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Ryan K. Lindsay on The Devil is in the Details

Mike Phillips — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 23:00:02 +0000

The Devil is in the Details" title="Ryan K. Lindsay on The Devil is in the Details" style="float:left;" />As part of its ongoing Patreon campaign, Sequart runs a Book/Movie of the Month Club. Patrons get a digital copy of a Sequart book or movie at the beginning of each month, and they’re invited… [more]

Julian Darius on The Weirdest Sci-Fi Comic Ever Made

Mike Phillips — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 18:00:19 +0000

The Weirdest Sci-Fi Comic Ever Made" title="Julian Darius on The Weirdest Sci-Fi Comic Ever Made" style="float:left;" />As part of its ongoing Patreon campaign, Sequart runs a Book/Movie of the Month Club. Patrons get a digital copy of a Sequart book or movie at the beginning of each month, and they’re invited… [more]

Thomas J. McLean on Mutant Cinema: The X-Men Trilogy from Comics to Screen

Mike Phillips — Sun, 07 Feb 2016 18:00:29 +0000

Mutant Cinema: The X-Men Trilogy from Comics to Screen" title="Thomas J. McLean on Mutant Cinema: The X-Men Trilogy from Comics to Screen" style="float:left;" />As part of its ongoing Patreon campaign, Sequart runs a Book/Movie of the Month Club. Patrons get a digital copy of a Sequart book or movie at the beginning of each month, and they’re invited… [more]

Richard Bensam on Minutes to Midnight: Twelve Essays on Watchmen

Mike Phillips — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 15:00:30 +0000

Minutes to Midnight: Twelve Essays on Watchmen" title="Richard Bensam on Minutes to Midnight: Twelve Essays on Watchmen" style="float:left;" />As part of its ongoing Patreon campaign, Sequart runs a Book / Movie of the Month Club. Patrons get a digital copy of a Sequart book or movie at the beginning of each month, and… [more]

Tim Callahan on Grant Morrison: The Early Years

Mike Phillips — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 11:00:45 +0000

Grant Morrison: The Early Years" title="Tim Callahan on Grant Morrison: The Early Years" style="float:left;" />As part of its ongoing Patreon campaign, Sequart runs a Book / Movie of the Month Club. Patrons get a digital copy of a Sequart book or movie at the beginning of each month, and… [more]

Julian Darius on Improving the Foundations

Mike Phillips — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 17:00:08 +0000

Improving the Foundations" title="Julian Darius on Improving the Foundations" style="float:left;" />As part of its ongoing Patreon campaign, Sequart runs a Book / Movie of the Month Club. Patrons get a digital copy of a Sequart book or movie at the beginning of each month, and they’re invited… [more]

Diagram for Deliquents Update #31: End Game

Robert A. Emmons, Jr. — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 02:14:38 +0000

It’s been a long, at times difficult, but always enlightening journey, and I am happy to say that we are in the homestretch. We are in the final stages of editing, assembling b-roll, music, sound-mixing,… [more]

The3rdWall’s Video Reviews: Person of Interest Season 3, Episode 1

Harry Edmundson-Cornell — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 00:00:04 +0000

Person of Interest Season 3, Episode 1" title="The3rdWall’s Video Reviews: Person of Interest Season 3, Episode 1" style="float:left;" />Welcome to the first episode of The3rdWall’s Video Reviews! This will be a new series of videos created for Sequart. Specifically, they will be a collection of video reviews of various comic- and geek-culture-related TV… [more]

Julian Darius on The Killing Joke

Mike Phillips — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 17:00:11 +0000

The Killing Joke" title="Julian Darius on The Killing Joke" style="float:left;" />In this video, Julian Darius discusses his theory about what happens at the end of Batman: The Killing Joke. For more on Julian’s theory, check out the Bleeding Cool story on it. And of course, you… [more]

Sequart’s Next Documentary Film Subject is Neil Gaiman!

Mike Phillips — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:38:37 +0000

Sequart Research & Literacy Organization, in conjunction with Respect! Films, is honored and proud to announce that author Neil Gaiman will be the next subject in its expanding line of comics-centric documentaries. In the tradition… [more]

On Sequart’s Grant Morrison Library (Video)

Julian Darius — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 11:00:50 +0000

In which I discuss Sequart’s three books on Grant Morrison’s work: Timothy Callahan’s Grant Morrison: The Early Years, Patrick Meaney’s Our Sentence is Up: Seeing Grant Morrison’s The Invisibles, and Tom Shapira’s just-released Curing the… [more]

On Sequart’s New Daredevil Book (Video)

Julian Darius — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 01:00:47 +0000

