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Wrestling With the Cycle: Not All Men and “He” in Matt Fraction and Christian Ward’s ODY-C

Matthew Kirshenblatt — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 19:30:12 +0000

ODY-C" title="Wrestling With the Cycle: Not All Men and “He” in Matt Fraction and Christian Ward’s ODY-C" style="float:left;" />In Part I of this article, “Not All-Men: On the Subject of “He” in Matt Fraction and Christian Ward’s ODY-C,” we looked at the presence and purpose of men and male characters in an almost… [more]

Not All-Men: On the Subject of “He” in Matt Fraction and Christian Ward’s ODY-C

Matthew Kirshenblatt — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 20:45:48 +0000

ODY-C" title="Not All-Men: On the Subject of “He” in Matt Fraction and Christian Ward’s ODY-C" style="float:left;" />When I last wrote on Matt Fraction and Christian Ward’s ODY-C in my article She Made Them in Their Image, I was attempting to focus on the Sebex – the third sex created in a… [more]

She Made Them in Their Image: Sebex in the Universe of ODY-C

Matthew Kirshenblatt — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 17:11:28 +0000

ODY-C" title="She Made Them in Their Image: Sebex in the Universe of ODY-C" style="float:left;" />For the longest time, ever since high school, I have been reading Homer’s Odyssey. This is something that has followed me from Undergrad all the way into my Graduate studies. But not too long ago… [more]

Notes on Casanova: Acedia #1-2

Geoff Klock — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 11:00:48 +0000

Casanova: Acedia #1-2" title="Notes on Casanova: Acedia #1-2" style="float:left;" />This year I wrote a book, published by Sequart, called The Future of Comics, The Future of Men: Matt Fraction’s Casanova. That book argues that Fraction’s science-fiction spy series offers both a critique of capitalism,… [more]

Sex Criminals #10: Come Together

Ian Dawe — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 20:00:06 +0000

Sex Criminals #10: Come Together" title="Sex Criminals #10: Come Together" style="float:left;" />As I have probably mentioned before in discussing Sex Criminals, it’s not really about sex. Of, of course there’s a lot of sex in the comic, and that’s a major plot point, and it’s dealt… [more]

Sequart Releases The Future of Comics, the Future of Men: Matt Fraction’s Casanova

Julian Darius — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:00:45 +0000

The Future of Comics, the Future of Men: Matt Fraction’s Casanova" title="Sequart Releases The Future of Comics, the Future of Men: Matt Fraction’s Casanova" style="float:left;" />Sequart Organization is proud to announce the release of The Future of Comics, the Future of Men: Matt Fraction’s Casanova, authored by Geoff Klock (How to Read Superhero Comics and Why). Matt Fraction, Gabriel Bá,… [more]

Asa Nisi Masa: Casanova vol. 2 “Gula”

David Faust — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 12:00:03 +0000

Casanova vol. 2 “Gula”" title="Asa Nisi Masa: Casanova vol. 2 “Gula”" style="float:left;" />The second volume of Casanova (issues 8-14 of the original Image run and collected under the title Gula) with art by Gabriel Ba’s brother Fabio Moon, picks up soon after the end of the first… [more]

ODY-C Reimagines the Odyssey

Ian Dawe — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 21:00:02 +0000

ODY-C Reimagines the Odyssey" title="ODY-C Reimagines the Odyssey" style="float:left;" />“You are my density.” That was pretty much my response to the first reading of Matt Fraction and Christian Ward’s ODY-C. And my second reading as well. This is a dense, idea-filled very “inside baseball”… [more]

Sex Criminals #9: The Tale of Dr. Cocaine

Ian Dawe — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 21:00:58 +0000

Sex Criminals #9: The Tale of Dr. Cocaine" title="Sex Criminals #9: The Tale of Dr. Cocaine" style="float:left;" />I may have gotten a few things wrong about Sex Criminals, after initially getting them right. When I first started reviewing this book, I was drawn to how the characters shared their back stories, how… [more]

Sex Criminals #8: “You Have Issues”

Ian Dawe — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 20:00:39 +0000

Sex Criminals #8: “You Have Issues”" title="Sex Criminals #8: “You Have Issues”" style="float:left;" />The Sex Criminals have issues, probably more than the number of issues already… issued. That’s what has come front and centre in the last couple of editions of Sex Criminals, and the time that Suzy… [more]

Living Like a Comic Book: Casanova vol. 1 “Luxuria”

David Faust — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 11:00:38 +0000

