http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:44:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/46959/optimus-prime-died-so-the-transformers-could-live/ http://sequart.org/magazine/46959/optimus-prime-died-so-the-transformers-could-live/#comments Sat, 28 Jun 2014 17:00:54 +0000 Zaki Hasan http://sequart.org/?p=46959 In 1986, Optimus Prime died. And I cried. Not big, wracking sobs or anything, mind you. But it’s entirely possible a single tear rolled down my cheek. I feel comfortable admitting that in a public… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/45956/unicron-vs-galactus-battle-of-the-planet-eaters/ http://sequart.org/magazine/45956/unicron-vs-galactus-battle-of-the-planet-eaters/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2014 17:00:33 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=45956 When coming up with villains, you usually want someone who poses a real threat to the story’s heroes. Few things are as important to a story as making the conflict seem like something’s at stake.… [more]]]> 2 http://sequart.org/magazine/43784/when-the-transformers-got-religion-in-transformers-the-movie/ http://sequart.org/magazine/43784/when-the-transformers-got-religion-in-transformers-the-movie/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2014 11:00:07 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=43784 There are a lot of reasons why Transformers: The Movie was revolutionary, when it was released in 1986. Its level of animation was spectacular for anything but a Disney film. Akira hadn’t yet been released,… [more]]]> 11 http://sequart.org/magazine/28614/exploration-becoming-history/ http://sequart.org/magazine/28614/exploration-becoming-history/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2005 15:38:43 +0000 Shathley Q http://sequart.org/?p=28614 2005 is at least significant on two fronts; it is the centennial of The Day the Rules Changed, of Albert Einstein’s Specific Theory of Relativity, also, it is the year in which Transformers: the Movie… [more]]]> 0