In which I discuss Sequart’s most recent publication, The Devil is in the Details: Examining Matt Murdock and Daredevil, edited by Ryan K. Lindsay, and my own essay in the volume (which is titled “What… [more]

The Image Revolution: The Full Trailer for the Documentary Film

Patrick Meaney — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:40:32 +0000

The Image Revolution: The Full Trailer for the Documentary Film" title="The Image Revolution: The Full Trailer for the Documentary Film" style="float:left;" />Sequart has released a full trailer for its upcoming feature-length documentary, The Image Revolution. 20 years ago, the seven biggest superstars created their own company and changed an industry forever. From Spawn to The Walking… [more]

Diagram for Delinquents Update #29: I Want You to Suffer More and More and More and More

Robert A. Emmons, Jr. — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:07:57 +0000

Hello supporters and interested parties. It’s been two months since I’ve posted an update, but let me assure you, there isn’t a week that goes by that I’m not working on the film in some… [more]

Grant Morrison on the 2012 Apocalypse

Patrick Meaney — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 12:00:40 +0000

Well we’re still here. But for quite a while, Grant Morrison was, let’s say, fairly curious to see what was going to happen on December 21st, 2012. Here, in a 2009 interview for our documentary… [more]

Diagram for Delinquents Update #28: The Not So Garden (of Eden) State

Robert A. Emmons, Jr. — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 22:25:50 +0000

I am a New Jersey guy. Ever since I began making documentaries I have investigated the obscure, forgotten, unexplored, but intriguing histories of the Garden State. With my last two feature length films I profiled… [more]

Diagram for Delinquents Update #27: I’m Interested in Some Comics

Robert A. Emmons, Jr. — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 06:37:38 +0000

I apologize that I didn’t make the Sunday update. I was away at a conference in Boston and didn’t arrive home until about 6PM on Sunday and just couldn’t bring it all together in time.… [more]

Diagram for Delinquents Update #26: We Just Don’t Know

Robert A. Emmons, Jr. — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 06:19:10 +0000

As previously mentioned, one particular source will be a sort of “star” in our documentary. That source is the transcript and recording of the Hearings Before The Subcommittee To Investigate Juvenile Delinquency Of The Committee… [more]

Diagram for Delinquents Update #25: The Wild Spree of the Laughing Sadist

Robert A. Emmons, Jr. — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 18:26:07 +0000

There is, has been, and will always be one driving debate within media studies: How does media affect society? The question of does media affect society is certainly answered: Yes. How, is another story. The… [more]

Diagram for Delinquents Update #24: To Fear, or Not to Fear, That is the Question

Robert A. Emmons, Jr. — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 16:00:11 +0000

In celebration of Halloween, this blog focuses on fear. In the ’40s and ’50s, fear was abound. We had just come out of a devastating economic and social crisis, then we entered another world war,… [more]

Dan Fraga on Getting Inked by Todd McFarlane

Patrick Meaney — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 16:00:54 +0000

Dan Fraga has recently worked as the animation director of the The Ricky Gervais Show, but in the ’90s, he was an artist at Extreme Studios, working on titles like Supreme and Bloodstrike. Here, he discusses what it… [more]

Jason Aaron on Why Wolverine Endures

Patrick Meaney — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 22:00:47 +0000

As a longtime writer of Wolverine both in Wolverine and the X-Men and the X-Men solo series, Jason Aaron knows the character well. But what is it that makes Wolverine such an enduring presence in… [more]

Rob Liefeld on Pouches

Patrick Meaney — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 16:00:15 +0000

Rob Liefeld has long been a controversial figure in the comics industry. He’s been criticized for many reasons, one of them being his, what would some say, excessive use of pouches! What does Rob say… [more]

Scott Williams on His Working Relationship with Jim Lee

Patrick Meaney — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 15:00:12 +0000

Scott Williams is one of the most acclaimed and in-demand inkers in comics, best known for his twenty years of collaboration with Jim Lee. Here, Scott discusses how he and Jim have worked together to… [more]

Rob Liefeld on Leaving Marvel Comics in the Early ’90s

Patrick Meaney — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 13:30:25 +0000

For the past twenty-five years, Rob Liefeld has been a best-selling and controversial comics creator. Here, he discusses working for Marvel Comics in the early ’90s and the changing corporate culture there that led him… [more]

Jim Valentino on the Potential of Comics

Patrick Meaney — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 20:00:39 +0000

Jim Valentino is one of the founders of Image Comics and a pioneer in bringing new ideas and storytelling forms to the medium. Here, he discusses the potential of comics and the way that they… [more]

Captured Ghosts Excerpt: Warren Ellis on Planetary

Patrick Meaney — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 11:00:41 +0000

