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Blog postThis document is intended as an index to the Martian Universe, listing all stories in their recommended reading order. It is current as of The Synthetics Vol. 1 (Oct 2021). Red text is used for… [more]
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Blog postSequart is proud to announce the publication of Judging Dredd: Examining the World of Judge Dredd, edited by Scott Weatherly. In 1977, future lawman Judge Dredd roared onto the pages of 2000AD and quickly became a fan… [more]
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Blog postSequart is proud to announce the publication of How to Analyze & Review Comics: A Handbook on Comics Criticism, edited by Forrest C. Helvie. Although comics press and criticism has risen in recent years, the… [more]
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Blog postMartian Comics Vol. 2: The Tears of Khera is now available as an oversized graphic novel! The softcover book is over 11.5″ tall, showing off Mansyur Daman’s beautiful artwork. The Tears of Khera is an… [more]
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Blog postI’ve been asked about this, so I thought I’d share with you my own suggested Martian reading order. Of course, you can read whatever you want, and most stories stand on their own. Also, most… [more]
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Blog postSequart is proud to announce the publication of Musings on Monsters: Observations on the World of Classic Horror, edited by Rich Handley and Lou Tambone. As children, we fall in love with monsters, and age often… [more]
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Blog postSequart is proud to announce the publication of From Bayou to Abyss: Examining John Constantine, Hellblazer, edited by Rich Handley and Lou Tambone. British occultist John Constantine elevated Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing, and it wasn’t long before… [more]
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Blog postMartian Lit has published its 30th comic: Kimot Ren #5! Our comics line began in 2014, almost six years ago. In that time we’ve published 30 standard issues: Martian Comics #1-19 Kimot Ren #1-5 Necropolitan… [more]
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Blog postOur first collected edition, Martian Comics Vol. 1: Moon to Moon, is a beautiful 240-page book collecting 13 stories, written by Julian Darius with work by 15 different artists and colorists. The stories span 18,000… [more]
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Blog postSequart is proud to announce the publication of The Mignolaverse: Hellboy and the Comics Art of Mike Mignola, edited by S.G. Hammond. In 1993, Mike Mignola debuted Hellboy, beginning a universe that would expand to include… [more]
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Blog postMartian Lit is proud to release Necropolitan #2, continuing the story of history’s worst serial killers in Hell! On Mark’s second day in Hell, he makes the rounds with Jack the Ripper and John Dillinger… but… [more]
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Blog postMartian Lit is proud to launch the Kickstarter for our comic book The Synthetics #0! We’re offering a signed-and-numbered print edition of the comic, limited to 100 copies and exclusive to this Kickstarter! And if you act… [more]
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Blog postJust in time for tonight’s season-three debut, Sequart is proud to announce the publication of Time is a Flat Circle: Examining True Detective, Season One, by Melissa Milazzo. When it premiered in 2014, the first season… [more]
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Blog postSequart is proud to announce the publication of Somewhere Beyond the Heavens: Exploring Battlestar Galactica, edited by Rich Handley and Lou Tambone. Glen A. Larson’s Battlestar Galactica only lasted for a single season, yet it earned its… [more]
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Blog postMartian Lit is proud to release Martian Comics #13, featuring two new exciting stories set in the Martian Universe! In the first story, illustrated by Andi Supriyono and Fahriza Kamaputra, set during World War II, an… [more]
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Blog postMartian Lit is proud to release Martian Comics #12, our giant anniversary issue featuring three exciting stories of Martian interaction with Earth! The 65-page issue, also featuring a bunch of extras, is priced at $4.99.… [more]
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Blog postThe Kickstarter for our horror comic Necropolitan is currently 49% funded with just over a week left to go! Just $3 gets you Necropolitan #1, just $4 gets you issue #2, and just $7 gets you both issues!… [more]
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Blog postMartian Lit is proud to launch the Kickstarter for our comic book Necropolitan! As a backer, you can get the 42-page issue #1 and the 32-page issue #2, along with plenty of extras! Watch history’s most infamous… [more]
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Blog postWe’re working hard to get more comics out, and we have a ton in various stages of completion. We thought now would be a good time to update you on where we’re at and where… [more]
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Blog postThe first issue of The Synthetics, featuring three exciting stories of the Robot Revolution on Mars, is now on ComiXology! The 46-page issue, also featuring a bunch of extras, is priced at $3.99. The comic is written… [more]
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Blog postSequart is proud to announce the publication of The Cyberpunk Nexus: Exploring the Blade Runner Universe, edited by Lou Tambone and Joe Bongiorno. In 1982, a new benchmark was set for science-fiction film with the release… [more]
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Blog postMartian Comics #11, featuring the next chapter of our serial “The Girl from Mars,” is now on ComiXology! The 23-page issue is priced at $2.99. The comic is written by Julian Darius, with art by Sergio… [more]
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Blog postThe first issue of Lazarus, the Forever Man is now on ComiXology! The 70-page issue, also featuring an interview with comics and religion scholar A. David Lewis, is priced at $5.99. The comic is written… [more]
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Blog postCoinciding with this week’s release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Sequart is celebrating its fifth annual Sci-Fi Week! All this week, we’ll be running content focusing on sci-fi comics and popular culture. Sequart ran… [more]
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Blog postSequart is proud to announce the publication of A More Civilized Age: Exploring the Star Wars Expanded Universe, edited by Rich Handley and Joseph F. Berenato. Almost as soon as there were Star Wars films, there were Star… [more]
