http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:12:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/70057/superheroes-outsiders-and-chris-ware-jimmy-corrigan-part-2/ http://sequart.org/magazine/70057/superheroes-outsiders-and-chris-ware-jimmy-corrigan-part-2/#comments Sun, 08 Sep 2019 16:00:43 +0000 Jesse Berberich http://sequart.org/?p=70057 Previously, I explored the themes of Chris Ware’s landmark graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth — specifically the role and function of the superhero in this piece and even beyond in Ware’s… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/70025/superheroes-outsiders-and-chris-ware-jimmy-corrigan/ http://sequart.org/magazine/70025/superheroes-outsiders-and-chris-ware-jimmy-corrigan/#comments Sat, 31 Aug 2019 14:52:59 +0000 Jesse Berberich http://sequart.org/?p=70025 Chris Ware’s seminal graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth is a masterwork wherein Ware chronicles the struggles of main character, Jimmy, as he navigates through life, eventually meeting his estranged father for… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/20251/humbled-%e2%80%93-a-building-stories-non-review/ http://sequart.org/magazine/20251/humbled-%e2%80%93-a-building-stories-non-review/#comments Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:00:46 +0000 Tom Shapira http://sequart.org/?p=20251 Let me be frank – this is not a review of Building Stories (Published by Pantheon Books, 2012) by Chris Ware (Published by Mr. and Ms. Ware, 1967). Nor is this an attempt at analysis,… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/10651/jimmy-corrigan-and-smartest-deconstruction-of-the-superhero-in-the-world/ http://sequart.org/magazine/10651/jimmy-corrigan-and-smartest-deconstruction-of-the-superhero-in-the-world/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:00:39 +0000 Forrest Helvie http://sequart.org/?p=10651 When dealing with 20th-century novels, James Joyce’s Ulysses is arguably the most significant work in terms of its influence on writers who would follow in the modern and postmodern traditions. In like fashion, Chris Ware’s… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/4734/clash-of-the-mythologies/ http://sequart.org/magazine/4734/clash-of-the-mythologies/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:00:49 +0000 Gene Phillips http://sequart.org/?p=4734 I can appreciate someone like Chris Ware for his artistry, which I think is beautiful, but I think his attitude stinks, it just seems to be the attitude of somebody really privileged, and honestly, try… [more]]]> 11 http://sequart.org/magazine/24916/my-favorite-comics-of-the-year/ http://sequart.org/magazine/24916/my-favorite-comics-of-the-year/#comments Mon, 25 Dec 2006 19:21:26 +0000 Rob Clough http://sequart.org/?p=24916 This was one of the best-ever years to be a fan of comics, no matter one’s tastes or interests. Fans of classic comics delighted in the first volumes of deluxe collections of Popeye, Terr’ble Thompson,… [more]]]> 0