http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:12:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/69450/sequart-releases-somewhere-beyond-the-heavens-exploring-battlestar-galactica/ http://sequart.org/magazine/69450/sequart-releases-somewhere-beyond-the-heavens-exploring-battlestar-galactica/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2018 13:00:02 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=69450 Sequart is proud to announce the publication of Somewhere Beyond the Heavens: Exploring Battlestar Galactica, edited by Rich Handley and Lou Tambone. Glen A. Larson’s Battlestar Galactica only lasted for a single season, yet it earned its… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/64659/invisible-republic-begins-a-new-arc-in-issue-11/ http://sequart.org/magazine/64659/invisible-republic-begins-a-new-arc-in-issue-11/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2016 20:15:30 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=64659 The new story arc of Invisible Republic, which begins here in issue #11, is a bit of a departure from previous issues and arcs in this compelling and complex science fiction drama. Readers will remember… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/63791/invisible-republic-10-new-wrinkles/ http://sequart.org/magazine/63791/invisible-republic-10-new-wrinkles/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2016 19:45:46 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=63791 Invisible Republic is only just now in its tenth issue, but it feels as if there have been many more than that. The complexity of the world, and the subtlety with which Gabriel Hardman and… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/62914/invisible-republic-9-a-new-perspective/ http://sequart.org/magazine/62914/invisible-republic-9-a-new-perspective/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2016 19:20:52 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=62914 The latest issue of Invisible Republic begins with a welcome look into Maia’s past. The little incident in the fish farm that’s depicted reinforces two main character points: that Maia is a lot stronger than… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/62363/invisible-republic-8-the-maia-difference/ http://sequart.org/magazine/62363/invisible-republic-8-the-maia-difference/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2016 17:30:34 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=62363 Both Arthur McBride and his cousin Maia Reveron eventually become revolutionary leaders: this is not really much of a spoiler for the continuing saga of Invisible Republic. But it’s important to note the differences between… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/62333/my-pick-for-the-best-comic-of-2015-invisible-republic/ http://sequart.org/magazine/62333/my-pick-for-the-best-comic-of-2015-invisible-republic/#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2016 19:00:26 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=62333 “Beware the best-of list”, Shakespeare once wrote. Or he should have. There are deep problems with basing one’s opinion of the literature worth reading on one critic’s list of the “best” of the year, most… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/61418/invisible-republic-7-you-cant-leave/ http://sequart.org/magazine/61418/invisible-republic-7-you-cant-leave/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2015 20:45:23 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=61418 “I’ve been involved in several cults, both as a leader and a follower. You have more fun as a follower, but you make more money as a leader.” -Creed Bratton We have to start the… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/60301/invisible-republic-touches-greatness-in-issue-6/ http://sequart.org/magazine/60301/invisible-republic-touches-greatness-in-issue-6/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2015 11:00:29 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=60301 Everyone wants the Reveron journal. That’s been true since issue #1 of Invisible Republic, and it’s, if anything, even more true as we pass into the second major story arc here in issue #6. Once… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/59763/invisible-republic-tpb-vol-1-great-science-fiction/ http://sequart.org/magazine/59763/invisible-republic-tpb-vol-1-great-science-fiction/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2015 17:00:22 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=59763 Invisible Republic is celebrating its first TPB release this week, collecting issues #1-5, and this is the perfect opportunity to catch up with this fascinating and intelligent science fiction comic. While ostensibly a science fiction… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/59154/invisible-republic-5-one-door-opens-then-ten-others/ http://sequart.org/magazine/59154/invisible-republic-5-one-door-opens-then-ten-others/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2015 11:00:23 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=59154 At the end of issue #5 of Invisible Republic, we’ve reached the end of the first story arc in style. Opening up its secrets like a very well-written television series, the big twist at the… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/58566/invisible-republic-4-get-another-source/ http://sequart.org/magazine/58566/invisible-republic-4-get-another-source/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2015 19:00:55 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=58566 As I’ve mentioned before in our discussions of Invisible Republic, one of the most interesting things about this book is the nature of the dramatic stakes. Nobody is fighting to “save the world” in the… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/58038/invisible-republic-3-fighting-for-history/ http://sequart.org/magazine/58038/invisible-republic-3-fighting-for-history/#comments Sat, 23 May 2015 19:00:13 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=58038 By coincidence, for an unrelated project, I’ve been reading Philip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle lately, and I can’t help seeing many similarities with Gabriel Hardman and Corinna Bechko’s Invisible Republic, as… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/57128/invisible-republic-2-from-strength-to-strength/ http://sequart.org/magazine/57128/invisible-republic-2-from-strength-to-strength/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2015 19:00:26 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=57128 Science Fiction, it almost goes without saying, is replete with parallels and metaphors for real society and true history. Invisible Republic is literally about the process of making, recording and retaining history, told from two… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/56212/invisible-republic-a-fresh-and-compelling-science-fiction-comic/ http://sequart.org/magazine/56212/invisible-republic-a-fresh-and-compelling-science-fiction-comic/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:00:33 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=56212 The new comic book Invisible Republic, by Gabriel Hardman and Corinna Bechko, offers a fresh and intriguing take on the post-Apocalyptic genre. With moody, evocative artwork and spare, confident storytelling, it has the feel of… [more]]]> 0