http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:44:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/68426/alan-moores-marvelman-part-2-welcome-to-the-real-world/ http://sequart.org/magazine/68426/alan-moores-marvelman-part-2-welcome-to-the-real-world/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2018 14:00:59 +0000 James Kelly http://sequart.org/?p=68426 What if Marvelman woke up in the real world? That was the simple and enticing high-concept that Alan Moore wished to explore when he began to write his graphic novel Marvelman. In the hands of a great writer something as simple as “Superman landing in the Soviet Union” can be developed into something profound and thought-provoking. On the surface, Moore’s premise can sound simple and a desire to bring more realism into the superhero genre. [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/61641/send-in-the-third-string-new-heroes/ http://sequart.org/magazine/61641/send-in-the-third-string-new-heroes/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2015 12:00:31 +0000 Jarrett Mazza http://sequart.org/?p=61641 It is difficult to choose your favorite superhero. Most fans of any universe or mythology will immediately select the one that is the most well known or frequently seen in comparison to those that are… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/56908/the-art-of-miracleman-olympus%e2%80%94praising-john-totleben/ http://sequart.org/magazine/56908/the-art-of-miracleman-olympus%e2%80%94praising-john-totleben/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2015 14:00:22 +0000 James Kelly http://sequart.org/?p=56908 John Totleben's artwork on Miracleman: Olympus is the single most influential art on superheroes since Neal Adams. It is also a rare case of art being "better" than Alan Moore's writing. [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/30439/editing-miracleman-how-marvel-can-do-it-right/ http://sequart.org/magazine/30439/editing-miracleman-how-marvel-can-do-it-right/#comments Tue, 15 Oct 2013 15:00:21 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=30439 The long-awaited news has broken, over the weekend, that Marvel plans to finally move forward on its reprinting of Miracleman, beginning with Alan Moore’s issues, moving through Neil Gaiman’s, and culminating by allowing Gaiman and… [more]]]> 3 http://sequart.org/magazine/17107/fish-story-and-the-curse-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-issues-39-and-40/ http://sequart.org/magazine/17107/fish-story-and-the-curse-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-issues-39-and-40/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:00:12 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=17107 Swamp Thing #39 “Fish Story” Cover date: August 1985. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Stephen Bissette and John Totleben. Editor: Karen Berger. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. Moore begins this issue by drawing out the theme of children and… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/12017/%e2%80%9croots%e2%80%9d-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-issue-24/ http://sequart.org/magazine/12017/%e2%80%9croots%e2%80%9d-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-issue-24/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:00:12 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=12017 Saga of the Swamp Thing #24: “Roots” Cover date: May 1984. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Steve Bissette and John Totleben. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. Cover: Tom Yeates. Editor: Len Wein. This issue is the climax to Moore’s opening story… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/12003/another-green-world-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-issue-23/ http://sequart.org/magazine/12003/another-green-world-alan-moore%e2%80%99s-swamp-thing-issue-23/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:30:43 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=12003 Saga of the Swamp Thing #23: ”Another Green World” Cover date: April 1984. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Steve Bissette and John Totleben. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. Cover: Tom Yeates. Editor: Len Wein. Swamp Thing is still in a virtual… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/12973/meet-the-magus-part-4-phantasmagoria-and-the-occult-in-saga-of-the-swamp-thing/ http://sequart.org/magazine/12973/meet-the-magus-part-4-phantasmagoria-and-the-occult-in-saga-of-the-swamp-thing/#comments Wed, 04 Jul 2012 11:00:18 +0000 Hannah Means-Shannon http://sequart.org/?p=12973 The most pertinent question to ask of ourselves at the outset of discussing fictional works by Moore that deal in some way with magic or even the occult is “what is the difference between a… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/11986/loose-ends-alan-moores-first-issue-of-swamp-thing/ http://sequart.org/magazine/11986/loose-ends-alan-moores-first-issue-of-swamp-thing/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:00:37 +0000 Andrew Edwards http://sequart.org/?p=11986 Saga of the Swamp Thing #20: “Loose Ends” Cover date: Jan 1984. Writer: Alan Moore. Penciler: Dan Day. Inker: John Totleben. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. Cover: Tom Yeates. Editor: Len Wein. Alan Moore… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/12273/meet-the-magus-part-3-the-deep-green-jack-of-the-green-and-the-swamp-thing/ http://sequart.org/magazine/12273/meet-the-magus-part-3-the-deep-green-jack-of-the-green-and-the-swamp-thing/#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:00:59 +0000 Hannah Means-Shannon http://sequart.org/?p=12273 Ten years before Alan Moore informed friends and family that he would be pursuing the path of a practicing magician, he began working for the megalithic American comics company DC on the production of The… [more]]]> 0