http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:44:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/54306/j-holder-bennett-on-fandom-and-neomedia-studies-conference/ http://sequart.org/magazine/54306/j-holder-bennett-on-fandom-and-neomedia-studies-conference/#comments Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:00:13 +0000 Mike Phillips http://sequart.org/?p=54306 In addition to writing for Sequart and teaching college history, our writer J. Holder Bennett runs the Fandom and Neomedia Studies (FANS) Association and its FANS Conference. We decided to sit down with him and… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/51291/how-to-talk-like-a-smart-person-in-6-easy-steps-aaron-sorkins-the-newsroom/ http://sequart.org/magazine/51291/how-to-talk-like-a-smart-person-in-6-easy-steps-aaron-sorkins-the-newsroom/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2014 11:00:33 +0000 Greg Carpenter http://sequart.org/?p=51291 Last year, while re-reading Grant Morrison’s The Invisibles, I was amused by the references to “smart drinks,” a popular ‘90s fad of high-powered, supplement-infused juices said to stimulate brain activity.  While I never tried one… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/48831/media-and-conflict-reflections-on-the-centenary-of-wwi/ http://sequart.org/magazine/48831/media-and-conflict-reflections-on-the-centenary-of-wwi/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2014 11:00:27 +0000 J. Holder Bennett http://sequart.org/?p=48831 Today, as I write this, it is 4 August 2014, the centenary of WWI. Or, as I prefer to conceptualize it as a historian, Act I in a Century of Tragedy. Niall Ferguson calls it… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/16858/superhero-versus-superzero/ http://sequart.org/magazine/16858/superhero-versus-superzero/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:00:14 +0000 Erin Hall http://sequart.org/?p=16858 Imagine being back in elementary school, wearing a well-loved shirt with a classic 1940-esque Batman symbol. Now imagine being sent home to change, or just sent home altogether. This sounds strange, but it’s a reality… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/27675/the-unmasking-of-our-attention-span/ http://sequart.org/magazine/27675/the-unmasking-of-our-attention-span/#comments Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:15:59 +0000 Brian Hill http://sequart.org/?p=27675 It was only a matter of time until someone in the comic industry remembered that outside media hype, in theory, should bring bigger sales. Perhaps they never forgot but simply chose to ignore it in… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/2512/why-comics-matter/ http://sequart.org/magazine/2512/why-comics-matter/#comments Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:00:03 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=2512 The following video consists of a lecture I delivered on 5 January 2006 at Glen Carbon Centennial Library in Glen Carbon, Illinois. The total runtime is 46 minutes. Because of its length, it has been… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/19712/comics-in-other-media/ http://sequart.org/magazine/19712/comics-in-other-media/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2005 20:39:38 +0000 Robert A. Emmons, Jr. http://sequart.org/?p=19712 Superheroes have been in our language for years. Nearly every American, somewhere along the line, has been exposed to superheroes or comic books either directly or peripherally. In the least, we all certainly could name… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/648/the-sequart-manifesto/ http://sequart.org/magazine/648/the-sequart-manifesto/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2003 18:00:42 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=648 What do we call our medium? The most common answer is “comics.” Some would say otherwise, offering “comix,” “the ninth art,” or “sequential art.” Others abroad would say “manga” or “les bandes-dessinés.” All, however, are… [more]]]> 1