http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:44:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/53303/jack-kirby-omac-part-eleven/ http://sequart.org/magazine/53303/jack-kirby-omac-part-eleven/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:00:24 +0000 Ryan C. http://sequart.org/?p=53303 Jack Kirby created many – some would even argue most – of the iconic villains in comic book history.  The list of Kirby rogues is a long and distinguished one, a veritable “Bad Guy Hall… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/49282/new-gods-and-old-soldiers-kirby-in-the-70s/ http://sequart.org/magazine/49282/new-gods-and-old-soldiers-kirby-in-the-70s/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2014 11:00:59 +0000 Rocko Jerome http://sequart.org/?p=49282 To put it simply, it’s impossible to imagine comic books existing in their modern form without Jack Kirby. It’s hard to fathom what Marvel Comics at their inception and heyday might’ve been like without Jack… [more]]]> 2 http://sequart.org/magazine/49331/jack-kirby-the-hunger-dogs-and-the-modern-age-of-comics/ http://sequart.org/magazine/49331/jack-kirby-the-hunger-dogs-and-the-modern-age-of-comics/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2014 11:00:09 +0000 Greg Carpenter http://sequart.org/?p=49331 Jack Kirby’s a great artist.  He just can’t draw very well. –Anonymous comics fan Okay, so it was me.  I’m not proud of it, but that “anonymous” quote was something I actually said a few… [more]]]> 4 http://sequart.org/magazine/17221/the-older-generation%e2%80%99s-farewell-the-hunger-dogs-part-4/ http://sequart.org/magazine/17221/the-older-generation%e2%80%99s-farewell-the-hunger-dogs-part-4/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:00:40 +0000 Peter Sanderson http://sequart.org/?p=17221 As Jack Kirby’s The Hunger Dogs draws to its close, the arcs of two of its major characters, Orion and Esak, are resolved, as shown in the previous installment. Then, Kirby moves the action of… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/17113/the-lighter-seid-of-the-dark-qa-with-the-sovereign-of-apokolips/ http://sequart.org/magazine/17113/the-lighter-seid-of-the-dark-qa-with-the-sovereign-of-apokolips/#comments Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:00:15 +0000 Stuart Warren http://sequart.org/?p=17113 Darkseid turned 42 years old this month but his unique Omega brand still gains attention to comic book aficionados and critics alike. The nature of the New God’s mythology was and still remains a novel… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/16640/the-older-generations-farewell-the-hunger-dogs-part-3/ http://sequart.org/magazine/16640/the-older-generations-farewell-the-hunger-dogs-part-3/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2012 12:00:39 +0000 Peter Sanderson http://sequart.org/?p=16640 As we have seen, in The Hunger Dogs, the graphic novel in which Jack Kirby resolved his “Fourth World” saga, Kirby’s optimistic vision of the early 1970s turned dark and ominous. The young, as represented… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/16269/the-older-generation%e2%80%99s-farewell-the-hunger-dogs-part-2/ http://sequart.org/magazine/16269/the-older-generation%e2%80%99s-farewell-the-hunger-dogs-part-2/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:00:48 +0000 Peter Sanderson http://sequart.org/?p=16269 From the start of Jack Kirby’s The Hunger Dogs, a new age had arrived. When Kirby’s original Fourth World series debuted, the Forever People were the primary representatives of the new, young generation.  They were… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/15891/1986-the-older-generations-farewell-the-hunger-dogs-part-1/ http://sequart.org/magazine/15891/1986-the-older-generations-farewell-the-hunger-dogs-part-1/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:00:58 +0000 Peter Sanderson http://sequart.org/?p=15891 To examine how comics changed in 1986, we should begin by looking at what comics were like in 1985. From that year, I have chosen one particular significant work to explore:  Jack Kirby’s The Hunger… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/15420/on-super-powers-second-series-by-paul-kupperberg-and-jack-kirby/ http://sequart.org/magazine/15420/on-super-powers-second-series-by-paul-kupperberg-and-jack-kirby/#comments Mon, 03 Sep 2012 14:20:09 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=15420 The six-issue, second Super Powers mini-series from 1985, written by Paul Kupperberg, penciled by Jack Kirby, and inked by Greg Theakston, has been almost completely ignored by critics. All three Super Powers mini-series were produced… [more]]]> 3 http://sequart.org/magazine/28058/the-sequart-detective-a-matter-of-justice-part-8/ http://sequart.org/magazine/28058/the-sequart-detective-a-matter-of-justice-part-8/#comments Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:04:54 +0000 Brian Mullen http://sequart.org/?p=28058 THE SEQUART DETECTIVE: A MATTER OF JUSTICE Analysis #8: Reviewing half of Justice #4. My name is unimportant. What’s important is…I’m a detective. WARNING: Not only does this article contain spoilers for the Justice issues… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/27921/reintroducing-sovereign-seven-1/ http://sequart.org/magazine/27921/reintroducing-sovereign-seven-1/#comments Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:29:46 +0000 Jonny Rice http://sequart.org/?p=27921 Sovereign Seven #1 DC Comics July 1995 By Chris Claremont & Dwayne Turner “It Was a Dark and Stormy Night…” (38 Pages) First off, I should admit something: I go back and forth between thinking… [more]]]> 0