http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:44:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/70544/different-men-of-tomorrow-superman-and-providence/ http://sequart.org/magazine/70544/different-men-of-tomorrow-superman-and-providence/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2020 01:17:56 +0000 Matthew Kirshenblatt http://sequart.org/?p=70544 [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/68424/also-its-congruent-with-lovecrafts-ideal-state-of-ataraxia-providence-12-and-the-acceptance-of-apocalypse/ http://sequart.org/magazine/68424/also-its-congruent-with-lovecrafts-ideal-state-of-ataraxia-providence-12-and-the-acceptance-of-apocalypse/#comments Sat, 26 May 2018 23:16:26 +0000 Dave Whittaker http://sequart.org/?p=68424 “…of all the space unoccupied by familiar material objects not one particle was vacant. Indescribable shapes both alive and otherwise were mixed in disgusting disarray, and close to every known thing were whole worlds of… [more]]]> 2 http://sequart.org/magazine/65325/without-doubt-the-fullest-and-truest-expression-of-ethereal-genius-tragedy-transition-and-triumph-in-providence-11/ http://sequart.org/magazine/65325/without-doubt-the-fullest-and-truest-expression-of-ethereal-genius-tragedy-transition-and-triumph-in-providence-11/#comments Tue, 14 Mar 2017 23:00:42 +0000 Dave Whittaker http://sequart.org/?p=65325 “…fantastic references to some plan for the extirpation of the entire human race and all animal and vegetable life from the earth by some terrible elder race of beings from another dimension. He would shout… [more]]]> 2 http://sequart.org/magazine/64333/the-universe-doesnt-care-this-is-not-punishment-but-rather-it-is-appreciation-celebration-commiseration-and-concern-in-providence-10/ http://sequart.org/magazine/64333/the-universe-doesnt-care-this-is-not-punishment-but-rather-it-is-appreciation-celebration-commiseration-and-concern-in-providence-10/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2016 22:00:15 +0000 Dave Whittaker http://sequart.org/?p=64333 “I will tell the audient void. . . . I do not recall distinctly when it began, but it was months ago. The general tension was horrible. To a season of political and social upheaval… [more]]]> 6 http://sequart.org/magazine/64985/star-trek-re-watch-episode-9-what-are-little-girls-made-of/ http://sequart.org/magazine/64985/star-trek-re-watch-episode-9-what-are-little-girls-made-of/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2016 20:10:35 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=64985 Robert Bloch, who wrote the script for “What Are Little Girls Made Of?” was a big fan of HP Lovecraft. That’s probably the key to understanding what makes this peculiar episode of Star Trek interesting.… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/64330/and-providence-hesitates-on-the-very-cusp-of-another-world-than-this-rejection-resolution-and-revelation-in-providence-9/ http://sequart.org/magazine/64330/and-providence-hesitates-on-the-very-cusp-of-another-world-than-this-rejection-resolution-and-revelation-in-providence-9/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2016 16:00:51 +0000 Dave Whittaker http://sequart.org/?p=64330 “This stone, once exposed, exerted upon Blake an almost alarming fascination. He could scarcely tear his eyes from it, and as he looked at its glistening surfaces he almost fancied it was transparent, with half-formed… [more]]]> 2 http://sequart.org/magazine/63323/%e2%80%9cdreams-writings-and-our-outlandish-human-imaginings%e2%80%a6-they%e2%80%99re-at-the-very-heart-of-it-%e2%80%9d/ http://sequart.org/magazine/63323/%e2%80%9cdreams-writings-and-our-outlandish-human-imaginings%e2%80%a6-they%e2%80%99re-at-the-very-heart-of-it-%e2%80%9d/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2016 16:30:46 +0000 Dave Whittaker http://sequart.org/?p=63323 “ A blessed haze lies upon all this region, wherein is held a little more of the sunlight than other places hold, and a little more of the summer’s humming music of birds and bees;… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/62864/%e2%80%9cits-like-underneath-everything-there-is-just-chaos%e2%80%a6%e2%80%9d-perspective-and-politics-in-providence-7/ http://sequart.org/magazine/62864/%e2%80%9cits-like-underneath-everything-there-is-just-chaos%e2%80%a6%e2%80%9d-perspective-and-politics-in-providence-7/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2016 17:00:49 +0000 Dave Whittaker http://sequart.org/?p=62864 “Any magazine-cover hack can splash paint around wildly and call it a nightmare or a Witches’ Sabbath or a portrait of the devil, but only a great painter can make such a thing really scare… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/61573/%e2%80%9cthe-fourth-means-is-most-terrible-and-rests-on-the-eviction-of-a-soul%e2%80%a6%e2%80%9d-transcription-and-trauma-in-providence-6/ http://sequart.org/magazine/61573/%e2%80%9cthe-fourth-means-is-most-terrible-and-rests-on-the-eviction-of-a-soul%e2%80%a6%e2%80%9d-transcription-and-trauma-in-providence-6/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2016 16:45:27 +0000 Dave Whittaker http://sequart.org/?p=61573 “And yet, its realism was so hideous that I sometimes find hope impossible. If the thing did happen, then man must be prepared to accept notions of the cosmos, and of his own place in… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/60793/halloween-binge-dagon/ http://sequart.org/magazine/60793/halloween-binge-dagon/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2015 13:00:33 +0000 Harry Edmundson-Cornell http://sequart.org/?p=60793 The best parts of last year’s Halloween Binge were the surprises. Movies like Phenomenon and The Return of the Living Dead were all the more exciting for how little I knew about them. They were… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/60411/being-the-frightful-smile-of-their-creator-providence-5/ http://sequart.org/magazine/60411/being-the-frightful-smile-of-their-creator-providence-5/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2015 11:00:05 +0000 Dave Whittaker http://sequart.org/?p=60411 “Non-Euclidean calculus and quantum physics are enough to stretch any brain; and when one mixes them with folklore, and tries to trace a strange background of multi-dimensional reality behind the ghoulish hints of the Gothic… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/59985/there-was-no-hand-to-hold-me-back/ http://sequart.org/magazine/59985/there-was-no-hand-to-hold-me-back/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2015 17:00:36 +0000 Dave Whittaker http://sequart.org/?p=59985 “That the prince of the powers of darkness, passing by the flower and pomp of the earth, should lay preposterous siege to the weak fantasy of indigent eld — Nor, when the wicked are expressly… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/59828/howd-you-do-my-little-siren/ http://sequart.org/magazine/59828/howd-you-do-my-little-siren/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2015 00:00:55 +0000 Dave Whittaker http://sequart.org/?p=59828 Let’s begin by returning to the idea of Alan Moore infusing the Mythos with an emotional current and introducing the alien to well, the alien. I am undoubtedly one of those strange folk who doesn’t… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/59087/ten-great-titles-from-sequentials-summer-sale/ http://sequart.org/magazine/59087/ten-great-titles-from-sequentials-summer-sale/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2015 11:00:21 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=59087 Sequential, an iPad app for reading comics, is having a great summer sale on dozens of indie comics titles this month, and if those sorts of comics are to your taste, there’s quite a bit… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/58437/leng-were-all-on-leng-alan-moores-providence-and-the-cthulhu-mythos/ http://sequart.org/magazine/58437/leng-were-all-on-leng-alan-moores-providence-and-the-cthulhu-mythos/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2015 12:00:54 +0000 Dave Whittaker http://sequart.org/?p=58437 A while back I discussed just what it was that defines the sense of the Lovecraftian. At that time I spoke of Alan Moore’s The Courtyard and Neonomicon and their contrast to the perhaps less… [more]]]> 4 http://sequart.org/magazine/55605/further-thoughts-on-nameless-1/ http://sequart.org/magazine/55605/further-thoughts-on-nameless-1/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2015 12:00:55 +0000 Dave Whittaker http://sequart.org/?p=55605 There are at least two ways to write Lovecraftian horror. One is to take the various elements of the Cthulhu mythos and tell your own story within that framework. Another way is to use various… [more]]]> 2 http://sequart.org/magazine/55266/analyzing-hellblazer-part-18/ http://sequart.org/magazine/55266/analyzing-hellblazer-part-18/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2015 12:00:20 +0000 Max Nestorowich http://sequart.org/?p=55266 Issue #20 “Betrayal” Writer: Jamie Delano Art: Mark Buckingham, Alfredo Alcala Colors: Lovern Kindzierski Letters: Elitta Fell Cover: Dave McKean From the seaside to Stonehenge, before taking a doomed train back to rain soaked London,… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/18304/some-like-it-azathoth-a-review-of-deadbeats/ http://sequart.org/magazine/18304/some-like-it-azathoth-a-review-of-deadbeats/#comments Sat, 26 Jan 2013 12:00:34 +0000 Steven King http://sequart.org/?p=18304 Many readers seem to miss the humor in H.P. Lovecraft. Writers Chad Fifer and Chris Lackey are not among them. These hosts of the H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast have been finding the humor and the… [more]]]> 0