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/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/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/9326/deconstructing-batman-and-robin-the-grayson-foils-part-3/ http://sequart.org/magazine/9326/deconstructing-batman-and-robin-the-grayson-foils-part-3/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:00:23 +0000 Cody Walker http://sequart.org/?p=9326 The first six issues of Grant Morrison’s Batman and Robin expertly put Dick Grayson in a position that readers weren’t used to seeing him in – one of vulnerability. The normally confident Grayson approaches heroism… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/9322/deconstructing-batman-and-robin-the-grayson-foils-part-2/ http://sequart.org/magazine/9322/deconstructing-batman-and-robin-the-grayson-foils-part-2/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:00:47 +0000 Cody Walker http://sequart.org/?p=9322 There is no one who could make a better foil for Dick Grayson than Jason Todd. The second Robin, Jason Todd entered the partnership of Batman and Robin with a chip on his shoulder. He… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/9316/deconstructing-batman-and-robin-the-grayson-foils-part-1/ http://sequart.org/magazine/9316/deconstructing-batman-and-robin-the-grayson-foils-part-1/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:00:56 +0000 Cody Walker http://sequart.org/?p=9316 In all great works of literature, the hero must have a foil; that special character designed to enhance the inherent heroic qualities of the protagonist. Oftentimes, the foil is cut from similar cloth to show… [more]]]> 1