http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:44:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/62401/comics-the-medium-of-the-21st-century/ http://sequart.org/magazine/62401/comics-the-medium-of-the-21st-century/#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2016 12:00:26 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=62401 I’ve put forward the theory before that comics will be the defining storytelling medium of the 21st century, just as novels were in the 19th and cinema was in the 20th. It’s a theory inspired… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/59605/race-and-gender-incognegros-protagonist-is-not-the-hero-he-hopes-to-be/ http://sequart.org/magazine/59605/race-and-gender-incognegros-protagonist-is-not-the-hero-he-hopes-to-be/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2015 11:00:59 +0000 Samuel Crowe http://sequart.org/?p=59605 With the recent release of Strange Fruit #1 being critiqued for its lack of unique identity in its African-American (and even Alien-African-American) characters and unrealistic characterisation, my thoughts drew back to another piece. A comic… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/48651/we-are-the-candy-bars-of-pop-culture-guardians-of-the-galaxy-broke-something-in-me/ http://sequart.org/magazine/48651/we-are-the-candy-bars-of-pop-culture-guardians-of-the-galaxy-broke-something-in-me/#comments Sun, 03 Aug 2014 13:00:58 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=48651 I just can’t take it anymore. I know we’re in a new age of Hollywood spectacle, in which intelligence is largely relegated to a few TV shows, and viewers feel there’s no point shelling out… [more]]]> 50 http://sequart.org/magazine/48539/why-cant-erica-be-thor/ http://sequart.org/magazine/48539/why-cant-erica-be-thor/#comments Sat, 02 Aug 2014 11:00:24 +0000 Emily Malabey http://sequart.org/?p=48539 This is Erica. She will be the first to tell you all about the meaning of her name, and how it’s described in various books as the name for a female warrior, with adjectives like… [more]]]> 15 http://sequart.org/magazine/37660/alan-moore-and-super-heroes-part-5-caveats-galore/ http://sequart.org/magazine/37660/alan-moore-and-super-heroes-part-5-caveats-galore/#comments Mon, 23 Dec 2013 12:00:51 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=37660 Continued from last week. Perhaps at this point, I really ought to begin another round of caveats. First, I don’t regard the super-hero fans I’m describing as “emotionally subnormal,” nor do I think they’re representative… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/36747/a-response-to-alan-moore-from-an-emotional-normal/ http://sequart.org/magazine/36747/a-response-to-alan-moore-from-an-emotional-normal/#comments Sat, 30 Nov 2013 20:00:03 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=36747 Alan Moore is not known for being shy with his opinions, especially when it comes to the cultural intersection of comics and society. For Moore, given his spiritual and philosophical beliefs, everything is radically connected… [more]]]> 2 http://sequart.org/magazine/5131/have-we-isolated-ourselves/ http://sequart.org/magazine/5131/have-we-isolated-ourselves/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:00:08 +0000 Kevin Thurman http://sequart.org/?p=5131 Every so often we get a good comics scandal involving a creator and random fan bickering across the internet. Seemingly within days it, has sent ripples across the comics world. Jack Creator and Ralph the… [more]]]> 18 http://sequart.org/magazine/5105/shutting-off-the-criticism/ http://sequart.org/magazine/5105/shutting-off-the-criticism/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:00:51 +0000 Cody Walker http://sequart.org/?p=5105 Let’s talk about who we are as fans for a moment, shall we? There was a time in my life when events that would “change everything” would upset me. When Superman transformed into a being… [more]]]> 4