http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:44:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/37332/the-best-of-millar-the-10-most-enjoyable-examples-of-mark-millar-work-for-uk-publishers-1989-1997/ http://sequart.org/magazine/37332/the-best-of-millar-the-10-most-enjoyable-examples-of-mark-millar-work-for-uk-publishers-1989-1997/#comments Tue, 17 Dec 2013 12:00:28 +0000 Colin Smith http://sequart.org/?p=37332 As in last week’s “worst-of”, the following selections are presented in no order of preference; 1. Tales From Beyond Science: Long Distance Calls, with artist Rian Hughes, from 1992’s 2000AD #776. Just as I could… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/25046/celibacy-being-such-a-drag-shameless-part-16/ http://sequart.org/magazine/25046/celibacy-being-such-a-drag-shameless-part-16/#comments Tue, 25 Jun 2013 11:00:05 +0000 Colin Smith http://sequart.org/?p=25046 Continued from last week. It often appears that Millar is determined to deny any interpretation of his work that he doesn’t approve of. Yet as we’ve discussed, he repeatedly fails to produce comics whose political content… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/24326/the-evil-was-the-act-of-violence-shameless-part-15/ http://sequart.org/magazine/24326/the-evil-was-the-act-of-violence-shameless-part-15/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:00:27 +0000 Colin Smith http://sequart.org/?p=24326 Continued from last week. Millar’s preference for deconstructing genre can at times make for routine and predictable comic books. For those who’d prefer more of close observation, ambition and innovation, and less of the bare bones… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/21823/a-superhero-for-the-readers-sake-shameless-part-10/ http://sequart.org/magazine/21823/a-superhero-for-the-readers-sake-shameless-part-10/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 11:00:10 +0000 Colin Smith http://sequart.org/?p=21823 Continued from last week. But even the most experienced and gifted of writers would struggle to make a success of The Saviour. It was far too ambitious and complex a project. In mixing so many genres,… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/21576/the-history-of-the-world-shameless-part-9/ http://sequart.org/magazine/21576/the-history-of-the-world-shameless-part-9/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:00:33 +0000 Colin Smith http://sequart.org/?p=21576 Continued from last week. But despite its barnstorming high concept, The Saviour was, as Skidmore conceded, “hard to explain” (*1). Some of this was caused by the need to keep key plot-reversals under wraps. But… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/21061/from-shazam-to-the-devil-from-brother-power-the-geek-to-jesus/ http://sequart.org/magazine/21061/from-shazam-to-the-devil-from-brother-power-the-geek-to-jesus/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:00:38 +0000 Colin Smith http://sequart.org/?p=21061 Continued from last week. It’s impossible to say how much the young Millar wrote or how often he sent off his work to publishers in the years before he landed the Trident Comics contract. His… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/21053/what-if-superman-was-really-the-antichrist/ http://sequart.org/magazine/21053/what-if-superman-was-really-the-antichrist/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:00:54 +0000 Colin Smith http://sequart.org/?p=21053 Continued from last week. The Saviour #1-6 (December 1989 to January 1991) Trident #5 (April 1990) The Saviour TPB Volume 1, Trident, 1990 (reprints all of the above except issue 6, with a Neil Gaiman… [more]]]> 0