Magazine Archives for:

2019

Van Jensen on His OGN Two Dead

by Nathan Cabaniss | in Interviews | Tue, 24 December 2019

“In America, no one is more powerful than a police officer,” a character says at one point in Two Dead, the new crime graphic novel from publisher Gallery 13, “a cop can detain you, hurt… [more]

Because I Am the Goddamn Batman: Political Ideologies and Transhumanism in Superhero Comics

by KD Evans | in Articles | Sat, 21 December 2019

Superheroes give us a way to get at the ideologies at work in transhumanism and politics. The genre of superhero comics is a fantastical take on an often dystopian version of our own real world.… [more]

David Seelow on Teaching with Comics and His Book Lessons Drawn

by Nicholas Yanes | in Interviews | Sat, 7 December 2019

With over twenty-five years of experience in higher education, David Seelow’s career has been defined by his desire to develop new and innovative ways of educating students. In addition to his academic work, Seelow founded… [more]

Clark Bint on Frank at Home on the Farm #3

by Mike Phillips | in Interviews | Fri, 15 November 2019

Frank at Home on the Farm is a wild and unique book from publisher Mad Robot Comics. Created by writer Jordan Thomas and artist Clark Bint, Frank is a psychological horror mystery set in a 1920s… [more]

April Wright on Her Career and Documentary Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace

by Nicholas Yanes | in Interviews | Thu, 14 November 2019

A cinephile from a young age, April Wright only began pursuing filmmaking 15 years ago, after building a financially successful career in another field. Since her first script got made in 2005, Wright has made… [more]

Bulent Hasan on Black Project

by Mike Phillips | in Interviews | Mon, 28 October 2019

Black Project is an upcoming comic by Bulent Hasan currently crowdfunding on Indiegogo. PHILLIPS: What inspired you to enter the indie comics arena? HASAN: I’ve been a comic book fan all my life, and to… [more]

Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers #2: We Were Avengers

by Matthew Brake | in Articles | Sat, 26 October 2019

Issue #2 acts as something of an interlude in the first three issues of Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers. As Captain America prepares a new team to go to Mars, Ex Nihilo’s speaks with the imprisoned Avengers,… [more]

Academics on the Legacy of Fox’s X-Men Films

by Nicholas Yanes | in Articles | Sat, 28 September 2019

Given how fast our current news cycle moves, it is often difficult to remember a time when comic book movies thrived before the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, if we cast our minds to the early… [more]

Tony McMillen on Serious Creatures

by Mike Phillips | in Interviews | Sat, 14 September 2019

Recently, Sequart sat down with Tony McMillen to chat about his new comics series Serious Creatures. He talks about the comic itself, his ‘70s & ‘80s horror movie effects influences, his early Image Comics &… [more]

Hell is Other People: Superheroes, Outsiders, and Chris Ware’s Jimmy Corrigan, Part 2

by Jesse Berberich | in Articles | Sun, 8 September 2019

Previously, I explored the themes of Chris Ware’s landmark graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth — specifically the role and function of the superhero in this piece and even beyond in Ware’s… [more]

Beehive Books Celebrates Trailblazing Feminist Painter Artemisia Gentileschi in New Kickstarter

by Mike Phillips | in News | Sat, 7 September 2019

PRESS RELEASE: Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Rubens; these old masters are celebrated historical figures and household names. But there was one among their number — a woman who created Baroque masterpieces when she was just a teenager… [more]

Hell is Other People: Superheroes, Outsiders, and Chris Ware’s Jimmy Corrigan

by Jesse Berberich | in Articles | Sat, 31 August 2019

Chris Ware’s seminal graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth is a masterwork wherein Ware chronicles the struggles of main character, Jimmy, as he navigates through life, eventually meeting his estranged father for… [more]

Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers #1: An Avengers World is Born!

by Matthew Brake | in Articles | Wed, 28 August 2019

Hickman begins Avengers #1 like a creation story, the theme of creation being prevalent throughout the three-issue opening arc: “First there was nothing. Then everything.” As we will see, this is juxtaposed against New Avengers… [more]

Jordan Thomas on Kickstarting and Frank at Home on the Farm #2

by Mike Phillips | in Interviews | Tue, 27 August 2019

Frank at Home on the Farm is a wild and unique new book from publisher Mad Robot Comics. Created by writer Jordan Thomas and artist Clark Bint, Frank is a psychological horror mystery set in a… [more]

Grand Slam Romance #1 Review

by Tom Shapira | in Reviews | Mon, 26 August 2019

Written by Olivia Hicks Drawn by Emma Oostherhous In the afterword for the first issue of Grand Slam Romance, both of the creators involved admit they do ‘not know much about softball.’ It is exactly… [more]

Strange Sentiments: Stranger Things and Nostalgia

by Jesse Berberich | in Articles | Tue, 30 July 2019

“Stranger Things Season Three, and the Limits of Nostalgia” – the Week “In Stranger Things’ Third Season, the Nostalgia Well Runs Dry” – Slate “Stranger Things Doesn’t Know How to Grow Up” – Vanity Fair… [more]

“I won’t wear one of those damnfool spandex body-condom things. I don’t have the bust for it”: Superhero Costume in the WildStorm Comics of Warren Ellis, Part 3

by David Sweeney | in Articles | Tue, 23 July 2019

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]