http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:44:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/58030/capital-thoughts-all-new-captain-america-6/ http://sequart.org/magazine/58030/capital-thoughts-all-new-captain-america-6/#comments Fri, 29 May 2015 11:00:21 +0000 Jeffrey Kahan http://sequart.org/?p=58030 Hydra’s new plan for world domination—safe sex!  Brilliant!  Here’s how it’s supposed to work:  Hydra has created a new virus that make couples impotent.  Only Hydra agents will get the antidote, which means that in… [more]]]> 2 http://sequart.org/magazine/56745/capital-thoughts-all-new-captain-america-5/ http://sequart.org/magazine/56745/capital-thoughts-all-new-captain-america-5/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2015 11:00:38 +0000 Jeffrey Kahan http://sequart.org/?p=56745 Comics have always wrestled with consistency and continuity—hence, the Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe, the Crisis on Infinite Earths series, and the ongoing Convergence. On the other hand, with all this talk of Secret… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/56401/the-good-and-bad-of-diversity-in-comics/ http://sequart.org/magazine/56401/the-good-and-bad-of-diversity-in-comics/#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2015 11:00:45 +0000 Ed Cambro http://sequart.org/?p=56401 Diversity has always been a problem in comics. In the early days, minorities were nigh invisible, and women were usually relegated to romantic interests/damsels in distress. In the modern era, however, DC and Marvel have… [more]]]> 10 http://sequart.org/magazine/56065/capital-thoughts-all-new-captain-america-4/ http://sequart.org/magazine/56065/capital-thoughts-all-new-captain-america-4/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2015 11:00:39 +0000 Jeffrey Kahan http://sequart.org/?p=56065 In what is now a common trope, Sam Wilson, aka, the All-New Captain America, is getting his ass kicked, this time by Armadillo, a third-rate villain who first appeared in Cap #308 (August, 1985; Gruenwald/Neary/… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/54606/capital-thoughts-all-new-captain-america-3/ http://sequart.org/magazine/54606/capital-thoughts-all-new-captain-america-3/#comments Sat, 07 Feb 2015 12:00:26 +0000 Jeffrey Kahan http://sequart.org/?p=54606 As much as I find Remender’s recent storylines to be thought-provoking, Sam Wilson’s backstory is one long cliché: inner city youth, a community ravaged by drugs, his parents die; Sam then raises his siblings and… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/52978/capital-thoughts-all-new-captain-america-1/ http://sequart.org/magazine/52978/capital-thoughts-all-new-captain-america-1/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2014 12:00:18 +0000 Jeffrey Kahan http://sequart.org/?p=52978 The “All-New” Captain America begins, curiously enough, with a nostalgic turn:  Sam Wilson flying into a fortress and kicking Hydra ass.  But, even as fisticuffs fly, Sam’s mind is elsewhere:  he replays a childhood filled… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/51480/capital-thoughts-captain-america-25/ http://sequart.org/magazine/51480/capital-thoughts-captain-america-25/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2014 11:00:22 +0000 Jeffrey Kahan http://sequart.org/?p=51480 That Sam Wilson is the new Cap can come as a surprise to few.  For months now, Yahoo and other major sites have been predicting this event. The moment, as Sam himself notes, is anticlimactic. … [more]]]> 3