Captured Ghosts Excerpt: Warren Ellis on Planetary" title="Captured Ghosts Excerpt: Warren Ellis on Planetary" style="float:left;" />Planetary is one of Warren Ellis’s most beloved and respected series. In this exclusive excerpt from Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts, series creators Ellis and John Cassaday, as well as fans Joss Whedon and Kelly Sue… [more]

Stoya on Why Chicks are Gross

Patrick Meaney — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 15:30:04 +0000

Stoya is an adult film star and model. She’s also a big fan of science fiction, including the works of Warren Ellis! In this clip from Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts, she responds to the stereotype… [more]

Grant Morrison on Experimental Writing in Doom Patrol

Patrick Meaney — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 11:00:12 +0000

Doom Patrol" title="Grant Morrison on Experimental Writing in Doom Patrol" style="float:left;" />Grant Morrison used a variety of experimental techniques during his surrealist run on Doom Patrol. He discusses them here in a clip from the special edition of Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods, now available for… [more]

The First Five Minutes of Our Warren Ellis Documentary

Patrick Meaney — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 14:30:28 +0000

Warren Ellis sees the future. He is a comic book writer and cyberpunk philosopher living on the edge of tomorrow. He speaks to a cult audience of artists, journalists, scientists, and fans who hail him… [more]

Scott Porter on His Love of Image Comics

Patrick Meaney — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 11:30:30 +0000

Scott Porter is best known as an actor from acclaimed series like Friday Night Lights and The Good Wife. But he’s also a big comics fan, particularly of Image Comics. On the black carpet for The… [more]

J.H. Williams III on Working on Seven Soldiers

Patrick Meaney — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 11:00:37 +0000

Seven Soldiers" title="J.H. Williams III on Working on Seven Soldiers" style="float:left;" />Artist J.H. Williams III is one of the most innovative and acclaimed comics artists working today. Here, he discusses collaborating with writer Grant Morrison to build the unique visual style of his work on Seven… [more]

Diagram for Delinquents Update #23: We are Now Broadcasting Live from…

Robert A. Emmons, Jr. — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 23:00:49 +0000

The San Diego Comic Con begins in three days. The comic con of comic cons. I so wish we could be there to bask in all the splendor of this most magnificent festival of comics,… [more]

Warren Ellis on the Future Happening Everywhere

Patrick Meaney — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 11:00:16 +0000

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]

Jim Shooter on Breaking into Comics

Patrick Meaney — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 15:30:44 +0000

Jim Shooter wrote DC’s Legion of Super-heroes in the 1970s. What they didn’t know was that he was only 13 years old at the time. Here, Jim Shooter discusses how he became one of the… [more]

Robert Kirkman on Developing the Walking Dead TV Series

Patrick Meaney — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 11:00:21 +0000

Walking Dead TV Series" title="Robert Kirkman on Developing the Walking Dead TV Series" style="float:left;" />The Walking Dead‘s 100th issue is poised to be one of the highest selling comics in years, its blockbuster success fueled by the record-breaking TV series. Looking at it now, the show seems like a… [more]

Chris Claremont on the Original Plan for Maddy Pryor

Patrick Meaney — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 11:00:26 +0000

Chris Claremont’s run on X-Men / Uncanny X-Men was a milestone achievement for Marvel and super-hero comics in general, spanning seventeen years and hundreds of stories. One of Claremont’s more intriguing characters was Maddy Pryor… [more]

Nick Spencer on Comics vs. Creativity

Patrick Meaney — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 11:00:50 +0000

Every Sunday, Sequart will be premiering an exclusive clip drawn from our extensive interviews with many of comics’ finest creators. These are previously unseen clips filmed during interviews for Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods, Warren… [more]

Diagram for Delinquents Update #22: KAPPPPPPOOOOOOM!

Robert A. Emmons, Jr. — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 20:15:47 +0000

In the past few days there has been an EXPLOSION of updates for Diagram for Delinquents. Most of which is the acquisition of new interview subjects for the film. Our next interview trip will include… [more]

Captured Ghosts Advance Screening During NYCC

Mike Phillips — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 03:30:50 +0000

Captured Ghosts Advance Screening During NYCC" title="Captured Ghosts Advance Screening During NYCC" style="float:left;" />Sequart and Respect! Films are proud to announce a special New York Comic Con screening of Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts at the downtown theater Cinema Village (22 E. 12th St. NYC 10003, ph# 212.924.3363) on Friday, 14 October, at… [more]

Diagram for Delinquents Update #19: For Good

Robert A. Emmons, Jr. — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 17:00:18 +0000

