Sequart Research & Literacy Organization is a non-profit organization devoted solely to the study and promotion of the artistic and literary medium alternately known as comics, comic strips, comic books, graphic novels, manga, sequential art, and sequart. The organization's website, Sequart.org, represents a vast storehouse of information about the medium. Its resources range from news to a massive database of comic book issues, creators, and publishers, interlinked and keyed to news, articles, annotations, interviews, multimedia files, and other information housed on the site. The website also features the Visual Shipping List, a weekly shipping list linked to this database, and the Continuity Pages, a massive hyperlinked study of comic books by continuity rather than by title. The organization also publishes books related to the medium. These books comprise several lines: "Classic Graphic Novels," long-form studies of particular graphic novels or comic book runs; "Masters of the Medium," long-form analyses focused on particular creators; "Film Series," studies of motion pictures related to comic books; and the "Presents" line, which examines particular topics on a case-by-case basis. The organization conducts various other activities devoted to education about the medium, advocacy for the medium, research of the medium, and preservation of the medium. The organization maintains a presence at a number of comic book conventions throughout the year. What is "Sequart"? "Sequart" refers to the medium variously known as comic books, graphic novels, sequential art, the ninth art, manga, and bandes-dessinés. The term, derived from Will Eisner's "Sequential Art," is meant to distinguish the medium itself from particular formats or incarnations thereof -- and to do so without being pejorative or composed of other terms. Julian Darius first used the term around 2000 and first articulated it in his essay "The Sequart Manifesto" in December 2003. More Information For more information about Sequart Research & Literacy Organization, please use the navigation bar at right.

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