http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:44:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/60810/alan-moore-and-eddie-campbells-snakes-and-ladders-gets-a-film-adaptation/ http://sequart.org/magazine/60810/alan-moore-and-eddie-campbells-snakes-and-ladders-gets-a-film-adaptation/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2015 11:00:29 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=60810 Alan Moore’s Snakes and Ladders was one of his first major works dealing specifically with his unique approach to magic, following his revelation in 1995 that he himself was, in a very real sense, a… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/50399/delivering-the-20th-century-part-3-alan-moore-and-eddie-campbell%e2%80%99s-from-hell/ http://sequart.org/magazine/50399/delivering-the-20th-century-part-3-alan-moore-and-eddie-campbell%e2%80%99s-from-hell/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2014 11:00:25 +0000 Greg Carpenter http://sequart.org/?p=50399 In re-reading From Hell, it’s hard not to marvel at the liberation Alan Moore seems to be enjoying.  Despite the brilliance of his earlier superhero and horror stories, there was often still a sense of… [more]]]> 4 http://sequart.org/magazine/50232/from-hell-part-2/ http://sequart.org/magazine/50232/from-hell-part-2/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2014 11:00:42 +0000 Greg Carpenter http://sequart.org/?p=50232 Last week’s column looked at the origins of Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell’s From Hell.  This week it’s time to dive into some of the highlights from the first half of the book. The Prologue,… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/49992/delivering-the-twentieth-century-part-1-alan-moore-and-eddie-campbell%e2%80%99s-from-hell/ http://sequart.org/magazine/49992/delivering-the-twentieth-century-part-1-alan-moore-and-eddie-campbell%e2%80%99s-from-hell/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2014 11:00:50 +0000 Greg Carpenter http://sequart.org/?p=49992 If you’re like me, you’ve read with interest the recent news stories about a man named Russell Edwards who claims to have finally and definitively solved the mystery of Jack the Ripper.  Much like the… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/16255/meet-the-magus-10-the-magus-in-time-from-hell-part-ii/ http://sequart.org/magazine/16255/meet-the-magus-10-the-magus-in-time-from-hell-part-ii/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:00:27 +0000 Hannah Means-Shannon http://sequart.org/?p=16255 Alan Moore is still better known for his super-hero work than for his esoterically themed or experimental genre-breakers, but this may not always be the case. As he proceeds further in time from the creation… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/15694/meet-the-magus-9-gods-and-demons-from-hell-part-i/ http://sequart.org/magazine/15694/meet-the-magus-9-gods-and-demons-from-hell-part-i/#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:00:36 +0000 Hannah Means-Shannon http://sequart.org/?p=15694 In subject matter, history, and art style, From Hell stands apart from other works written by Alan Moore, but that hasn’t made it obscure, rather notorious. If its Jack the Ripper subject matter was less… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/15405/rippers-and-republicans/ http://sequart.org/magazine/15405/rippers-and-republicans/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:00:36 +0000 Mike Greear http://sequart.org/?p=15405 A few weeks ago, I was reading back over Alan Moore’s seminal take on the story of Jack the Ripper, the telephone book-size graphic novel, From Hell, when an odd news story came at me… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/11784/meet-the-magus-part-2-the-universal-dance-in-alan-moore-eddie-campbell-snakes-and-ladders/ http://sequart.org/magazine/11784/meet-the-magus-part-2-the-universal-dance-in-alan-moore-eddie-campbell-snakes-and-ladders/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:00:56 +0000 Hannah Means-Shannon http://sequart.org/?p=11784 When we discuss the relationship between Alan Moore’s artistic works and magic, clearly marked boundaries become, instead, borderlands of relationship. Taken out of context, a particular statement by Moore could easily refer to magic rather… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/11486/meet-the-magus-part-1-the-birth-caul/ http://sequart.org/magazine/11486/meet-the-magus-part-1-the-birth-caul/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 11:00:13 +0000 Hannah Means-Shannon http://sequart.org/?p=11486 Allow me to introduce you to a man you may have met before through his writing, art, or interviews. He has copious amounts of hair, lives in Northampton, UK, and while he has the reputation… [more]]]> 4