http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:44:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/2719/all-for-one-one-for-all-%e2%80%93-the-superhero-story/ http://sequart.org/magazine/2719/all-for-one-one-for-all-%e2%80%93-the-superhero-story/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:00:02 +0000 David Balan http://sequart.org/?p=2719 I had originally planned to write this article at a later date, but after reading Cody Walker and Julian Darius’s columns this past week, I couldn’t resist the temptation to jump ahead. I’ve been brewing… [more]]]> 2 http://sequart.org/magazine/548/moms-in-ovens-why-comic-books-hate-parents/ http://sequart.org/magazine/548/moms-in-ovens-why-comic-books-hate-parents/#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:00:07 +0000 Cody Walker http://sequart.org/?p=548 You’ve witnessed this origin story a million times and across all mediums; protagonist seems to have potential, but it’s the death of a parental figure that spurs protagonist to becoming the hero that he /… [more]]]> 2 http://sequart.org/magazine/620/modernism-and-the-birth-of-the-american-super-hero/ http://sequart.org/magazine/620/modernism-and-the-birth-of-the-american-super-hero/#comments Sun, 16 Oct 2005 07:43:07 +0000 Robert A. Emmons, Jr. http://sequart.org/?p=620 The idea of the modern American super-hero is an abstract and nebulous concept.[1] America is in a constant state of change and evolution; as such, we can only assume that our icons evolve with it.… [more]]]> 0