http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:12:15 +0000 en hourly 1 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/42314/spider-man-was-never-just-the-%e2%80%9cloveable-loser%e2%80%9d/ http://sequart.org/magazine/42314/spider-man-was-never-just-the-%e2%80%9cloveable-loser%e2%80%9d/#comments Fri, 02 May 2014 11:00:54 +0000 David Mann http://sequart.org/?p=42314 “Yes siree, things are sure looking up for my favorite couple of guys–namely, me!”—ASM #12 Quick: what’s Spider-Man really all about, in one sentence? With most major superheroes, someone might have to pause a second… [more]]]> 3 http://sequart.org/magazine/42273/steve-ditko-and-the-greatest-spider-man-story-ever-told/ http://sequart.org/magazine/42273/steve-ditko-and-the-greatest-spider-man-story-ever-told/#comments Thu, 01 May 2014 11:00:24 +0000 Paul Jaissle http://sequart.org/?p=42273 It was clear from his first appearance in 1962’s Amazing Fantasy #15 that Spider-Man was a very different character than any of the other super-heroes battling for justice on the newsstands at the time. Unlike… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/17546/change-or-die-a-farewell-to-the-amazing-spider-man/ http://sequart.org/magazine/17546/change-or-die-a-farewell-to-the-amazing-spider-man/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:00:41 +0000 Steven King http://sequart.org/?p=17546 The Amazing Spider-Man got me in to comics. If my interest in comics was graphed, it would be a sine graph with The Amazing Spider-Man being the line that intersects the wave. My first issue… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/25904/lacking-on-every-level/ http://sequart.org/magazine/25904/lacking-on-every-level/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2004 19:24:04 +0000 Matt Martin http://sequart.org/?p=25904 Avengers #500 Marvel Comics – Brian Michael Bendis (w); David Finch (p); Danny Miki (i)I almost didn’t review this, for a couple of reasons. Here’s the score: No matter what I say, for good or… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/26926/a-day-at-borders/ http://sequart.org/magazine/26926/a-day-at-borders/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2004 16:45:05 +0000 Bryan Miller http://sequart.org/?p=26926 Greetings, and welcome back. I just got back to Chi-town on an Amtrak train, just in time for the inaugural edition of New Comics Day 2004, the first after our holiday hiatus. Good to see… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/25483/comics-published-on-26-march-2003/ http://sequart.org/magazine/25483/comics-published-on-26-march-2003/#comments Sun, 30 Mar 2003 17:43:48 +0000 Matt Martin http://sequart.org/?p=25483 First off, an apology to my readers: I’ve been a slackass lately. That’s all there is to it. Reviews have been less than prolific because, quite frankly, there just hasn’t been a lot to get… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/25441/comics-published-on-26-february-2003/ http://sequart.org/magazine/25441/comics-published-on-26-february-2003/#comments Wed, 05 Mar 2003 17:22:38 +0000 Matt Martin http://sequart.org/?p=25441 Amazing Spider-Man #50 Marvel Comics – J. Michael Straczynski (w); John Romita, Jr. (p); Scott Hanna (i) Y’know, everyone, it seems, has loved Straczynski’s run from Day One. Well, I haven’t. There, I said it.… [more]]]> 0