http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:12:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/70482/last-jedi-is-repetition-not-subversion/ http://sequart.org/magazine/70482/last-jedi-is-repetition-not-subversion/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2020 15:49:27 +0000 Deborah Majowka http://sequart.org/?p=70482 Star Wars: The Last Jedi is known for being one of the most divisive films in recent history. The reason for that is that it seems to involve moving away from the themes of the… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/67860/that-grey-place-star-wars-the-last-jedi/ http://sequart.org/magazine/67860/that-grey-place-star-wars-the-last-jedi/#comments Thu, 04 Jan 2018 16:25:16 +0000 Matthew Kirshenblatt http://sequart.org/?p=67860 “I am your father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate.” “So what does that make us?” “Absolutely nothing….” – Dark Helmet and Lone Starr, Space Balls As of this writing, everyone and their Force immaculate parent… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/67779/the-first-of-many-a-critical-and-cultural-investigation-into-the-new-star-wars-trilogy-and-what-it-can-teach-us-about-long-awaited-sequels/ http://sequart.org/magazine/67779/the-first-of-many-a-critical-and-cultural-investigation-into-the-new-star-wars-trilogy-and-what-it-can-teach-us-about-long-awaited-sequels/#comments Thu, 14 Dec 2017 19:30:29 +0000 Jarrett Mazza http://sequart.org/?p=67779 I purchased my tickets for The Last Jedi literally two months in advance and I was still only able to get a Saturday showing, with seats in the back row. Not a bad result, and… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/66519/star-wars-legacy-junior-jedi-knights-when-the-force-awakens/ http://sequart.org/magazine/66519/star-wars-legacy-junior-jedi-knights-when-the-force-awakens/#comments Tue, 18 Apr 2017 17:45:14 +0000 Matthew Kirshenblatt http://sequart.org/?p=66519 I remember watching Star Wars for the first time. My parents rented them from the now defunct-Hollywood Movies video store before we got our own VHS collection set. We got one movie a week and… [more]]]> 2 http://sequart.org/magazine/63889/shattered-empire-fills-in-some-intriguing-star-wars-gaps/ http://sequart.org/magazine/63889/shattered-empire-fills-in-some-intriguing-star-wars-gaps/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2016 20:20:07 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=63889 One of the great things about a mythical universe such as the one created by Star Wars is that there’s plenty of room to tell many different stories, so long as they connect neatly with… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/63723/star-wars-in-may-thoughts-on-the-anniversary-of-the-original-release/ http://sequart.org/magazine/63723/star-wars-in-may-thoughts-on-the-anniversary-of-the-original-release/#comments Thu, 26 May 2016 21:40:37 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=63723 Yesterday fans all over the world recognized May 25 as one of the most important anniversaries in popular culture: the release of Star Wars on that day in 1977. This comes at the tail end… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/62250/star-wars-the-force-awakens-a-powerful-family-drama-about-addiction/ http://sequart.org/magazine/62250/star-wars-the-force-awakens-a-powerful-family-drama-about-addiction/#comments Sat, 26 Dec 2015 16:45:44 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=62250 This article is about Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and discusses elements of the plot that could be considered spoilers. Star Wars: The Force Awakens needed to do a specific set of things in order… [more]]]> 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/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/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