Sequart Organization » Spongebob Squarepants http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:44:55 +0000 en hourly 1 Ode to Dejection: On Children’s Animation, Art Films, and Pixar’s Inside Out http://sequart.org/magazine/58821/pixar-inside-out-art-films/ http://sequart.org/magazine/58821/pixar-inside-out-art-films/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2015 11:00:53 +0000 Greg Carpenter http://sequart.org/?p=58821 One of the unexpected side effects of having children is that you wind up watching a lot of kids’ entertainment.  For some, this might sound like a nightmare, but it’s not always bad.  Sure, you… [more]]]> 0 Nickelodeon’s Business Strategies are Threatening Its Future http://sequart.org/magazine/53103/nickelodeon-bad-business-strategies/ http://sequart.org/magazine/53103/nickelodeon-bad-business-strategies/#comments Thu, 25 Dec 2014 12:00:25 +0000 Matthew Berg-Johnsen http://sequart.org/?p=53103 As of late, a new trend is forming within the children’s cartoon industry. The industry is seeing more creatively liberal cartoons that contain darker undertones and flawed (yet likable or understandable) characters rarely (if ever)… [more]]]> 0