Sequential State – the comics criticism archive of Alex Hoffman

Month: October 2018

  • Review: Giant Spider & Me, Vol. 1-2, by Kikori Morino

    Review: Giant Spider & Me, Vol. 1-2, by Kikori Morino

    I’m fascinated by Giant Spider & Me, a recent release from Seven Seas. It’s genuinely unfathomable to me how a book like this got greenlit, because it’s about as unfocused a premise as possible. Giant Spider & Me is a grab bag of concepts; it’s a post-apocalypse setting, a slice of life story, a cooking…

  • Review: Eternal Friendship by Anouck Durand

    Review: Eternal Friendship by Anouck Durand

    (This review of Anouck Durand’s Eternal Friendship was originally published by The Comics Journal on March 14th, 2018. You can find the original review here.) From the perspective of a reader of comics, the graphic novel is a mature aspect of the world of book publishing. But the larger literary world is hesitant to put unique and…

  • Review: Incision, by HTMLflowers

    Review: Incision, by HTMLflowers

    It’s been hard to approach HTMLflowers’ latest work, mostly because of how ruthless and unsparing it is. I read Incision a few months ago and made this comment about a month ago. Grant Gronewold (HTMLflowers is his nom de plume) challenged me to review it. It took awhile, but here we are. Incision isn’t really…

  • Transmissions From Cartoon Crossroads Columbus 2018

    Transmissions From Cartoon Crossroads Columbus 2018

    Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC)  is a relatively close show; a day’s drive from where I live and you’re in the bustling center of Ohio, ready to hit the town. CXC isn’t exactly local, but it’s not a plane ride, if you can drive and hate yourself enough to spend hours of your life stuck on…

  • Review: Mother’s Walk by Lauren Weinstein

    Review: Mother’s Walk by Lauren Weinstein

    Lauren Weinstein’s Normel Person, which migrated to Popula after the closure of the Village Voice, has been a powerful reflection on the state of the world. I’ve been drawn to her work this year, and it was exciting to learn that she would be contributing to Youth in Decline’s Frontier series. Over the last few…