http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:44:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/64940/design-sense-steve-ditko%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cjack%e2%80%9d-is-an-ace-compared-to-marvel%e2%80%99s/ http://sequart.org/magazine/64940/design-sense-steve-ditko%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cjack%e2%80%9d-is-an-ace-compared-to-marvel%e2%80%99s/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2016 16:30:02 +0000 Stephen Sonneveld http://sequart.org/?p=64940 Few images are as iconic in Western culture as the grinning gourds that populate our harvest festivals. Initially, such sturdy fruits made practical lanterns. The artistry of carving faces, and weaving religious and secular folklore… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/59799/denny-oneil-the-question/ http://sequart.org/magazine/59799/denny-oneil-the-question/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2015 11:00:06 +0000 Greg Carpenter http://sequart.org/?p=59799 The Question strove for subtext—it was more about Vic’s spiritual journey than whether he could defeat a villain or escape a burning building. [more]]]> 6 http://sequart.org/magazine/52414/the-super-heroics-of-miller-and-moore-part-7-legacy/ http://sequart.org/magazine/52414/the-super-heroics-of-miller-and-moore-part-7-legacy/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2014 18:00:37 +0000 James Kelly http://sequart.org/?p=52414 Alan Moore and Frank Miller’s Impact on Comics Commercially The legacy and influence an artist has on all who follow him/her is always surprising. Some artists take a great work as an inspiration to try… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/45918/i-read-an-old-and-valuable-comic-and-liked-it/ http://sequart.org/magazine/45918/i-read-an-old-and-valuable-comic-and-liked-it/#comments Sun, 15 Jun 2014 11:00:08 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=45918 I was recently reading my tattered paperback copy of Bester’s The Stars My Destination for a future article and happened to check on when this very beat-up book was released. It turns out that I… [more]]]> 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/38934/on-canons-critics-consensus-and-comics-part-3/ http://sequart.org/magazine/38934/on-canons-critics-consensus-and-comics-part-3/#comments Mon, 20 Jan 2014 18:00:57 +0000 Greg Carpenter http://sequart.org/?p=38934 This week marks the final installment of our search for a comics canon.  As I mentioned in the first column, I recently conducted a survey of the people who contribute to Sequart.  A total of 25… [more]]]> 7 http://sequart.org/magazine/38725/on-canons-critics-consensus-and-comics-part-2/ http://sequart.org/magazine/38725/on-canons-critics-consensus-and-comics-part-2/#comments Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:00:35 +0000 Greg Carpenter http://sequart.org/?p=38725 As I explained in last week’s column, I recently asked my fellow Sequart contributors to answer the following question:  “What are the 10 greatest works in the history of the comics medium, and who are the… [more]]]> 13