http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:44:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/57267/avengers-age-of-ultron/ http://sequart.org/magazine/57267/avengers-age-of-ultron/#comments Mon, 04 May 2015 11:00:14 +0000 Greg Carpenter http://sequart.org/?p=57267 The art of adaptation as well as the challenge of sequels is to allow the audience to experience things in new ways—strange ways—in order to destabilize us. [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/53851/top-10-films-of-2014/ http://sequart.org/magazine/53851/top-10-films-of-2014/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2015 12:00:25 +0000 Markisan Naso http://sequart.org/?p=53851 2014 was a very good year for film, featuring an impressive balance of quality blockbusters and indie marvels. I saw a lot of movies this year, but of course I didn’t see every single one.… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/49890/comics-post-911/ http://sequart.org/magazine/49890/comics-post-911/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2014 11:00:43 +0000 Rocko Jerome http://sequart.org/?p=49890 I remember September 7, 2001 pretty well. It was a Friday. I had been working as a manager of sorts in an office. Small, private administration company. It had been hemorrhaging money because the owner… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/45918/i-read-an-old-and-valuable-comic-and-liked-it/ http://sequart.org/magazine/45918/i-read-an-old-and-valuable-comic-and-liked-it/#comments Sun, 15 Jun 2014 11:00:08 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=45918 I was recently reading my tattered paperback copy of Bester’s The Stars My Destination for a future article and happened to check on when this very beat-up book was released. It turns out that I… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/44378/i-spent-time-with-coulson-he-is-a-good-man/ http://sequart.org/magazine/44378/i-spent-time-with-coulson-he-is-a-good-man/#comments Fri, 30 May 2014 11:00:32 +0000 Karra Shimabukuro http://sequart.org/?p=44378 I trusted Phil Coulson from the first moment he appeared onscreen, because he reminded me of someone I knew, a good man, who had a good heart. He was self-effacing and simple, with a sharp,… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/41601/an-open-letter-on-the-winter-soldier/ http://sequart.org/magazine/41601/an-open-letter-on-the-winter-soldier/#comments Sun, 20 Apr 2014 11:00:24 +0000 Jeffrey Kahan http://sequart.org/?p=41601 Dear Steve Englehart, This past week, I took my Graphic Novels class to the cinema to see Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The class has both serious and not-so-serious comic book readers: A few are… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/41748/captain-america-winter-soldier-as-indictment-of-post-911-military-industrial-complex/ http://sequart.org/magazine/41748/captain-america-winter-soldier-as-indictment-of-post-911-military-industrial-complex/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2014 20:00:16 +0000 Karra Shimabukuro http://sequart.org/?p=41748 SPOILER WARNING… Much like Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier wants you to view the events through Steve Rogers’s World War II lens. The events are framed through the true evil… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/41559/the-politics-of-captain-america-the-winter-soldier/ http://sequart.org/magazine/41559/the-politics-of-captain-america-the-winter-soldier/#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2014 17:00:53 +0000 Greg Carpenter http://sequart.org/?p=41559 CHARLIE GIBSON:  Do you agree with the Bush doctrine? SARAH PALIN:  In what respect, Charlie? GIBSON:  The Bush — well, what do you — what do you interpret it to be? PALIN:  His world view. GIBSON:  No,… [more]]]> 7 http://sequart.org/magazine/41440/on-your-left-a-review-of-captain-america-winter-soldier/ http://sequart.org/magazine/41440/on-your-left-a-review-of-captain-america-winter-soldier/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2014 17:00:32 +0000 Kevin Thurman http://sequart.org/?p=41440 ALERT: THERE BE SPOILERS HERE!! Let me be upfront: The Avengers is a fantastic movie. It is. If you haven’t seen it, you are missing out.  But, it really missed an emotional core that left… [more]]]> 0