Sequential State – the comics criticism archive of Alex Hoffman

Month: December 2015

  • Review: Palefire, Written by MK Reed, Illustrated by Farel Dalrymple In my quest to wrap up my 2015 reading I’ve been thinking about a book I received from Secret Acres earlier this year. On paper, Palefire seems like a no-brainer. It’s a collaboration between MK Reed, a talented comics writer whose work I’ve seen (if…

  • Review: Generous Bosom Part One by Conor Stechschulte

    Review: Generous Bosom Part One by Conor Stechschulte

      We’re getting towards the end of the year, and I have been thinking about books that I’ve really enjoyed in 2015. One of those was the first issue of Conor Stechschulte’s Generous Bosom, a book that likely made a few 2014 best-of lists. 2014 seemed like a breakout year for Stechschulte with the release…

  • Review: A Year Without Mom by Dasha Tolstikova  Groundwood Books sent me a copy of their recent release, A Year Without Mom, earlier this year, and in the intervening time between then and now, I’ve been thinking about personal narratives. In this debut graphic novel, Dasha Tolstikova tells the story of growing up in Moscow…

  • Review: Brunch by Barbara Geoghegan  It’s December and I’m finally working through books I got at SPX this year. One of those is Brunch, a 12 page comic by Barbara Geoghegan. Brunch stands out from the rest of the books I got this Fall mostly due to its size; each page is a full 8.5”x11”,…

  • Review: Frontier #9 by Becca Tobin I mid-October I wrote a micro-review (on Twitter, of course, because blogging is hard) of Becca Tobin’s comic published through the Youth in Decline monograph series Frontier. In a series of tweets I mentioned some stray observations I had made, including some of the thematic elements I found intriguing.…

  • Review: Curveball by Jeremy Sorese  Let’s start with the basics. Curveball, the first major graphic novel release written and illustrated by Jeremy Sorese, is the loveliest print object with a spine to come across my desk this year. Nobrow has pulled out all the stops with this book; a lovely cover with smartly placed spot…

  • sequentialstatement: Episode #5: Our Ever-Changing Podcast Alex and Nick talk about the new Podcast format. Music by Today’s Man. Reviews of: Airboy – art by Greg Hinkle, story by James RobinsonHuck #1 – art by Rafael Albuquerque, story by Mark MillarFante Bukowski by Noah Van Sciver All-New All-Different Avengers #1 – art by Mahmud Asrar, Adam…