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Blog postTo encourage pledges to the new Kickstarter for Lazarus, the Forever Man #1, we’re offering an incentive: a free PDF of our book analyzing Jack Kirby’s bizarre comics continuation of 2001: A Space Odyssey! The book is 90… [more]
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Blog postSequart is proud to announce the publication of Moving Target: The History and Evolution of Green Arrow, by Richard Gray. For 75 years, Green Arrow has been a part of the DC Comics world, working… [more]
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Blog postI fell in love with Valerian in the first ten minutes, and I never got over it. Let me explain — it’s not a serious spoiler. We start with human exploration of space, jumping forward,… [more]
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Blog postCoinciding with this week’s release of Wonder Woman, the character’s first theatrical motion picture in her long history, Sequart is celebrating Wonder Woman Week! All this week, we’ll be running content focusing on Wonder Woman.… [more]
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Blog postSequart is proud to announce the publication of Bright Eyes, Ape City: Examining the Planet of the Apes Mythos, edited by Rich Handley and Joseph F. Berenato. “A planet where apes evolved from men?” With… [more]
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Blog postThe first album of the Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground and Nico, was released, after a long delay, 50 years ago today. It’s hard to find words adequate to express what a landmark event this… [more]
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Blog postWarning: this review contains spoilers for the current volume and the entire Metabarons series. It’s fair to say that Metabarons has now eclipsed Incal as the most famous Jodorowsky-penned sci-fi epic, at least in the… [more]
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Blog postSequart is proud to announce the publication of Humans and Paragons: Essays on Super-Hero Justice, edited by Ian Boucher. Super-heroes, said to represent justice, have saturated popular culture at a time when the American criminal… [more]
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Blog postFirst, a warning: here there be spoilers. Seriously, spoilers. Spoilers… Okay? Still here? Good. Let me start by admitting that Rogue One is an imperfect movie. Ian Dawe has done his usual excellent job talking… [more]
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Blog postCoinciding with this week’s release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Sequart is celebrating its fourth annual Sci-Fi Week! All this week, we’ll be running content focusing on sci-fi comics and popular culture. Sequart… [more]
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Blog postSequart is proud to announce the publication of A Galaxy Far, Far Away: Exploring Star Wars Comics, edited by Rich Handley and Joseph F. Berenato. After Star Wars hit theaters in 1977, the moviegoing experience was… [more]
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Blog postSequart Organization is proud to announce the publication of The Best There is at What He Does: Examining Chris Claremont’s X-Men, by Jason Powell. The X-Men franchise is a sprawling comic-book mythology, to which hundreds… [more]
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Blog postSequart Organization is proud to announce the publication of The British Invasion: Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, and the Invention of the Modern Comic Book Writer, by Greg Carpenter. Moore. Gaiman. Morrison. They came from… [more]
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Blog postOne of the key questions of the Democratic primary is whether Bernie Sanders can actually get his policies enacted. Hillary Clinton has arguably made this the key issue of her campaign, arguing that she's a progressive like Bernie, the key difference being that she has a record of getting things done.
Of course, this ignores that their positions, and their adherence to these positions over the decades, are actually substantially different, and the Clintons probably have a better rec -
Blog postYesterday, we began a career-spanning interview with John Linton Roberson, whose 100-page anthology This Sickness #8 is just out! If you haven’t read part 1, click here, and then come back here for part two.… [more]
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Blog postJohn Linton Roberson, whom I know from his contributions to Martian Lit, has a new 100-page anthology out, entitled This Sickness #8. He has long been on the forefront of self-publishing using new technologies, has… [more]
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Blog postStar Wars: The Force Awakens took in an estimated $238 million domestically in its opening weekend. It’s the biggest opening weekend in history, besting Jurassic World, which set a new opening-weekend record with $208.8 million, earlier… [more]
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Blog postWatching 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]
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Blog postCoinciding 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]
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Blog postOn 14 December, Sequart will begin its third annual Sci-Fi Week, timed to coincide with that week’s release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Over the course of the week, Sequart will publish content focusing… [more]
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Blog postSequart 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]
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Blog postSequart Organization is proud to announce the publication of The Sacred Scrolls: Comics on the Planet of the Apes, edited by Rich Handley and Joseph F. Berenato. Since the 1970s, the Planet of the Apes franchise has… [more]
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Blog postWith My So-Called Secret Identity Volume 2 now on Kickstarter, I thought it was time to talk to Dr. Will Brooker again about the series, including its innovative new Kickstarter campaign. DARIUS: My So-Called Secret… [more]
Titles By Julian Darius
Minutes to Midnight: Twelve Essays on Watchmen
Jan 27, 2012
by
Julian Darius,
Timothy Callahan,
Patrick Meaney,
Chad Nevett,
Geoff Klock,
Peter Sanderson,
Gene Phillips,
Kevin Colden,
Richard Bensam
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Keeping the World Strange: A Planetary Guide
Apr 15, 2012
by
Cody Walker,
Timothy Callahan,
Julian Darius,
Patrick Meaney,
Chad Nevett,
Ross Payton,
Peter Sanderson,
Kevin Thurman,
Caleb Stokes,
Ean Moody
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