Diagram for Delinquents Update #19: For Good" title="Diagram for Delinquents Update #19: For Good" style="float:left;" />One question looming over our documentary, and it’s certainly a controversial one (especially for longtime comics readers like myself) is: was Wertham right? A simple question indeed, but one that has many more questions packed… [more]

Diagram for Delinquents Update #18: Grimmness

Robert A. Emmons, Jr. — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 11:00:05 +0000

Diagram for Delinquents Update #18: Grimmness" title="Diagram for Delinquents Update #18: Grimmness" style="float:left;" />In April 1963, two men sat down to discuss the controversial topic of violence in the media. One man had dedicated his life to the study and eradication of it. The other manipulated it to… [more]

Diagram for Delinquents Update #17: Testimony

Robert A. Emmons, Jr. — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:11:00 +0000

Diagram for Delinquents Update #17: Testimony" title="Diagram for Delinquents Update #17: Testimony" style="float:left;" />1) This week’s Diagram for Delinquents promo card is greatly inspired. I like its eeriness, and I plan to use the handwritten font in at least one more promo. 2) I’m no different than anyone who… [more]

Diagram for Delinquents Update #16: All Factors

Robert A. Emmons, Jr. — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:26:33 +0000

Diagram for Delinquents Update #16: All Factors" title="Diagram for Delinquents Update #16: All Factors" style="float:left;" />I apologize for my anemic entries of late. Filming on the picture has been in full swing, and with the Fall semester is starting very soon, I have been busy preparing for that. (I’m teaching… [more]

Diagram for Delinquents Update #15: Collective Nightmare to Collector’s Dream

Robert A. Emmons, Jr. — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 17:59:34 +0000

Diagram for Delinquents Update #15: Collective Nightmare to Collector’s Dream" title="Diagram for Delinquents Update #15: Collective Nightmare to Collector’s Dream" style="float:left;" />1) Here is a strange but intriguing Diagram for Delinquents promo inspired by and ripped from a classic ad you may have seen in those old comic books. Dangerous stuff, kiddies! Dangerous! Twelve years dungeon! 2)… [more]

Diagram for Delinquents Update #14: Amounting to No(Some)thing

Robert A. Emmons, Jr. — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 01:00:29 +0000

1. I have another entry to present this week for the Diagram for Delinquents promo card contest. This entry harkens back to an earlier blog update wherein I discussed the use of psychiatric tests by Wertham… [more]

Diagram for Delinquents Update #12: Undercovers

Robert A. Emmons, Jr. — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 02:45:46 +0000

Once again, we begin with another Diagram for Delinquents promotional card. Top prize to the reader that collects them all! This week’s is another minimalist promo, but it has a starkness and color I appreciate. I… [more]

Diagram for Delinquents Update #11: Community

Robert A. Emmons, Jr. — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:00:04 +0000

Diagram for Delinquents Update #11: Community" title="Diagram for Delinquents Update #11: Community" style="float:left;" />Let me first open with another new promo card I made. I kind of like this one. It has more color than the previous promos and I like the presence of the hand in the… [more]

Diagram for Delinquents Update #10: America’s Pastime

Robert A. Emmons, Jr. — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:00:11 +0000

Diagram for Delinquents Update #10: America’s Pastime" title="Diagram for Delinquents Update #10: America’s Pastime" style="float:left;" />I have some great news to announce this week. First, the crew and I are traveling to visit Broadcast Thought in Los Angeles. This group of three physicians will play an important part in the… [more]

Diagram for Delinquents Update #9: A Test of the Emergency Broadcast System

Robert A. Emmons, Jr. — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 11:00:15 +0000

Diagram for Delinquents Update #9: A Test of the Emergency Broadcast System" title="Diagram for Delinquents Update #9: A Test of the Emergency Broadcast System" style="float:left;" />We have returned from our fruitful trip to interview Stephen O’Day. Stephen was kind enough to answer all our questions as well as open his collection to us. Needless to say, it is remarkable. From… [more]

Please Help Diagram for Delinquents, the Documentary Film on Fredric Wertham

Julian Darius — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 13:58:42 +0000

Diagram for Delinquents, the Documentary Film on Fredric Wertham" title="Please Help Diagram for Delinquents, the Documentary Film on Fredric Wertham" style="float:left;" />We’re in the home stretch on our Kickstarter campaign for Diagram for Delinquents, our upcoming documentary film about the most hated man in comics history: psychiatrist Fredric Wertham. Featuring interviews from comics scholars and professionals,… [more]

Why Comics Matter

Julian Darius — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:00:03 +0000

The following video consists of a lecture I delivered on 5 January 2006 at Glen Carbon Centennial Library in Glen Carbon, Illinois. The total runtime is 46 minutes. Because of its length, it has been… [more]