http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:44:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/67351/dark-days-dark-nights-and-taking-dc-continuity-to-the-nth-degree/ http://sequart.org/magazine/67351/dark-days-dark-nights-and-taking-dc-continuity-to-the-nth-degree/#comments Thu, 05 Oct 2017 19:01:58 +0000 Dave Whittaker http://sequart.org/?p=67351 Thirty-two years ago DC attempted to bring order to their continuity through the process of subtraction. Thus was born Crisis On Infinite Earths. Ever since then, however, DC has constantly attempted to bring back the… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/54946/the-multiversity-guidebook-1-maps-and-legends/ http://sequart.org/magazine/54946/the-multiversity-guidebook-1-maps-and-legends/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2015 12:00:54 +0000 Dave Whittaker http://sequart.org/?p=54946 One of the things that appeals to me most about comics is the breadth, depth and scope of their world building. Their longevity far outweighing that of say even the most consistently broadcast of television… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/53918/top-10-comics-in-2015/ http://sequart.org/magazine/53918/top-10-comics-in-2015/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2015 12:00:55 +0000 Tom Speelman http://sequart.org/?p=53918 2014 was a stunning year for comics. Between the debut and rapid success of many creator-owned series to superhero comics finally growing in big ways, comics are only getting even better. 2015 seems to be… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/44990/a-consideration-of-the-encyclopedic-comic-book/ http://sequart.org/magazine/44990/a-consideration-of-the-encyclopedic-comic-book/#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2014 20:00:39 +0000 Tom Miller http://sequart.org/?p=44990 When my son was much younger, we visited his classroom one evening, to meet his teachers and to see the work he had produced over the course of the year.  As he showed me around… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/17645/secret-wars-crisis-on-infinite-earths-and-the-development-of-the-universe-wide-crossover/ http://sequart.org/magazine/17645/secret-wars-crisis-on-infinite-earths-and-the-development-of-the-universe-wide-crossover/#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:00:43 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=17645 While Crisis on Infinite Earths was DC’s first universe-wide crossover, there’s some dispute over whether it was the first in comics. The answer largely depends on one’s definitions. Whatever one thinks about this, one shouldn’t… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/16317/on-crisis-on-infinite-earths/ http://sequart.org/magazine/16317/on-crisis-on-infinite-earths/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2012 11:00:06 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=16317 DC’s first universe-wide crossover was the 12-issue Crisis on Infinite Earths (Apr 1985 – Mar 1986). Written by Marv Wolfman and penciled by George Pérez, the team responsible for DC then-hit New Teen Titans, Crisis was designed to… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/27429/ultimatum-crisis-on-infinite-earths-onslaught-the-thinning-out-of-the-superhero-herd-a-touch-the-end-of-all-flesh-is-come-before-me/ http://sequart.org/magazine/27429/ultimatum-crisis-on-infinite-earths-onslaught-the-thinning-out-of-the-superhero-herd-a-touch-the-end-of-all-flesh-is-come-before-me/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:35:55 +0000 Colin Smith http://sequart.org/?p=27429 “Ultimatum” 14. “Ultimatum” was designed to affect an extraordinary culling of super-folks from Marvel’s Ultimate Universe, a somewhat-ailing if still successful component of the companies multiverse. Like “Crisis” and “Onslaught”, it was a project designed… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/26682/new-earth-or-if-i-could-give-the-world-a-makeover/ http://sequart.org/magazine/26682/new-earth-or-if-i-could-give-the-world-a-makeover/#comments Sat, 22 Jul 2006 04:24:02 +0000 Brian Graiser http://sequart.org/?p=26682 Settle down, class; it’s time for another dose of Tact is for the Weak, the column that tested positive- for the truth (and herpes simplex A)! There comes a point in every man’s (and self-realized,… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/1541/your-guide-to-infinite-crisis-powertrip/ http://sequart.org/magazine/1541/your-guide-to-infinite-crisis-powertrip/#comments Fri, 14 Apr 2006 11:00:49 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=1541 We’ve previously examined the convoluted history of Power Girl. We now turn to Geoff Johns’s revamping of Power Girl’s origin in the pages of JSA Classified, which in turn led directly into Power Girl’s appearance in Infinite… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/1502/your-guide-to-infinite-crisis-a-brief-history-of-power-girl/ http://sequart.org/magazine/1502/your-guide-to-infinite-crisis-a-brief-history-of-power-girl/#comments Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:00:40 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=1502 Power Girl, one of the major players in Infinite Crisis, was one of several characters whose history became convoluted in the wake of Crisis on Infinite Earths. Originally the cousin of the Earth-2 Superman, that Earth’s parallel… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/1687/your-guide-to-infinite-crisis-a-brief-history-of-hawkman/ http://sequart.org/magazine/1687/your-guide-to-infinite-crisis-a-brief-history-of-hawkman/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2006 12:00:29 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=1687 Given Hawkman’s role in The Rann-Thanagar War, it’s useful to briefly consider Hawkman’s history and his ties to Thanagar. This is actually more difficult than it sounds. Hawkman’s history, while not as convoluted as some, is… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/1997/on-continuity-no-prizes-retcons-and-the-mental-acrobatics-of-continuity-repair/ http://sequart.org/magazine/1997/on-continuity-no-prizes-retcons-and-the-mental-acrobatics-of-continuity-repair/#comments Thu, 20 Feb 2003 12:00:28 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=1997 In the Golden Age of the 1930s and 1940s, comics were mostly episodic tales in which characters barely changed. A costume might occasionally change, an origin story might be amended, a power might be granted,… [more]]]> 0