http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:12:15 +0000 en hourly 1 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/4079/why-comics-have-failed-to-achieve-real-respect/ http://sequart.org/magazine/4079/why-comics-have-failed-to-achieve-real-respect/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:00:14 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=4079 It might superficially seem as if comics have finally achieved respect. They’re covered by the mainstream press. They’re increasingly taught in colleges. Their adaptations account for a huge percentage of Hollywood blockbusters. Hey, even nerd… [more]]]> 35 http://sequart.org/magazine/3122/sex-and-the-man-who-has-everything/ http://sequart.org/magazine/3122/sex-and-the-man-who-has-everything/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:00:37 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=3122 Long before Alan Moore delved into literary pornography with Lost Girls, he was infusing his work with a broad understanding of human sexuality as natural. And this wasn’t limited to auteur projects like Lost Girls… [more]]]> 6 http://sequart.org/magazine/2909/undoing-super-hero-marriages-the-failure-of-the-writerly-imagination/ http://sequart.org/magazine/2909/undoing-super-hero-marriages-the-failure-of-the-writerly-imagination/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:00:05 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=2909 With the news that Superman and Lois Lane will no longer be married after DC’s relaunch, super-hero comics have said loudly and clearly: they hate their characters being married because it makes for less drama.… [more]]]> 2 http://sequart.org/magazine/2362/roundtable-on-current-super-hero-comics-the-problem-of-nostalgia-and-the-genres-future/ http://sequart.org/magazine/2362/roundtable-on-current-super-hero-comics-the-problem-of-nostalgia-and-the-genres-future/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:00:59 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=2362 Depending on whom you ask, current super-hero comics are either sub-competent exercises in nostalgia or exciting, dynamic explorations of heroism, adapted for contemporary times. To explore this subject, I’ve invited Cody Walker, author of the… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/1396/erasing-the-justice-society/ http://sequart.org/magazine/1396/erasing-the-justice-society/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:00:51 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=1396 In the continuity of DC’s relaunches, Superman will reportedly be the first super-hero. This implies that the Justice Society will have been wiped from continuity, and that seems to be DC’s current plan. This isn’t… [more]]]> 2 http://sequart.org/magazine/404/on-digital-comics-distribution/ http://sequart.org/magazine/404/on-digital-comics-distribution/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:06:54 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=404 We all know it’s the future. We all know we’re behind the gun. Playing catch up. And scared. But we’ve been here before. Ten years ago, the music industry was in a similar situation. Napster… [more]]]> 0