Sequential State – the comics criticism archive of Alex Hoffman

Month: March 2017

  • Review: Draw Blood by Ron Hotz

    Review: Draw Blood by Ron Hotz

    Last year at TCAF, I met up with cartoonist Ron Hotz and he handed me a copy of Draw Blood. Draw Blood is a 68+ page graphic novella published in 2016. Ron writes a webcomic called Best Day Evr! that’s been running since 2014. Best Day Evr! is a high school drama featuring anthropomorphic characters and Draw…

  • A Response to Critical Jam #11: Scanlations

    pebblesandjamjam: Welcome to Critical Jam, J.A. Micheline’s monthly column on criticism. I don’t write about unlicensed Japanese comics. I’d like to. There are some incredible BL cartoonists and books that I’d like to tell you about, for example, but the thing is: no English-language publishers have picked them up for translation, so as far as…

  • Review: Ancestor by Matt Sheean & Malachi Ward

    Review: Ancestor by Matt Sheean & Malachi Ward

    Imagine a world where the internet lived inside  your head – where you would see a person’s name and their life history in your visual field as you were introduced, where you can share memories with a thought, and you can run programs to perform physical tasks to the utmost perfection. This is the introduction…

  • Comic Review: A Zoo In Winter by Jiro Taniguchi

    Comic Review: A Zoo In Winter by Jiro Taniguchi

    A little over a month ago, reports from Japanese sources announced the passing of Jiro Taniguchi. Taniguchi was a master draftsperson and cartoonist whose work has been championed by the small publisher Fanfare (in partnership with Spanish publisher Ponent Mon). They have been publishing his work since the mid-00s. Taniguchi’s best-known works have been characterized…

  • Review: Burrow by Marnie Galloway

    Review: Burrow by Marnie Galloway

    Everyone tells you that having a child will change your life. What they don’t generally mention is the physical pain of it, that unique and special torture called sleep deprivation. Depression and anxiety grow unchecked, your ability to remember fades. You see things that aren’t possibly there. You recede into yourself, and your animalistic lower…