http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:12:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/28242/holy-hollywood-batman/ http://sequart.org/magazine/28242/holy-hollywood-batman/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:52:52 +0000 Michael Rutschky http://sequart.org/?p=28242 Earlier this summer, Christian Bale, hands down the greatest actor to ever dress up in pointy ears and mutter “I’m Batman,” professed to a reporter that he would quit the series if Batman’s pixie-ish sidekick… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/28237/a-taste-for-the-theatrical/ http://sequart.org/magazine/28237/a-taste-for-the-theatrical/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:44:58 +0000 Michael Rutschky http://sequart.org/?p=28237 As the world thaws from the shock of actor Heath Ledger’s sudden passing, I am inspired to take a closer look into the Frankenstein’s monster that he had spent the last few months of his… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/28232/wealth-and-fame-he%e2%80%99s-ignored/ http://sequart.org/magazine/28232/wealth-and-fame-he%e2%80%99s-ignored/#comments Sun, 09 Sep 2007 01:40:55 +0000 Michael Rutschky http://sequart.org/?p=28232 Peter Parker was a nerdy kid from Queens who was constantly picked on by the jocks at his high school. Girls didn’t like him, and he didn’t really have any friends. He was a social… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/28227/spider-sense-tingling/ http://sequart.org/magazine/28227/spider-sense-tingling/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:36:26 +0000 Michael Rutschky http://sequart.org/?p=28227 It’s a small buzzing in the base of the skull that warns Peter Parker of danger yet to happen — Spider-Man’s spider-sense, originally discovered by the Chameleon as he was sending a message to Spider-Man… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/28223/a-response-to-superman-659/ http://sequart.org/magazine/28223/a-response-to-superman-659/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:33:15 +0000 Michael Rutschky http://sequart.org/?p=28223 It is hard to see Superman with some kind of religious connotation. The God-like savior from a distant world, sent to Earth to hear our cries for help and protect us from harm. He answers… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/28218/using-blood-to-wash-a-wound/ http://sequart.org/magazine/28218/using-blood-to-wash-a-wound/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:28:56 +0000 Michael Rutschky http://sequart.org/?p=28218 Something hit me today while I was in the middle of College Comp 2 class, listening to a lecture on grammar. As my editor could probably tell you, I should have probably done my best… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/28213/may-the-chi-be-with-you/ http://sequart.org/magazine/28213/may-the-chi-be-with-you/#comments Mon, 25 Dec 2006 02:22:02 +0000 Michael Rutschky http://sequart.org/?p=28213 For the last week or longer I’ve been going through my annual Star Wars binge where I watch every movie plus all of their bonus features over and over again until inevitably someone outside has… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/28209/the-good-the-bad-and-the-fugly-comic-books-and-duality/ http://sequart.org/magazine/28209/the-good-the-bad-and-the-fugly-comic-books-and-duality/#comments Thu, 12 Oct 2006 01:19:17 +0000 Michael Rutschky http://sequart.org/?p=28209 We have explored costumed comic book heroes and villains, dancing out the eternal ballet of good versus evil. Their world is black and white. Batman will forever be at odds with the Joker, the pendulum… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/28205/psycho-icons-freak-criminals-and-super-villains/ http://sequart.org/magazine/28205/psycho-icons-freak-criminals-and-super-villains/#comments Fri, 18 Aug 2006 01:15:52 +0000 Michael Rutschky http://sequart.org/?p=28205 “You don’t understand these things because you’re not under the influence of factor x.” Despite what you may think, this is not the deranged taunting of a primary-colored comic book heavy. This is an excerpt… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/28200/will-the-heroes-come/ http://sequart.org/magazine/28200/will-the-heroes-come/#comments Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:09:20 +0000 Michael Rutschky http://sequart.org/?p=28200 The comic book world is truly a fortunate place to live in. In it, nearly every city of the United States, as well as many around the world, are inhabited by one or more costumed… [more]]]> 0