http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:12:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/45743/sequart-releases-when-manga-came-to-america-super-hero-revisionism-in-mai-the-psychic-girl/ http://sequart.org/magazine/45743/sequart-releases-when-manga-came-to-america-super-hero-revisionism-in-mai-the-psychic-girl/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2014 14:00:56 +0000 Mike Phillips http://sequart.org/?p=45743 Sequart Organization is proud to announce the release of When Manga Came to America: Super-Hero Revisionism in Mai, the Psychic Girl, by Julian Darius. The first manga widely available in English, Mai, the Psychic Girl — written… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/29477/super-powers-in-mai-the-psychic-girl-final-act/ http://sequart.org/magazine/29477/super-powers-in-mai-the-psychic-girl-final-act/#comments Sun, 01 Dec 2013 12:00:00 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=29477 Continued from our introduction to Mai, the Psychic Girl and parts one and two of our discussion of how super-powers are depicted in the series. In the story’s truncated third and final act, Mai’s life has… [more]]]> 2 http://sequart.org/magazine/29445/super-powers-in-mai-the-psychic-girls-second-act/ http://sequart.org/magazine/29445/super-powers-in-mai-the-psychic-girls-second-act/#comments Fri, 29 Nov 2013 12:00:51 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=29445 Continued from our introduction to Mai, the Psychic Girl and part one of our discussion of how super-powers are depicted in the series. As the narrative shifts into its second half, in which the Wisdom… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/29412/super-powers-in-mai-the-psychic-girl/ http://sequart.org/magazine/29412/super-powers-in-mai-the-psychic-girl/#comments Wed, 27 Nov 2013 12:00:52 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=29412 Continued from our introduction of Mai, the Psychic Girl. Ryoichi Ikegami is one of manga’s most talented artists, and he’s certainly one of my own favorites. His cityscapes and vehicles are bafflingly realistic. And while… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/29389/on-mai-the-psychic-girl/ http://sequart.org/magazine/29389/on-mai-the-psychic-girl/#comments Mon, 25 Nov 2013 12:00:49 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=29389 In early 1987, Eclipse introduced American comics readers to manga with three translated series. The first, debuting one week before the other two, was Mai, the Psychic Girl. The following week, Eclipse debuted The Legend… [more]]]> 6