob Harras With this issue, Marc Silvestri is back on pencil duty along with Dan Green on inks. In… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Part 7

Christopher Maurer — Fri, 30 May 2014 15:00:16 +0000

Writer: Chris Claremont Penciler: Rick Leonardi Inker: P. Craig Russell Colorist: Glynis Oliver Letter: Tom Orzechowski Editor: Bob Harras When we left our mutants last, the team had returned to their Outback home following a… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Part 6

Christopher Maurer — Sat, 24 May 2014 17:00:42 +0000

Writer: Chris Claremont Penciler: Marc Silvestri Inker: Josef Rubinstein Colorist: Glynis Oliver Letter: Tom Orzechowski Editor: Bob Harras That is without a doubt one of my favorite X-Men covers of not just this portion of… [more]

Going Old School: A Review of Nightcrawler #1-2

David G — Wed, 21 May 2014 20:00:57 +0000

Nightcrawler #1-2" title="Going Old School: A Review of Nightcrawler #1-2" style="float:left;" />According to Urban Dictionary.com, “old school” is defined as: “Anything that is from an earlier era and looked upon with high regard or respect. Can be used to refer to music, clothing, language, or anything… [more]

Chris Claremont and Documentary Filmmaking: An Interview with Patrick Meaney

Harry Edmundson-Cornell — Wed, 21 May 2014 11:00:11 +0000

Sequart has a new documentary all about Chris Claremont. We sat down with director Patrick Meaney to talk about comics, filmmaking, and working with Claremont: SEQUART: A lot of the times documentaries get a critical… [more]

Claremont’s Days of Future Past: A Story About Kitty Pryde

Ian Dawe — Tue, 20 May 2014 11:00:28 +0000

Days of Future Past: A Story About Kitty Pryde" title="Claremont’s Days of Future Past: A Story About Kitty Pryde" style="float:left;" />Unlike many comics fans, I never actually read X-Men as a child all those years ago. In fact, I stayed away from most superhero titles, other than the odd cross-over with Superman and Batman when… [more]

Dear X-Men… It’s Not You, It’s Me

Greg Carpenter — Mon, 19 May 2014 11:00:43 +0000

I’ve been putting off writing this column for a while now. When I first heard we were doing an X-Men week here at Sequart, I wasn’t too worried. After all, I’ve got a shelf full… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Part 5

Christopher Maurer — Sat, 17 May 2014 11:00:41 +0000

Writer: Chris Claremont Penciler: Marc Silvestri Inker: Dan Green Colorist: Glynis Oliver Letter: Tom Orzechowski Editor: Bob Harras Right off the bat, largely due to the graphic on the cover declaring “NOW ON SALE TWICE… [more]

Sequart Officially Releases Chris Claremont X-Men Documentary

Mike Phillips — Tue, 13 May 2014 14:00:09 +0000

Sequart Organization and Respect Films are proud to announce that our Chris Claremont X-Men documentary is now officially released, including on Vimeo and DVD. Comics in Focus: Chris Claremont’s X-Men offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse at… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Part 4

Christopher Maurer — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 11:00:13 +0000

Writer: Chris Claremont Penciler: Marc Silvestri Inker: Dan Green Colorist: Glynis Oliver Letter: Tom Orzechowski Editor: Ann Nocenti & Bob Harras From the demon filled fields of Limbo and the drama of the Rasputin family… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Part 3

Christopher Maurer — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:00:46 +0000

Continued Technically speaking, well rather chronologically speaking, the next issue to be addressed in this look back at my formative X-Men years would be #230. Since I already addressed that story here on the site, I… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Part 2

Christopher Maurer — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 11:00:20 +0000

Writer: Chris Claremont Penciler: Marc Silvestri Inker: Dan Green Colorist: Glynis Oliver Letter: Tom Orzechowski Editor: Ann Nocenti continued With the eulogy to their previous lives delivered last issue in Deadly Games! , with this… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Part 1

Christopher Maurer — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 11:00:34 +0000

It was certainly not the first time that Marvel’s Merry Mutants left the comfortable grounds of the Xavier Mansion that housed The School for Gifted Youngsters. Way back in the late 1960’s, when Charles Xavier… [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]

A Merry Marvel Mutant X-Mas

Christopher Maurer — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 12:00:24 +0000

In the internet world, specifically that of the comic book discussing community, I am beginning to think that I share a brain with Brett White who writes the “In Your Face Jam” column for CBR.… [more]

Comics in Focus: Chris Claremont’s X-Men Documentary to Premiere (for Free) at Columbia University, with Chris Claremont Q&A to Follow

Mike Phillips — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 20:00:30 +0000

