http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:44:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/69977/superhero-costume-in-the-wildstorm-comics-of-warren-ellis-part-3/ http://sequart.org/magazine/69977/superhero-costume-in-the-wildstorm-comics-of-warren-ellis-part-3/#comments Tue, 23 Jul 2019 11:26:36 +0000 David Sweeney http://sequart.org/?p=69977 In How To Read Superhero Comics and Why, Klock applies Harold Bloom’s concept of the ‘agon’ to Ellis’s treatment of superheroes in his work for WildStorm. For Bloom, poets can only escape the ‘anxiety of… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/68843/warren-ellis-captured-ghosts-free-on-youtube/ http://sequart.org/magazine/68843/warren-ellis-captured-ghosts-free-on-youtube/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:00:49 +0000 Mike Phillips http://sequart.org/?p=68843 Sequart Organization and Respect Films are proud to announce that their feature-length documentary Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts is now available for free on Sequart’s YouTube channel SequartTV. Captured Ghosts features the most extensive interview ever… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/29252/sequart-releases-shot-in-the-face-a-savage-journey-to-the-heart-of-transmetropolitan/ http://sequart.org/magazine/29252/sequart-releases-shot-in-the-face-a-savage-journey-to-the-heart-of-transmetropolitan/#comments Tue, 13 Aug 2013 17:00:03 +0000 Mike Phillips http://sequart.org/?p=29252 Sequart Research & Literacy Organization is proud to announce the release of Shot in the Face: A Savage Journey to the Heart of Transmetropolitan, edited by Chad Nevett. Published in 1997-2002, Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson’s Transmetropolitan… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/19954/warren-ellis-revisionism-and-reconstructionism/ http://sequart.org/magazine/19954/warren-ellis-revisionism-and-reconstructionism/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:00:34 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=19954 Last time, we discussed how Warren Ellis is a realist, and we contrasted this with the views of Grant Morrison. These two modes correlate strongly with two different modes of super-hero stories.  Revisionism, most frequently… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/13473/warren-ellis-on-the-future-happening-everywhere/ http://sequart.org/magazine/13473/warren-ellis-on-the-future-happening-everywhere/#comments Sun, 08 Jul 2012 11:00:16 +0000 Patrick Meaney http://sequart.org/?p=13473 Warren Ellis has made a career of thinking about the future. Here, he discusses the ways that the future is happening all around us, even when we’re not aware of it.What Warren thinks about the… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/4709/spider-jerusalem-and-friedrich-nietzsche/ http://sequart.org/magazine/4709/spider-jerusalem-and-friedrich-nietzsche/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:00:37 +0000 Daniel N. Gullotta http://sequart.org/?p=4709 “Spider Jerusalem is like Hunter S. Thompson in the 25th century.” That is how the lead character of Warren Ellis’s Transmetropolitan was first described to me. This description captured my interest, and my friend also informed… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/427/cover-released-for-shot-in-the-face/ http://sequart.org/magazine/427/cover-released-for-shot-in-the-face/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:31:20 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=427 We’re pleased to release the cover art for Shot in the Face:  A Savage Journey to the Heart of Transmetropolitan, scheduled for a late 2011 release. The book, which studies the series by writer Warren Ellis… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/168/2011-the-year-of-ellis/ http://sequart.org/magazine/168/2011-the-year-of-ellis/#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:52:21 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/content/?p=168 Here at Sequart, 2011 is the Year of Ellis — as in celebrated comics writer Warren Ellis. Throughout the year, we’ll be offering three books and a documentary film on Ellis, exploring his major works, his… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/20424/reintroduction/ http://sequart.org/magazine/20424/reintroduction/#comments Sat, 09 Dec 2006 18:48:52 +0000 Lily Hampton http://sequart.org/?p=20424 I’ve been checking around and am reasonably certain that Ms. Manners (oh how I love my Judith Martin) would advise me to start off this, my first article in this series, with some kind words… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/20377/looks-like-rain/ http://sequart.org/magazine/20377/looks-like-rain/#comments Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:53:20 +0000 Joseph Throssel http://sequart.org/?p=20377 Welcome to the series “Looks Like Rain,” which will end up being a detailed exploration of the Wildstorm Universe from its origins in Image through to its current position as part of DC. First of… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/27730/your-weekly-blotter-fix/ http://sequart.org/magazine/27730/your-weekly-blotter-fix/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2004 14:53:53 +0000 Mike Phillips http://sequart.org/?p=27730 Dabel Brothers and Devil’s Due Having a Bit of a TiffThe comic book industry is just a reality show waiting to happen. CrossGen can breathe a momentary sigh of relief as Dabel Bros. and Devil’s… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/25170/comics-published-on-25-september-2002/ http://sequart.org/magazine/25170/comics-published-on-25-september-2002/#comments Fri, 27 Sep 2002 15:15:11 +0000 Matt Martin http://sequart.org/?p=25170 Before I start, a couple of items of business: I did in fact get a request for me to review Ultimate Adventures #1 and Marville #1, though I don’t think that request was made with… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/6418/the-state-of-american-comics-address-2002/ http://sequart.org/magazine/6418/the-state-of-american-comics-address-2002/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2002 17:00:53 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=6418 The American comic book industry, as an economic institution, is doing terribly. Artistically, however, this will be remembered as a fairly good period. Many mainstream titles are selling less than 20,000 copies; a few even… [more]]]> 0