Casanova vol. 1 “Luxuria”" title="Living Like a Comic Book: Casanova vol. 1 “Luxuria”" style="float:left;" />Note: In my previous article on Matt Fraction, Gabriel Ba, and Fabio Moon’s Casanova, I examined the series in its relation to themes present in the fiction of Thomas Pynchon. This next series of articles… [more]

Sex Criminals #7: More Real Life

Ian Dawe — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 17:00:53 +0000

Sex Criminals #7: More Real Life" title="Sex Criminals #7: More Real Life" style="float:left;" />In a week in which many of us are wondering if there’s any justice left in this world, one bright spot is to remember that Sex Criminals was honoured with an Eisner recently, which means… [more]

Sex Criminals #6 Review

Ian Dawe — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 15:00:38 +0000

Sex Criminals #6 Review" title="Sex Criminals #6 Review" style="float:left;" />[If you read this comic, consider yourself guilty of the sin levelled at many a child: you've been spoiled.] Well, well, well, our friends the sex criminals return in issue #6, after we left them… [more]

Twain and Tesla Versus Evil: A Review of The Five Fists of Science

Desmond White — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 11:00:29 +0000

The Five Fists of Science " title="Twain and Tesla Versus Evil: A Review of The Five Fists of Science " style="float:left;" />A steampunk graphic novel starring the bromance between Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla as they create giant robots and battle Cthulu cults. [more]

The Crying of Timeline 919: Casanova

David Faust — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 11:00:34 +0000

Casanova" title="The Crying of Timeline 919: Casanova" style="float:left;" />In the backmatter for issue #1 of Casanova, (Image, June 2006) Matt Fraction compares the story to Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound production technique—where hundreds of different instruments and sounds are compressed down to a… [more]

Sex Criminals #4-5 Review

Ian Dawe — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 17:00:16 +0000

Sex Criminals #4-5 Review" title="Sex Criminals #4-5 Review" style="float:left;" />What’s going on with our heroes, the sex criminals, for issues #4 and 5? Well, a bit of sex, a bit of criminality, and somewhere in there a bit of reality intrudes. This continues to… [more]

Sex Criminals #1-3 Review

Ian Dawe — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 18:00:53 +0000

Sex Criminals #1-3 Review" title="Sex Criminals #1-3 Review" style="float:left;" />Sex Criminals, by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky and published by Image Comics, is one of the most imaginative, intelligent, honest, and warmly funny comic books I’ve read in some time. It starts off with… [more]

Hawkeye: A Journey into the Comics Fourth Dimension

Nemanja Protic — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:00:45 +0000

Matt Fraction, David Aja, and Matt Hollingsworth’s Hawkeye, the first issue of which hit the shelves in August of 2012 and has, since, gone through five more issues and a number of printings, is a masterful… [more]

Mike’s Favorite Comics of 2012 (Part 1)

Mike Greear — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 12:00:07 +0000

With the turn of the New Year, I’ve decided to do a short series of articles looking back at last year’s titles and spotlighting my three favorites. They’re all books that were started last year,… [more]

Diagram for Delinquents Update #22: KAPPPPPPOOOOOOM!

Robert A. Emmons, Jr. — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 20:15:47 +0000

In the past few days there has been an EXPLOSION of updates for Diagram for Delinquents. Most of which is the acquisition of new interview subjects for the film. Our next interview trip will include… [more]

Sequart’s Books Get New, Cheaper Editions

Julian Darius — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:18:27 +0000

Sequart Research & Literacy Organization’s entire line of eight books of comics scholarship is now available in revised editions featuring significantly lower cover prices. Each of these new editions also feature revised covers and cleaner,… [more]

New Documentary Film: Comics in Focus: Chris Claremont’s X-Men

Julian Darius — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 01:48:21 +0000

Comics in Focus: Chris Claremont’s X-Men" title="New Documentary Film: Comics in Focus: Chris Claremont’s X-Men" style="float:left;" />Sequart and Respect Films are proud to announce a new documentary film, the first in a new series that will take advantage of new forms of distribution. A Kickstarter campaign has been created to help… [more]

The Die is Cast: Cyclops Crosses the Rubicon

Kevin Thurman — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:00:25 +0000

Cyclops of the X-Men is a wet blanket. He whines about the responsibility he shoulders and is perpetually miserable about the life he is thrust into. His personality is more that of a bad manager… [more]

Good vs. Bad

Timothy Callahan — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:36:18 +0000

In this special feature, Douglas Wolk, author of Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean, joins Sequart’s own Timothy Callahan, author of Grant Morrison: The Early Years, for a discussion of New… [more]