http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:44:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/61873/star-wars-the-force-awakens-breaks-box-office-records/ http://sequart.org/magazine/61873/star-wars-the-force-awakens-breaks-box-office-records/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2015 18:23:08 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=61873 Star Wars: The Force Awakens took in an estimated $238 million domestically in its opening weekend. It’s the biggest opening weekend in history, besting Jurassic World, which set a new opening-weekend record with $208.8 million, earlier… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/61854/star-wars-the-force-awakens-and-awakens-and-awakens/ http://sequart.org/magazine/61854/star-wars-the-force-awakens-and-awakens-and-awakens/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2015 22:37:36 +0000 James Rovira http://sequart.org/?p=61854 My friend Kellie on Facebook wanted to post something about Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but before doing so, she posted this insane spoiler alert: I wanna discuss A Thing about Star Wars. If you’re… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/61848/the-crazy-star-wars-theory-that-makes-sense-of-everything/ http://sequart.org/magazine/61848/the-crazy-star-wars-theory-that-makes-sense-of-everything/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2015 18:00:52 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=61848 Watching both Star Wars trilogies, it’s hard not to notice the incongruities. The prequels are longer — and also bigger, with a cast of thousands and elaborate lightsaber battles. They feel different. The original trilogy features old-fashioned… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/61701/the-red-wing/ http://sequart.org/magazine/61701/the-red-wing/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2015 12:00:26 +0000 Mario Lebel http://sequart.org/?p=61701 Time travel stories can be some of the most enjoyable, as well as some of the most complex science fiction stories. When done well, they’re intricately plotted and deal with a number of complexities that… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/61691/thatcherism-in-the-space-era-courtesy-of-grant-morrison-rian-hughes/ http://sequart.org/magazine/61691/thatcherism-in-the-space-era-courtesy-of-grant-morrison-rian-hughes/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2015 20:00:48 +0000 Arcadio Bolanos http://sequart.org/?p=61691 “Dare to look to the future”. Because we remember the past and we live in the present, we hold dear the future. We never know what tomorrow might bring and we love dreaming about adventures… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/61789/why-didnt-i-love-the-martian/ http://sequart.org/magazine/61789/why-didnt-i-love-the-martian/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2015 12:00:23 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=61789 Of all people, I should have loved The Martian. If I were to imagine a Hollywood film perfectly calibrated to my tastes as a) someone with a background in science, b) a gigantic space nerd… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/61770/man-in-the-high-castle-and-the-flexibility-of-the-science-fiction-genre/ http://sequart.org/magazine/61770/man-in-the-high-castle-and-the-flexibility-of-the-science-fiction-genre/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2015 18:00:07 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=61770 Science fiction is one of those genres everyone thinks they know, but seems to find it difficult to pin down in terms of a definition. It’s such a porous genre, that is, one that can… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/61811/on-altered-states-and-the-art-of-making-a-science-fiction-cult-classic/ http://sequart.org/magazine/61811/on-altered-states-and-the-art-of-making-a-science-fiction-cult-classic/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:00:23 +0000 Harry Edmundson-Cornell http://sequart.org/?p=61811 The science fiction film Altered States bears all the hallmarks of a cult film. For one thing, it’s about outsider topics, like psychedelic mind states, genetic memory, float tanks, and entheogens. For another there’s a… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/61680/the-complete-d-r-quinch-alan-moores-sci-fi-fun-time/ http://sequart.org/magazine/61680/the-complete-d-r-quinch-alan-moores-sci-fi-fun-time/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2015 12:00:53 +0000 Mario Lebel http://sequart.org/?p=61680 Like many readers who discovered the world of comics in bookstores rather than comic shops, the works of Alan Moore made an immediate impression on me. He’s a comic book rock star and, undeniably, one… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/61766/star-wars-from-a-successful-film-franchise-to-one-of-the-greatest-hits-in-comics/ http://sequart.org/magazine/61766/star-wars-from-a-successful-film-franchise-to-one-of-the-greatest-hits-in-comics/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2015 20:00:35 +0000 Arcadio Bolanos http://sequart.org/?p=61766 For some reason, I’ve never been a fan of film adaptations, much in the same way that I’m not a fan of videogames turned into comics, or TV series transformed into novels. In my opinion,… [more]]]> 2 http://sequart.org/magazine/61677/my-very-brief-history-with-sf/ http://sequart.org/magazine/61677/my-very-brief-history-with-sf/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2015 12:00:49 +0000 Mark J. Hayman http://sequart.org/?p=61677 Speculative Fiction, more commonly referred to as “Science Fiction”, has been described as perhaps the best means of conveying complex ideas.  It is a broad genre that was, and for some remains pigeon-holed, like comic… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/61737/sid-and-marty-krofft%e2%80%99s-wormholes-to-hell/ http://sequart.org/magazine/61737/sid-and-marty-krofft%e2%80%99s-wormholes-to-hell/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2015 21:00:20 +0000 Brian Cowlishaw http://sequart.org/?p=61737 If you’re an American of a certain age, chances are you fondly remember the weird and wonderful worlds dreamed up by Sid and Marty Krofft—especially H. R. Pufnstuf, Lidsville, and Land of the Lost. Those… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/61672/the-stars-my-destination-a-sci-fi-masterpiece-for-sci-fi-week/ http://sequart.org/magazine/61672/the-stars-my-destination-a-sci-fi-masterpiece-for-sci-fi-week/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2015 12:00:46 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=61672 When Alfred Bester’s The Stars My Destination was first recommended to me, it was with the promise that he “packs as much world-building, plot and character into 170 pages as Asimov did in the entire… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/61687/constructing-a-perfect-reality/ http://sequart.org/magazine/61687/constructing-a-perfect-reality/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2015 20:00:19 +0000 Jeff Hayes http://sequart.org/?p=61687 “Thus only in a dream we are at one, Thus only in a dream we give and take The faith that maketh rich who take or give”-  Monna Innominata by Christina Rossetti The topic of… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/61538/we-are-the-heroes-of-earth-prime-the-role-of-the-reader-in-the-multiverse/ http://sequart.org/magazine/61538/we-are-the-heroes-of-earth-prime-the-role-of-the-reader-in-the-multiverse/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2015 12:00:47 +0000 Richard Gray http://sequart.org/?p=61538 You. Yes, you. Staring at us. Studying us. Picking over these words and looking for meaning. Did it not occur to you that you are the one giving this significance?  Every word you read is… [more]]]> 2 http://sequart.org/magazine/61074/its-sequarts-third-annual-sci-fi-week/ http://sequart.org/magazine/61074/its-sequarts-third-annual-sci-fi-week/#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2015 12:00:16 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=61074 Coinciding with this week’s release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Sequart is celebrating its third annual Sci-Fi Week! All this week, we’ll be running content focusing on sci-fi comics and popular culture. Sequart ran… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/61116/sequart-announces-its-third-annual-sci-fi-week/ http://sequart.org/magazine/61116/sequart-announces-its-third-annual-sci-fi-week/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2015 13:00:47 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=61116 On 14 December, Sequart will begin its third annual Sci-Fi Week, timed to coincide with that week’s release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Over the course of the week, Sequart will publish content focusing… [more]]]> 0