http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:44:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/62839/sidekicks-aside/ http://sequart.org/magazine/62839/sidekicks-aside/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2016 16:00:11 +0000 Jarrett Mazza http://sequart.org/?p=62839 What is the purpose of a sidekick? The word itself arouses about as much sympathy as one would receive when he or she is referred to as a “second wheel” or “second class citizen” by… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/51762/multiversity-the-just-1-review/ http://sequart.org/magazine/51762/multiversity-the-just-1-review/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2014 18:00:57 +0000 Dave Whittaker http://sequart.org/?p=51762 Three issues in and the Multiversity event shows no signs of slowing down or disappointing. One of the added joys of The Just for me personally was seeing more of Ultra Comics and that books… [more]]]> 2 http://sequart.org/magazine/20709/what-damian-wayne-says-about-adult-comic-fans/ http://sequart.org/magazine/20709/what-damian-wayne-says-about-adult-comic-fans/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 11:00:22 +0000 Mike Greear http://sequart.org/?p=20709 A few days ago, one of my friends from work was telling me about a particularly attractive girl that he knew from his other job. I know, this isn’t a terribly interesting way to start… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/16589/who%e2%80%99s-your-daddy-examining-the-parental-relationship-between-bruce-and-damian-wayne/ http://sequart.org/magazine/16589/who%e2%80%99s-your-daddy-examining-the-parental-relationship-between-bruce-and-damian-wayne/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:00:46 +0000 Nathan Harmon http://sequart.org/?p=16589 Very few of our comic book heroes have real biological families. Many times, we see surrogate families created from a group of exceptional individuals that work together as a super-group, but if the hero did… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/16455/oh-brother-i-hate-your-guts-the-use-of-the-brother-versus-brother-motif-in-comics/ http://sequart.org/magazine/16455/oh-brother-i-hate-your-guts-the-use-of-the-brother-versus-brother-motif-in-comics/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:00:44 +0000 Nathan Harmon http://sequart.org/?p=16455 Comic books, like all other forms of literary mediums, use a few different literary devices to stimulate our interest. We read them and enjoy them and we keep reading because we have to know what… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/9488/deconstructing-batman-and-robin-damian%e2%80%99s-transformation-part-3/ http://sequart.org/magazine/9488/deconstructing-batman-and-robin-damian%e2%80%99s-transformation-part-3/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:00:46 +0000 Cody Walker http://sequart.org/?p=9488 While Damian’s name can be interpreted as “to tame,” it can also be interpreted as “to conquer,” which seems to be Talia’s reasoning for his name when she says in issue #7, “Damian will stride… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/9481/deconstructing-batman-and-robin-damians-transformation-part-2/ http://sequart.org/magazine/9481/deconstructing-batman-and-robin-damians-transformation-part-2/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:00:51 +0000 Cody Walker http://sequart.org/?p=9481 While Dick Grayson’s growth as Batman is certainly one way of interpreting Batman and Robin, one shouldn’t forget the “Robin” part of the title. With this series, Morrison took on the seemingly impossible task of… [more]]]> 2 http://sequart.org/magazine/9473/deconstructing-batman-and-robin-damians-transformation-part-1/ http://sequart.org/magazine/9473/deconstructing-batman-and-robin-damians-transformation-part-1/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:00:16 +0000 Cody Walker http://sequart.org/?p=9473 The very idea of Batman having a son was criticized before Damian ever made his first appearance. Technically, his first appearance was at the very end of Mike W. Barr’s Son of the Demon back… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/6103/damian-you-son-of-a-bat/ http://sequart.org/magazine/6103/damian-you-son-of-a-bat/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:00:27 +0000 Daniel N. Gullotta http://sequart.org/?p=6103 Damian is the son of Bruce Wayne and Talia Al-Ghul, and has become one of the central characters in Morrison’s Batman epic and beyond.We have seen him struggle to fit into the Wayne and Bat… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/2274/batman-666-the-future-looks-back-to-the-past/ http://sequart.org/magazine/2274/batman-666-the-future-looks-back-to-the-past/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:00:55 +0000 Timothy Callahan http://sequart.org/?p=2274 Batman #666 begins with a Golden Age homage to the origin of Batman, featuring the words “Who He is and How He Came to Be,” just like in that classic Bob Kane story. And because… [more]]]> 0