http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:12:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/68472/freud-thanos-and-infinity-gauntlet/ http://sequart.org/magazine/68472/freud-thanos-and-infinity-gauntlet/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2018 09:30:24 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=68472 Thanos is often considered a Darkseid knockoff but perhaps his connection to Sigmund Freud contains some redeeming qualities. [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/67809/nietzsche-in-40000-years-part-three-%e2%80%93-chaos/ http://sequart.org/magazine/67809/nietzsche-in-40000-years-part-three-%e2%80%93-chaos/#comments Fri, 15 Dec 2017 19:55:33 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=67809 The Imperium foils and fails the Nietzschean criterion, but perhaps the Forces of Chaos offer the will to power? [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/67757/nietzsche-in-40000-years-part-two-%e2%80%93-imperium/ http://sequart.org/magazine/67757/nietzsche-in-40000-years-part-two-%e2%80%93-imperium/#comments Wed, 13 Dec 2017 20:28:37 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=67757 The Imperium of Warhammer 40,000 is a Nietzschean dream... and nightmare. This article includes an exploration of the Emperor as an Übermensch. [more]]]> 2 http://sequart.org/magazine/67712/nietzsche-in-40000-years-part-one-%e2%80%93-understanding-nietzsche/ http://sequart.org/magazine/67712/nietzsche-in-40000-years-part-one-%e2%80%93-understanding-nietzsche/#comments Mon, 11 Dec 2017 18:30:23 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=67712 To understand Warhammer 40,000, you must understand Friedrich Nietzsche. [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/55389/mud-myth-and-metaphor-in-matt-phelan-storm-in-the-barn/ http://sequart.org/magazine/55389/mud-myth-and-metaphor-in-matt-phelan-storm-in-the-barn/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2015 12:00:32 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=55389 An exploration of narrative therapy and myth-making in Matt Phelan's The Storm in the Barn, a beautiful graphic novella about a young boy who's getting older but not growing up in the terribly bleak conditions of the Dust Bowl. [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/54812/morav-robot-war-fon-davis/ http://sequart.org/magazine/54812/morav-robot-war-fon-davis/#comments Sun, 15 Feb 2015 12:00:06 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=54812 MORAV is an indie comic (and soon-to-be live-action series) that mashes giant robots with modern warfare to deliver an action-packed but surprisingly deep product. Behind-the-scenes is the behind-the-scenes man himself - Fon Davis, a miniatures designer who has worked on "The Matrix," "Star Wars," "Interstellar," and other monumental films. [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/54016/hinterkind-volume-one-lacks-humanity-a-review/ http://sequart.org/magazine/54016/hinterkind-volume-one-lacks-humanity-a-review/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2015 12:00:14 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=54016 The concept of the ruins of the United States devolving into factionalism has been well-explored in other post-apocalyptic literature, but Edington refreshes the idea by incorporating monsters and races one might encounter in a game of Dungeons & Dragons. His human characters, however, leave a lot to be desired. [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/52518/jorge-borges-in-grant-morrison%e2%80%99s-doom-patrol-22-a-companion-reader/ http://sequart.org/magazine/52518/jorge-borges-in-grant-morrison%e2%80%99s-doom-patrol-22-a-companion-reader/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2014 12:00:59 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=52518 One final look at the intertextual themes in the first four issues of Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol (#19 to #22). [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/50830/sweet-moments-dark-reveals-in-flutter/ http://sequart.org/magazine/50830/sweet-moments-dark-reveals-in-flutter/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2014 11:00:01 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=50830 Flutter focuses on a teenaged loner struggling to discover who she is (or more aptly for a shapeshifter, whom she wants to be). But this isn't your typical shapeshifter teenage romance -- it's a brilliant panoply of sexual discovery and