Comics in Focus: Chris Claremont’s X-Men Documentary to Premiere (for Free) at Columbia University, with Chris Claremont Q&A to Follow" title="Comics in Focus: Chris Claremont’s X-Men Documentary to Premiere (for Free) at Columbia University, with Chris Claremont Q&A to Follow" style="float:left;" />Sequart Research & Literacy Organization, in conjunction with Columbia University, is proud to announce the (completely free-of-charge) film premiere of Comics in Focus: Chris Claremont’s X-Men, including a Q&A with Chris Claremont. On Monday, October… [more]

Patrick Meaney: The Sequart Interview

Julian Darius — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:00:32 +0000

Patrick Meaney is the author of Our Sentence is Up, as well as essays in several Sequart anthologies and a contributor to Sequart.org. He’s also the director of Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods and Warren… [more]

Jason Aaron on Why Wolverine Endures

Patrick Meaney — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 22:00:47 +0000

As a longtime writer of Wolverine both in Wolverine and the X-Men and the X-Men solo series, Jason Aaron knows the character well. But what is it that makes Wolverine such an enduring presence in… [more]

Chris Claremont on the Original Plan for Maddy Pryor

Patrick Meaney — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 11:00:26 +0000

Chris Claremont’s run on X-Men / Uncanny X-Men was a milestone achievement for Marvel and super-hero comics in general, spanning seventeen years and hundreds of stories. One of Claremont’s more intriguing characters was Maddy Pryor… [more]

Alan Moore’s Miracleman and the Influence of Chris Claremont’s Dark Phoenix Saga

Julian Darius — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:00:53 +0000

Miracleman and the Influence of Chris Claremont’s Dark Phoenix Saga" title="Alan Moore’s Miracleman and the Influence of Chris Claremont’s Dark Phoenix Saga" style="float:left;" />Having reached the halfway point of Book One, let’s pause and consider the influence of Chris Claremont and John Byrne’s Dark Phoenix saga on the way Moore presents his own hero-turned-villain, Kid Miracleman. (We’ve previously… [more]

Sequart’s Chris Claremont Documentary Adds New Kickstarter Rewards

Mike Phillips — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:00:20 +0000

Sequart & Respect’s Chris Claremont Kickstarter campaign has entered its final days, and two exciting donation reward levels have been added: Would you like to ask Chris Claremont a question and have it possibly end… [more]

Why Chris Claremont’s X-Men?: A Look at Comics in Focus

Patrick Meaney — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 12:00:05 +0000

Comics in Focus" title="Why Chris Claremont’s X-Men?: A Look at Comics in Focus" style="float:left;" />Over the past two years, I’ve produced two feature length documentaries about iconic comic book writers, Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods and Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts. I’ve also thought a lot about what other stories… [more]

New Documentary Film: Comics in Focus: Chris Claremont’s X-Men

Julian Darius — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 01:48:21 +0000

Comics in Focus: Chris Claremont’s X-Men" title="New Documentary Film: Comics in Focus: Chris Claremont’s X-Men" style="float:left;" />Sequart and Respect Films are proud to announce a new documentary film, the first in a new series that will take advantage of new forms of distribution. A Kickstarter campaign has been created to help… [more]

Reintroducing: Sovereign Seven #2

Jonny Rice — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:42:22 +0000

Sovereign Seven #2 DC Comics August 1995 By Chris Claremont, Dwayne Turner & Jerome K. Moore “The Twelve Chairs” (32 Pages) The first Chris Claremont comic I ever read was X-Men (Vol. 2) #1, published… [more]

Reintroducing: Sovereign Seven #1

Jonny Rice — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:29:46 +0000

Sovereign Seven #1 DC Comics July 1995 By Chris Claremont & Dwayne Turner “It Was a Dark and Stormy Night…” (38 Pages) First off, I should admit something: I go back and forth between thinking… [more]

Reintroducing: Sovereign Seven

Jonny Rice — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:14:09 +0000

Call me crazy, but I want to write about Sovereign Seven. Why? Well, because for a short time, Chris Claremont wrote for DC Comics. And no one seems to care. Besides Stan Lee, no one… [more]

Fall of the Mutants, Part 1

Mike Phillips — Sun, 21 Aug 2005 13:28:46 +0000

Fall of the Mutants, Part 1" title="Fall of the Mutants, Part 1" style="float:left;" />The quest is a simple one: There are a lot of crossovers out there for you to dive into, and Sequart is going to try to steer you toward the better ones. Welcome to a… [more]

All the News of February

Julian Darius — Thu, 04 Mar 2004 15:00:56 +0000

ApologiaThe Comics Blotter has been absent for a month while I worked on other projects. As such, we are coving the last month of news, with new stories given some preference in our line-up. A… [more]

Optic Verve X-Travaganza!

Matt Martin — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 19:03:39 +0000

Just for the sake of doing something different (y’know, like me reviewing more than one book a week), I thought I’d take advantage of the fact that four books with X’s in their titles all… [more]