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Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Awakens and Awakens…

by | in Reviews | Sun, 20 December 2015

My friend Kellie on Facebook wanted to post something about Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but before doing so, she posted this insane spoiler alert: I wanna discuss A Thing about Star Wars. If you’re… [more]

The Crazy Star Wars Theory that Makes Sense of Everything

by | in Editorials | Sat, 19 December 2015

Watching both Star Wars trilogies, it’s hard not to notice the incongruities. The prequels are longer — and also bigger, with a cast of thousands and elaborate lightsaber battles. They feel different. The original trilogy features old-fashioned… [more]

Star Wars: From a Successful Film Franchise to One of the Greatest Hits in Comics

by | in Articles | Wed, 16 December 2015

For some reason, I’ve never been a fan of film adaptations, much in the same way that I’m not a fan of videogames turned into comics, or TV series transformed into novels. In my opinion,… [more]

It’s Sequart’s Third Annual Sci-Fi Week!

by | in Sequart News | Sun, 13 December 2015

Coinciding with this week’s release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Sequart is celebrating its third annual Sci-Fi Week! All this week, we’ll be running content focusing on sci-fi comics and popular culture. Sequart ran… [more]

Sequart Releases A Long Time Ago: Exploring the Star Wars Cinematic Universe

by | in Sequart News | Mon, 9 November 2015

Sequart Organization is proud to announce the publication of A Long Time Ago: Exploring the Star Wars Cinematic Universe, edited by Rich Handley and Joseph F. Berenato. In 1977, the cinematic world was changed forever, thanks to… [more]

My New York Comic Con Experience

by | in Articles | Sat, 31 October 2015

I have never done a blog for Sequart, but I think everyone at this site would enjoy hearing some Con Experiences. So here’s my personal experience for New York Comic Con. Thursday: I am a… [more]

The New Star Wars Trailer: It’s All Real

by | in Editorials | Tue, 20 October 2015

I know what JJ Abrams, his marketing team and the entire apparatus of the Hollywood marketing machine are doing with Star Wars: The Force Awakens. I’m aware, at least to some extent, of how the… [more]

Smorgasbord #27: Happy Anniversary!

by | in Editorials, Podcasts | Mon, 21 September 2015

The Smorgasbord is a year old! To celebrate this milestone, Tom and Shawn offer a giant-sized extravaganza in which we discuss the last Previews of 2014, Bad Luck Guillermo, Batman walking in on Robin in… [more]

A Big Night at SDCC

by | in News | Sat, 11 July 2015

It was a busy night last night at SDCC, particularly in the famous Hall H. One of the highlights of this year’s event was always going to be the Star Wars panel, and JJ Abrams… [more]

Dangerous Visions: The False Nostalgia of Tomorrowland

by | in Editorials | Tue, 2 June 2015

SPOILERS FOR TOMORROWLAND Brad Bird’s Tomorrowland presents its audience with a choice. On the one hand there is pessimism – our world is wracked by wars, climate change and rapid overpopulation that could combined bring… [more]

Diego Luna to Star in Star Wars: Rogue One

by | in News | Tue, 19 May 2015

Star Wars: Rogue One is one of the three confirmed Star Wars spin-off films to be made and released in the coming years. Rogue One is to be directed by Gareth Edwards, best known for… [more]

Star Wars Boba Fett Spin-off Loses Director Josh Trank

by | in News | Sat, 16 May 2015

Disney has recently confirmed that one of three Star Wars spin-offs will be a Boba Fett origin story. Everyone remembers Boba’s descent into the Sarlacc Pit in Return of the Jedi (1983), but can anyone… [more]

Sequart Announces Five Books on Star Wars and Planet of the Apes

by | in Sequart News | Mon, 20 April 2015

Sequart Organization is going sci-fi in a big way! With the success of our Star Trek book, we’re proud to announce that work has commenced on three Star Wars books and two Planet of the Apes books. Over… [more]

A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away, This Probably Would’ve Been Better: A Review of Aaron and Cassaday’s Star Wars #1

by | in Reviews | Fri, 6 February 2015

Star Wars #1 by Jason Aaron and John Cassaday has perhaps one of the best openings to a Star Wars comic ever. From that perfect blue font with those familiar opening words to the double-page… [more]

The Top 10 New & Returning Comics to Read in 2015

by | in Articles | Tue, 13 January 2015

2014 was a stunning year for comics. Between the debut and rapid success of many creator-owned series to superhero comics finally growing in big ways, comics are only getting even better. 2015 seems to be… [more]

Screw the Star Wars Trailer

by | in Editorials | Wed, 10 December 2014

I like Star Wars. Swear to god. I really like Star Wars. I know it’s bad for me. I know that it’s not really worth the love. I really do. But I like it. I… [more]

Before The Clone Wars, There were… Clone Wars?

by | in Articles | Sun, 23 November 2014

I’m not usually one to pride myself one way or another on public opinion, but when it comes to the Star Wars Prequels I make no bones about my agreement with the masses about it:… [more]

How Star Wars Broke Cinema

by | in Editorials | Tue, 4 November 2014

There’s a scene in The Empire Strikes Back that epitomizes what’s wrong with cinema (and comics) today. Han Solo and company have fled in the Millennium Falcon, and they head into an asteroid field. It’s… [more]

Conversations with Creators: Kevin Rubio

by | in Interviews | Wed, 15 October 2014

Conversations with Creators is a collaborative interview series designed to understand the processes and inner workings of the artist, their creations, and how their work impacts the comic booking industry. Each meeting is candid and… [more]

A Much Longer Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: On Reading The Star Wars

by | in Articles | Mon, 4 August 2014

Star Wars began for me in the toy section of an old five and dime store called TG&Y.  It was there I discovered a whole collection of new and unusual looking figures—“dolls” as my Arkansas… [more]

Guarding the Galaxy, Part 2: Cosmic Avengers

by | in Articles | Mon, 28 July 2014

One of the papers I usually assign in my composition course is a cultural antecedents essay.  The students choose something from popular culture and then examine its relationship to its cultural antecedents.  Or, put in… [more]

It’s a Hard Life Out There for a Fan

by | in Editorials | Sat, 17 May 2014

Tellingly, I was going to title this article, ‘It’s a Hard Life Out There for a Lady Fan’. But then I realised, that’s stupid. There are men, there are ladies, and then there are fans,… [more]

The New Star Wars Cast: Lucky VII?

by | in Editorials | Wed, 30 April 2014

This photo is destined to become one of the most famous, or one of the most notorious, in popular culture. The image of the first assembly of the Star Wars Episode VII cast is right… [more]

On Canons, Critics, Consensus, and Comics, Part 3

by | in Articles | Mon, 20 January 2014

This week marks the final installment of our search for a comics canon.  As I mentioned in the first column, I recently conducted a survey of the people who contribute to Sequart.  A total of 25… [more]

Disney to Move Star Wars License from Dark Horse to Marvel

by | in News | Sun, 5 January 2014

A couple of days ago Disney confirmed the news that pretty much any fan with some degree of pop culture awareness has seen coming for a year and a half now: this year the Star… [more]