transformation. [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/50623/thoughts-on-the-rock-asblack-adam/ http://sequart.org/magazine/50623/thoughts-on-the-rock-asblack-adam/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2014 17:00:38 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=50623 Dwayne Johnson will play DC heavy-hitter Black Adam in an upcoming Shazam film. Fans were either reviled or revitalized, but what has been rarely discussed is how exactly Black Adam should be adapted to the big screen. We just need to be careful. [more]]]> 5 http://sequart.org/magazine/48374/jacamons-cyclops-review/ http://sequart.org/magazine/48374/jacamons-cyclops-review/#comments Sun, 03 Aug 2014 09:00:02 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=48374 The Jacamons' Cyclops is a science-fiction war thriller about a world where wars are delegated to private mercenary companies and televised for entertainment. Gruesome, amoral, but close to home with the modern reliance on mercenaries, the progress of communication technologies including helmet-cams, and the rising popularity of reality television. [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/45168/grant-morrison%e2%80%99s-doom-patrol-21-a-companion-reader/ http://sequart.org/magazine/45168/grant-morrison%e2%80%99s-doom-patrol-21-a-companion-reader/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2014 11:00:21 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=45168 This article series is an informal annotated bibliography for Grant Morrison’s first four issues of Doom Patrol. Have I ever seen an annotated bibliography before? Apparently not. [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/44678/joshua-dysarts-unknown-soldier-4/ http://sequart.org/magazine/44678/joshua-dysarts-unknown-soldier-4/#comments Fri, 06 Jun 2014 11:00:47 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=44678 Joshua Dysart explores the "eye-for-an-eye" model often used against violent "terror" groups in Africa and the Middle East in this issue of the Unknown Soldier #4. [more]]]> 2 http://sequart.org/magazine/44625/review-of-the-five-fists-of-science/ http://sequart.org/magazine/44625/review-of-the-five-fists-of-science/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2014 11:00:29 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=44625 A steampunk graphic novel starring the bromance between Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla as they create giant robots and battle Cthulu cults. [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/44417/the-life-and-death-of-cyclops-in-the-x-men-film-series/ http://sequart.org/magazine/44417/the-life-and-death-of-cyclops-in-the-x-men-film-series/#comments Thu, 29 May 2014 11:00:40 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=44417 What happened to Cyclops? It's a question that's been burning inside me since the ludicrously terrible "X-Men: The Last Stand." Finally, "Days of Future Past" provides some answers. [more]]]> 4 http://sequart.org/magazine/42700/raised-by-raptors-1-review/ http://sequart.org/magazine/42700/raised-by-raptors-1-review/#comments Tue, 13 May 2014 17:00:27 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=42700 "Raised by Raptors" #1, written by Oliver Sykes, the lead singer of metal band Bring Me the Horizon, is a strange pairing between dinosaurs and the Aztecs. Somewhat verbose and light on the action (and dinosaurs), I felt this dinodystopia left a lot to be desired. [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/42384/the-lack-of-ditkos-objectivist-bias-in-amazing-spider-man/ http://sequart.org/magazine/42384/the-lack-of-ditkos-objectivist-bias-in-amazing-spider-man/#comments Sat, 03 May 2014 11:00:50 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=42384 A cursory exploration of "The Amazing Spider-Man" #1-#38 and its tangible threads to Steve Ditko's known ardent Objectivism, a philosophy of self-interest developed by Ayn Rand. [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/40860/grant-morrison%e2%80%99s-doom-patrol-20-a-companion-reader/ http://sequart.org/magazine/40860/grant-morrison%e2%80%99s-doom-patrol-20-a-companion-reader/#comments Fri, 02 May 2014 17:00:15 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=40860 This essay series will devote time and attention to intertextual themes in the first four issues of Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol (#19 to #22). [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/40859/grant-morrison%e2%80%99s-doom-patrol-19-addendum/ http://sequart.org/magazine/40859/grant-morrison%e2%80%99s-doom-patrol-19-addendum/#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2014 11:00:14 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=40859 This essay series will devote time and attention to intertextual themes in the first four issues of Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol (#19 to #22). [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/39787/grant-morrison%e2%80%99s-doom-patrol-19-a-companion-reader/ http://sequart.org/magazine/39787/grant-morrison%e2%80%99s-doom-patrol-19-a-companion-reader/#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2014 11:00:26 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=39787 The first four issues of Grant Morrison’s run of Doom Patrol are rife with allusions to popular culture and the fine arts bound by a love of opposites. [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/39773/grant-morrison%e2%80%99s-doom-patrol-a-companion-reader/ http://sequart.org/magazine/39773/grant-morrison%e2%80%99s-doom-patrol-a-companion-reader/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:00:58 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=39773 This essay series will examine intertexual themes in Grant Morrison’s first four issues of Doom Patrol (#19 to #22). [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/40498/making-love-the-will-eisner-way-intercourse-contract-with-god/ http://sequart.org/magazine/40498/making-love-the-will-eisner-way-intercourse-contract-with-god/#comments Sat, 08 Mar 2014 18:00:15 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=40498 In Will Eisner's Contract with God, sex is is a struggle for power. [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/39391/the-black-marvel-family-anti-ideology-in-black-adam-titles-part-1/ http://sequart.org/magazine/39391/the-black-marvel-family-anti-ideology-in-black-adam-titles-part-1/#comments Fri, 28 Feb 2014 12:00:49 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=39391 Black Adam is a focal point of American fears about the Other, and contributes to the perception of American moral and mental superiority over the Oriental inferior. [more]]]> 5 http://sequart.org/magazine/38179/an-unknown-soldier-in-an-unknown-war-joshua-dysart%e2%80%99s-unknown-soldier-issue-3/ http://sequart.org/magazine/38179/an-unknown-soldier-in-an-unknown-war-joshua-dysart%e2%80%99s-unknown-soldier-issue-3/#comments Fri, 03 Jan 2014 12:00:54 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=38179 An exploration of the Unknown Soldier’s meta-mythology about war and the individual. Joshua Dysart reboots the franchise in Uganda. [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/37364/an-unknown-soldier-in-an-unknown-war-joshua-dysart%e2%80%99s-unknown-soldier-issue-2/ http://sequart.org/magazine/37364/an-unknown-soldier-in-an-unknown-war-joshua-dysart%e2%80%99s-unknown-soldier-issue-2/#comments Thu, 19 Dec 2013 12:00:31 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=37364 An exploration of the Unknown Soldier’s meta-mythology about war and the individual. Joshua Dysart reboots the franchise in Uganda. [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/35547/an-unknown-soldier-in-an-unknown-war-joshua-dysart%e2%80%99s-unknown-soldier-issue-1/ http://sequart.org/magazine/35547/an-unknown-soldier-in-an-unknown-war-joshua-dysart%e2%80%99s-unknown-soldier-issue-1/#comments Fri, 06 Dec 2013 12:00:06 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=35547 An exploration of the Unknown Soldier’s meta-mythology about war and the individual. Joshua Dysart reboots the franchise in Uganda. [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/33291/an-unknown-soldier-in-an-unknown-war-joshua-dysart-unknown-soldier/ http://sequart.org/magazine/33291/an-unknown-soldier-in-an-unknown-war-joshua-dysart-unknown-soldier/#comments Fri, 22 Nov 2013 12:00:39 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=33291 An exploration of the Unknown Soldier's meta-mythology about war and the individual. Joshua Dysart reboots the franchise in Uganda. [more]]]> 5 http://sequart.org/magazine/30101/political-heroes-in-assimilation-dissecting-political-identity-in-the-star-trek-doctor-who-crossover/ http://sequart.org/magazine/30101/political-heroes-in-assimilation-dissecting-political-identity-in-the-star-trek-doctor-who-crossover/#comments Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:00:20 +0000 Desmond White http://sequart.org/?p=30101 Should the hero remain an outsider to corrupted society, or should he actively recover that society from within? [more]]]> 0