http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:44:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/39959/great-books-vs-late-books-should-marvel-switch-to-a-bi-monthly-schedule/ http://sequart.org/magazine/39959/great-books-vs-late-books-should-marvel-switch-to-a-bi-monthly-schedule/#comments Fri, 21 Feb 2014 18:00:58 +0000 Paul Jaissle http://sequart.org/?p=39959 When you picked up Hawkeye #16 in late January, you might have been wondering what happened to issue #15. Well, it turns out that #15, originally solicited for September, is finally scheduled to arrive in stores February… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/9006/sequart-podcast-1-the-changing-format-of-comics/ http://sequart.org/magazine/9006/sequart-podcast-1-the-changing-format-of-comics/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:00:35 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=9006 Guests Kevin Thurman and David Balan discuss the future of the comics form, and the implications of digital comics. File: Sequart Podcast #1: The Changing Format of Comics Host: Julian Darius Runtime: 59:09 File size:… [more]]]> 4 http://sequart.org/magazine/6605/perishable-how-monthlies-can-warp-our-perspectives/ http://sequart.org/magazine/6605/perishable-how-monthlies-can-warp-our-perspectives/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:00:31 +0000 Kevin Thurman http://sequart.org/?p=6605 Talking about monthly comics vs the graphic novel is not revolutionary by any stretch. At this point we have heard from damn near every creator about which is preferred: the monthly comic or the graphic… [more]]]> 8 http://sequart.org/magazine/2362/roundtable-on-current-super-hero-comics-the-problem-of-nostalgia-and-the-genres-future/ http://sequart.org/magazine/2362/roundtable-on-current-super-hero-comics-the-problem-of-nostalgia-and-the-genres-future/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:00:59 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=2362 Depending on whom you ask, current super-hero comics are either sub-competent exercises in nostalgia or exciting, dynamic explorations of heroism, adapted for contemporary times. To explore this subject, I’ve invited Cody Walker, author of the… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/1337/the-pop-manifesto/ http://sequart.org/magazine/1337/the-pop-manifesto/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:00:22 +0000 Colin Smith http://sequart.org/?p=1337 It’s not the responsibility of a manifesto to make sense. It’s the job of a manifesto to make it appear that the things which it claims to oppose don’t make sense. Few comic books can… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/387/on-digital-comics-and-the-need-for-marketing/ http://sequart.org/magazine/387/on-digital-comics-and-the-need-for-marketing/#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:00:44 +0000 Cody Walker http://sequart.org/?p=387 Recently, Ron Marz started a bi-weekly column over at Comic Book Resources titled “Shelf Life,” and his December 30th column got people talking. The central argument in the Marz article is that publishers should branch away… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/784/on-the-anthology-format/ http://sequart.org/magazine/784/on-the-anthology-format/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:57:12 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=784 Tim Callahan’s recent “When Worlds Collide” column has me thinking about anthologies. We all know they don’t sell. Just consider the great anthologies that have been cancelled or just plain aren’t around anymore. Vertigo used to… [more]]]> 3 http://sequart.org/magazine/2512/why-comics-matter/ http://sequart.org/magazine/2512/why-comics-matter/#comments Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:00:03 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=2512 The following video consists of a lecture I delivered on 5 January 2006 at Glen Carbon Centennial Library in Glen Carbon, Illinois. The total runtime is 46 minutes. Because of its length, it has been… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/19712/comics-in-other-media/ http://sequart.org/magazine/19712/comics-in-other-media/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2005 20:39:38 +0000 Robert A. Emmons, Jr. http://sequart.org/?p=19712 Superheroes have been in our language for years. Nearly every American, somewhere along the line, has been exposed to superheroes or comic books either directly or peripherally. In the least, we all certainly could name… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/884/attention-versus-quality-or-fuck-the-market/ http://sequart.org/magazine/884/attention-versus-quality-or-fuck-the-market/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2003 17:00:49 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=884 People love to complain about it. I can’t enter a comic shop without hearing it. Everyone in American comics seems to want another boom — as if the last one was good for us. Well,… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/1991/against-speculators/ http://sequart.org/magazine/1991/against-speculators/#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2003 12:00:13 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=1991 Comics in the early ’90s were full of collectors, people who bought comics not to read them but to collect them. And comic book companies catered to this market, printing multiple covers, foil-enhanced covers, holographic… [more]]]> 0