http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:44:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/62459/my-top-twenty-of-2015/ http://sequart.org/magazine/62459/my-top-twenty-of-2015/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2016 14:00:06 +0000 Harry Edmundson-Cornell http://sequart.org/?p=62459 Well, 2015 is long over and it’s time for me to put down my top films of the year. I always find this a fun task, although I also always find myself opening this list… [more]]]> 3 http://sequart.org/magazine/61789/why-didnt-i-love-the-martian/ http://sequart.org/magazine/61789/why-didnt-i-love-the-martian/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2015 12:00:23 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=61789 Of all people, I should have loved The Martian. If I were to imagine a Hollywood film perfectly calibrated to my tastes as a) someone with a background in science, b) a gigantic space nerd… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/61459/some-short-thoughts-on-recent-theatrical-releases/ http://sequart.org/magazine/61459/some-short-thoughts-on-recent-theatrical-releases/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2015 14:00:57 +0000 Harry Edmundson-Cornell http://sequart.org/?p=61459 As you may or may not have noticed I’ve been falling rather dramatically behind on reviews this past month or so. All I can say to excuse it is that I’ve been busy and I’m… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/59876/the-martian-already-a-problematic-adaptation/ http://sequart.org/magazine/59876/the-martian-already-a-problematic-adaptation/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2015 11:00:06 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=59876 Like many fans of literate, thoughtful, plausible science fiction, I greeted the news that Ridley Scott would be directing the film adaptation of Andy Weir’s the Martian with great enthusiasm. The fact that the script… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/58314/the-martian-is-revealed-in-a-new-trailer/ http://sequart.org/magazine/58314/the-martian-is-revealed-in-a-new-trailer/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2015 19:00:04 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=58314 The trailer for the highly anticipated big-screen adaptation of Andy Weir’s The Martian went live yesterday, and gave us our first in-depth glimpse at Ridley Scott’s latest science fiction vision. The Martian is essentially a… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/49779/the-martian-by-andy-weir-superb-hard-science-fiction-storytelling/ http://sequart.org/magazine/49779/the-martian-by-andy-weir-superb-hard-science-fiction-storytelling/#comments Sun, 07 Sep 2014 17:00:34 +0000 Ian Dawe http://sequart.org/?p=49779 The Martian, by Andy Weir, is a rare example of excellent “hard” science fiction, great suspense writing and an old-fashioned space adventure, complete with lots of plausible and realistic science and some great characters. It… [more]]]> 1