Sequential State – the comics criticism archive of Alex Hoffman

Month: January 2016

  • sequentialstatement: Episode #7: Hello 2016! Alex and Nick talk about moving into the new year. Music by Today’s Man. Comics That Challenged Me in 2015 ListSequential Statement Top 5 Reviews of: Barrier the new Panel Syndicate book by Brian K Vaughn and Marcos MartinKurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, V1-3 by Eiji Otsuka and Housui YamazakiMIND MGMT…

  • Review: SuperCakes by Kat Leyh I have been known to read a superhero comic from time to time, despite my routine coverage here at Sequential State avoiding most superhero books. Still, there are a few that grab my attention. The latest superhero comic I really enjoyed was Thor: The Mighty Avenger, which was an all-ages…

  • Review: Solanin by Asano Inio This week marks the release of one of the more highly-anticipated manga of the publishing year, A Girl on the Shore from Asano Inio. In 2010, I reviewed an earlier piece by him, Solanin, and I wanted to revisit that work before I wrote about his latest comic. Solanin is…

  • A Year In Review: 2015

    I did a year in review for Sequential State in the year 2014, and I think it’s appropriate I think to do the same for 2015. Some quick metrics for the interested: Posts: 91Books Reviewed: 83Interviews: 4Con Reports: 1Audio & Video Content: 6Followers:  1103 The numbers look better (to be expected given the age of…

  • Comics That Challenged Me in 2015: The Complete List

    The 2015 list, in no particular order: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6  Dumb 1 & 2, Georgia Webber [@geewebber] (Retrofit Comics [@retrofitcomics]) Crickets #3-4, Sammy Harkham [@sammyharkham] (self-published) I Love This Part, Tillie Walden [@tilliewalden] (Avery Hill) The Basil Plant, Laura Lannes [@lauralannes] (self-published)…

  • Comics That Challenged Me in 2015: Part 6

    Happy Monday – today is the last day of my list; tomorrow the full list will go up for your complete review. Please send me an ASK or shoot me an email at sequentialstate _at_ gmail _dot_ com if you have any feedback. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 |…

  • Comics That Challenged Me in 2015: Part 5

    Welcome back to the latest Comics That Challenged Me in 2015 piece. I generally don’t make New Year’s Resolutions. I don’t see a lot of value to them, generally speaking. But with the recent controversies with the Angouleme Grand Prix, I was thinking about talented women cartoonists, and decided to make a resolution. My resolution…

  • Comics That Challenged Me in 2015: Part 4

    Happy Wednesday. Hope you’re having a wonderful new year. I don’t generally make too much fuss about a new year, but this year I wanted to try to resolve to write a little bit more frequently. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Complete…

  • Comics That Challenged Me In 2015: Part 3

    New week, new installment. The list is going to run into next week because I added another 10 books compared to 2014’s list. Hopefully you’ve checked out the other installments already posted. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Complete List BORB by Jason…

  • sequentialstatement: Episode #6: 2015 Wrap Up  Alex and Nick talk about the Star Wars: The Force Awakens, then give their Top 5 comics of the year, as well as a comic that they weren’t able to connect with that everyone else seemed to love. Music by Today’s Man. If you don’t want to listen to…

  • Comics That Challenged Me in 2015: Part 2

    Another five entries off my list. We’ll take a short break on Friday for the latest episode of Sequential Statement, and then we’ll be back into the rest of the list next week. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Complete List Time Capsule…