http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:44:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/68402/alan-moore%e2%80%99s-marvelman-part-1-from-the-ashes-of-obscurity%e2%80%a6/ http://sequart.org/magazine/68402/alan-moore%e2%80%99s-marvelman-part-1-from-the-ashes-of-obscurity%e2%80%a6/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2018 14:00:01 +0000 James Kelly http://sequart.org/?p=68402 Alan Moore brought new life to one of the most unoriginal superheroes. See how Alan Moore utilized Marvelman to explore and critique the Golden Age of Comics. [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/53513/the-multiversity-new-thunderworld-adventures-1/ http://sequart.org/magazine/53513/the-multiversity-new-thunderworld-adventures-1/#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2015 12:00:12 +0000 Dave Whittaker http://sequart.org/?p=53513 Forgive me if I start by stating the obvious, but there something quite archetypal and mythic about Captain Marvel. Obviously because his powers derive from some pretty mythic figures themselves. Add to this a halcyon… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/50623/thoughts-on-the-rock-asblack-adam/ http://sequart.org/magazine/50623/thoughts-on-the-rock-asblack-adam/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2014 17:00:38 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=50623 Dwayne Johnson will play DC heavy-hitter Black Adam in an upcoming Shazam film. Fans were either reviled or revitalized, but what has been rarely discussed is how exactly Black Adam should be adapted to the big screen. We just need to be careful. [more]]]> 5 http://sequart.org/magazine/39391/the-black-marvel-family-anti-ideology-in-black-adam-titles-part-1/ http://sequart.org/magazine/39391/the-black-marvel-family-anti-ideology-in-black-adam-titles-part-1/#comments Fri, 28 Feb 2014 12:00:49 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=39391 Black Adam is a focal point of American fears about the Other, and contributes to the perception of American moral and mental superiority over the Oriental inferior. [more]]]> 5 http://sequart.org/magazine/10636/shazam-design/ http://sequart.org/magazine/10636/shazam-design/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:00:43 +0000 Mike Greear http://sequart.org/?p=10636 Whenever the phrases “we removed the circus strongman elements of his costume” or “the emotional journey of this troubled teenager” get used in an interview about a character’s redesign, I have to admit I get… [more]]]> 6 http://sequart.org/magazine/5939/whatever-happened-to-the-big-red-cheese-part-5-reboot/ http://sequart.org/magazine/5939/whatever-happened-to-the-big-red-cheese-part-5-reboot/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:00:39 +0000 Cody Walker http://sequart.org/?p=5939 As much as people have blown the DC Relaunch out of proportion, reboots and relaunches have been a part of comics for decades now.The number of reboots that Captain Marvel has gone through since his creation… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/5789/whatever-happened-to-the-big-red-cheese-part-4-the-roy-thomas-defense/ http://sequart.org/magazine/5789/whatever-happened-to-the-big-red-cheese-part-4-the-roy-thomas-defense/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:00:22 +0000 Cody Walker http://sequart.org/?p=5789 The ’80s killed comic books. Watchmen and Dark Knight Returns are both wonderful books to come out of that era, but the philosophical messages of these two titles completely contradicted everything that Shazam and Captain… [more]]]> 8 http://sequart.org/magazine/5739/whatever-happened-to-the-big-red-cheese-part-3-the-name-of-captain-marvel/ http://sequart.org/magazine/5739/whatever-happened-to-the-big-red-cheese-part-3-the-name-of-captain-marvel/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:00:18 +0000 Cody Walker http://sequart.org/?p=5739 Everyone knows the origin of Freddie Freeman. Even if they don’t know the specifics of how Freddie became Captain Marvel Jr. in Whiz Comics #25, the basic framework for the character is imbedded in our… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/5464/whatever-happened-to-the-big-red-cheese-pt-1-the-naming-curse/ http://sequart.org/magazine/5464/whatever-happened-to-the-big-red-cheese-pt-1-the-naming-curse/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:00:32 +0000 Cody Walker http://sequart.org/?p=5464 Night in the city. “Papers!” a boy calls out into the storm ravaged night. He takes shelter in the entrance of the subway station as the crowd rushes on to dryer destinations without so much… [more]]]> 3