http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:44:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/25252/yet-those-hands-will-never-hold-anything-emiya-shirou-as-the-interactive-superhero-of-fatestay-night-part-1/ http://sequart.org/magazine/25252/yet-those-hands-will-never-hold-anything-emiya-shirou-as-the-interactive-superhero-of-fatestay-night-part-1/#comments Sat, 06 Jul 2013 11:00:20 +0000 Matthew Kirshenblatt http://sequart.org/?p=25252 The super-hero genre is something that has not only cross-pollinated into different media, but has–in itself–been subject to a considerable amount of scrutiny. Superheroes have been changed into gritty, horrifyingly realistic beings by the Revisionism… [more]]]> 2 http://sequart.org/magazine/24544/why-opposing-dark-realism-is-a-straw-man-argument/ http://sequart.org/magazine/24544/why-opposing-dark-realism-is-a-straw-man-argument/#comments Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:00:20 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=24544 For years now, I’ve heard people complain about how it’s time that super-heroes weren’t so dark and realistic. I’ve heard this relentlessly about super-hero comics, but I’ve also heard it about super-hero movies. Most recently,… [more]]]> 14 http://sequart.org/magazine/21510/on-underworld-unleashed-precursor-to-kingdom-come/ http://sequart.org/magazine/21510/on-underworld-unleashed-precursor-to-kingdom-come/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:00:47 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=21510 DC’s 1995 crossover Underworld Unleashed — scripted by Mark Waid, penciled by Howard Porter, and published as a three extra-long monthly issues (though the third issue ran late) – featured no less than Satan as its villain.… [more]]]> 2 http://sequart.org/magazine/19954/warren-ellis-revisionism-and-reconstructionism/ http://sequart.org/magazine/19954/warren-ellis-revisionism-and-reconstructionism/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:00:34 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=19954 Last time, we discussed how Warren Ellis is a realist, and we contrasted this with the views of Grant Morrison. These two modes correlate strongly with two different modes of super-hero stories.  Revisionism, most frequently… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/14825/on-kingdom-come-by-mark-waid-and-alex-ross/ http://sequart.org/magazine/14825/on-kingdom-come-by-mark-waid-and-alex-ross/#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:00:51 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=14825 1996’s Kingdom Come — a self-contained, fully-painted series by writer Mark Waid and artist Alex Ross — was first published as a four-issue, prestige-format mini-series, designated as an Elseworlds (i.e. out-of-continuity) tale.  The story was… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/20018/the-fate-of-an-archer/ http://sequart.org/magazine/20018/the-fate-of-an-archer/#comments Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:26:20 +0000 Matt Lampert http://sequart.org/?p=20018 “Oh, he’s fast, the archer is! Fast hands, fast feet…yes, and a bit angry, too! His is an independent soul—he’s pioneer material, like Wild Bill and Wyatt, he’s not about to be pushed—by anyone!” —Green… [more]]]> 0