http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:12:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/57258/the-last-west-review/ http://sequart.org/magazine/57258/the-last-west-review/#comments Wed, 13 May 2015 11:00:11 +0000 Stuart Warren http://sequart.org/?p=57258 I’ve never read Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. (Most people who don’t like it haven’t either.) But I am aware of Objectivism, the tenet that Rand preaches without abandon, and I refuse to live in… [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/21937/why-iron-man-3-is-the-best-iron-man-film-to-date/ http://sequart.org/magazine/21937/why-iron-man-3-is-the-best-iron-man-film-to-date/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 11:00:23 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=21937 Iron Man 3 might not be an Avengers-like, nonstop action fest. But it’s the best of the three Iron Man films. In fact, it’s the only one that really understands the character. Before I explain, however,… [more]]]> 9 http://sequart.org/magazine/8121/a-place-for-bold-understanding-frank-miller/ http://sequart.org/magazine/8121/a-place-for-bold-understanding-frank-miller/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:20:43 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=8121 No one seems to get Frank Miller. Despite the flurry of digital ink spilled over him, most critics seem to be left scratching their heads. Indeed, the entire body of Frank Miller criticism can now… [more]]]> 36 http://sequart.org/magazine/5917/fever-in-urbicande-ayn-rand-totalitarian-architecture-brutalism-and-busselization/ http://sequart.org/magazine/5917/fever-in-urbicande-ayn-rand-totalitarian-architecture-brutalism-and-busselization/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:00:12 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=5917 We’ve previously looked at The Fever of Urbicande‘s prologue, which sets up Eugen Robick’s status quo as the story starts. This time, we’ll explore some fascinating parallels and implications of that status quo. Also, I’ve… [more]]]> 2