http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:12:15 +0000 en hourly 1 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