http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:12:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/68835/ben-fritz-discusses-his-book-the-big-picture-the-fight-for-the-future-of-movies/ http://sequart.org/magazine/68835/ben-fritz-discusses-his-book-the-big-picture-the-fight-for-the-future-of-movies/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2018 17:48:07 +0000 Nicholas Yanes http://sequart.org/?p=68835 For every show and movie a person enjoys, the story behind how those shows and films got made is often just as a fascinating because the business of entertainment production is a never-ending drama. And… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/62406/ex-machina-girlbots-vs-geekboys-and-creation-anxiety-in-the-new-frankenstein/ http://sequart.org/magazine/62406/ex-machina-girlbots-vs-geekboys-and-creation-anxiety-in-the-new-frankenstein/#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2016 17:16:31 +0000 James Rovira http://sequart.org/?p=62406 Why do we fear what we create? [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/60846/tomorrowland-and-the-disney-ethic/ http://sequart.org/magazine/60846/tomorrowland-and-the-disney-ethic/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2015 06:50:54 +0000 James Rovira http://sequart.org/?p=60846 The following article about Disney’s 2015 film Tomorrowland (dir. Brad Bird) will contain spoilers, and it will to some extent disagree with Emmet O’Cuana’s very good Sequart article about the film, which I recommend reading.… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/60165/the-chair-showed-the-limits-of-film-taste-and-the-directors-role/ http://sequart.org/magazine/60165/the-chair-showed-the-limits-of-film-taste-and-the-directors-role/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2015 17:00:07 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=60165 The first season  of the Starz TV series The Chair came to an end almost a year ago, yet it seems to have generated very few ripples of lasting influence, if the blogosphere is any… [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/36747/a-response-to-alan-moore-from-an-emotional-normal/ http://sequart.org/magazine/36747/a-response-to-alan-moore-from-an-emotional-normal/#comments Sat, 30 Nov 2013 20:00:03 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=36747 Alan Moore is not known for being shy with his opinions, especially when it comes to the cultural intersection of comics and society. For Moore, given his spiritual and philosophical beliefs, everything is radically connected… [more]]]> 2 http://sequart.org/magazine/19716/comic-book-films-and-visual-style/ http://sequart.org/magazine/19716/comic-book-films-and-visual-style/#comments Sun, 04 Jun 2006 19:45:42 +0000 Mike Swain http://sequart.org/?p=19716 Abstract This extended essay investigates the visual nature of three popular, recent comic book films. It will determine whether efforts taken by filmmakers to represent the source material onscreen are successful and if they are… [more]]]> 0