Sequart is on Patreon

Hello,

Sequart Organization has launched a Patreon fundraising campaign, and we humbly ask that you share this information with your comics and pop culture loving friends.

Comics and popular culture get more respect today than ever before. Yet they still lack a culture of smart criticism, and few are taking them seriously as legitimate forms of art.

Sequart Organization has been fighting this battle for almost two decades. And we're making a lot of progress.

Through a website with daily content, over twenty books in print, and six documentary films, Sequart Organization does everything it can to educate, stir thought, and be accessible to a general audience. We want you to be able to show us to your friends and say, "See? This is why comics and popular culture matter. These media can be every bit as deep as Shakespeare or anything else."

Running a website and a book line and a movie studio takes a huge amount of time and money. Google ads don't pay the bills, and 2000-word articles on comics / pop culture (that take hours or even days to write) can't compete for traffic with 200-word blurbs on movie gossip or celebrity wardrobe malfunctions.

We need to pay our editors and writers if we're going to grow. If you go to Patreon and make a donation, your contribution will help make us independent. It will help free us to focus on growing Sequart. It will allow us to expand our offerings online. And it will also help compensate our website editors and writers.

Those of you who have followed Sequart know how much we've grown over the years. We want to keep growing. We have tons of cool ideas, but we're limited by time and money. We all still have day jobs. Book and movie production involves irregular expenses, and it can be scary when the bills happen to clump together. Somehow, we've managed. But just barely. What we're trying to do with this Patreon campaign is just to make things a little easier. Having a monthly income through Patreon could really help smooth things out, lower our stress, and let us focus on making the website better and producing more books and movies.

We've come up with some cool rewards for our patrons, and, with your help, we're excited to see what this fundraising platform can help Sequart accomplish.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this and for helping us to dig deeper into comics and pop culture analysis.

Happy New Year!

Mike Phillips
Editor-in-Chief
Sequart Organization

SHE MAKES COMICS is Out on DVD!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

SHE MAKES COMICS is Out on DVD!

Sequart Organization and Respect! Films are proud to announce the DVD release of their latest documentary, She Makes Comics, a film spanning the history of women in comics as creators, fans, and everything in between.

She Makes Comics tells the little-known story of women in comics, highlighting the contributions they have made to the medium since the turn of the 20th century. It features interviews with such prominent figures as historian Trina Robbins, underground comics creator Joyce Farmer, former DC Comics publisher Jenette Kahn, DC / Vertigo founder Karen Berger, Elfquest creator Wendi Pini, Captain Marvel writer Kelly Sue DeConnick, and dozens of others.

The documentary is available to order on DVD and as a digital download at SheMakesComics.com.

Here's what the critics are already saying:

• "Entertaining, informative, and inspiring. Plant[s] a flag in the ground to let everyone know that things are, thankfully, changing. The real success of the film is not simply describing or complaining about the problem, but addressing it head on and reinforcing the dedication with which they view comics; that comics are worth fighting this battle for. Drips with passion for the comic book medium and for the fight against the sad realities that have plagued women in the industry for decades." — Cliff Wheatley, IGN

• "I can't stress enough how important it is that you see this film, and more than that, that you take its message with you after the credits roll. She Makes Comics lets any woman watching know that she too is accepted, that she is welcome here. A moving, poignant film that reveals a hidden history of comics… 10/10." — Timothy Merritt, Coming Up Comics

• "An uplifting and informative celebration of women in comics." — Hugh Armitage, Digital Spy

• "I was so inspired and impressed by all of those amazing women." — Shona O'Flaherty, Is It A Bicycle?

• "It's still blowing my mind… Mesmerizing." — Verushka Byrow, Pop.Edit.Lit

• "A true celebration of the medium. I watched this with my girlfriend, also a comic book fan, and we were high-fiving throughout! We need more movies like She Makes Comics!" — Clay N. Ferno, Forces of Geek

The film is directed by Marisa Stotter and produced by Patrick Meaney and Jordan Rennert of Respect! Films. It is executive produced by Sequart's Julian Darius and Mike Phillips and Columbia University comics librarian Karen Green. This creative team is available for interviews, and review copies are available to interested press outlets. Contact Mike Phillips at sequart.mike@gmail.com for more information.