http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:12:15 +0000 en hourly 1 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/42314/spider-man-was-never-just-the-%e2%80%9cloveable-loser%e2%80%9d/ http://sequart.org/magazine/42314/spider-man-was-never-just-the-%e2%80%9cloveable-loser%e2%80%9d/#comments Fri, 02 May 2014 11:00:54 +0000 David Mann http://sequart.org/?p=42314 “Yes siree, things are sure looking up for my favorite couple of guys–namely, me!”—ASM #12 Quick: what’s Spider-Man really all about, in one sentence? With most major superheroes, someone might have to pause a second… [more]]]> 3 http://sequart.org/magazine/42273/steve-ditko-and-the-greatest-spider-man-story-ever-told/ http://sequart.org/magazine/42273/steve-ditko-and-the-greatest-spider-man-story-ever-told/#comments Thu, 01 May 2014 11:00:24 +0000 Paul Jaissle http://sequart.org/?p=42273 It was clear from his first appearance in 1962’s Amazing Fantasy #15 that Spider-Man was a very different character than any of the other super-heroes battling for justice on the newsstands at the time. Unlike… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/42146/amazing-spider-man-2-defending-the-reboot/ http://sequart.org/magazine/42146/amazing-spider-man-2-defending-the-reboot/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2014 11:00:23 +0000 Emmet O'Cuana http://sequart.org/?p=42146 Wasn’t it strange that the prospect of a sequel to the hit franchise reboot of Sony’s Amazing Spider-Man was not greeted with the excitement of, say, Bryan Singer’s new X-Men chapter? How about the rampant… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/42212/spider-man-and-science/ http://sequart.org/magazine/42212/spider-man-and-science/#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2014 11:00:21 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=42212 Spider-Man is kind of unique amongst superheroes in his relationship with science. No, not the science of how he actually swings on those webs without dislocating his shoulders or ripping his arms out of their… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/42134/the-spider-man-moment/ http://sequart.org/magazine/42134/the-spider-man-moment/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2014 11:00:55 +0000 Greg Carpenter http://sequart.org/?p=42134 This is not the essay you were supposed to read today. When I first heard that we were having a Spider-Man week at Sequart, I knew pretty quickly what I wanted to write about.  While… [more]]]> 2 http://sequart.org/magazine/40474/its-spider-man-week-on-sequart/ http://sequart.org/magazine/40474/its-spider-man-week-on-sequart/#comments Sun, 27 Apr 2014 11:00:27 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=40474 In celebration of the release of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Sequart will be publishing content related to Spider-Man all this week. Look for the first piece tomorrow morning. Spider-Man Week is Sequart’s seventh themed week.… [more]]]> 0