Sequential State – the comics criticism archive of Alex Hoffman

Category: Micro

  • Microreview: Rust Belt by Sean Knickerbocker

    Microreview: Rust Belt by Sean Knickerbocker

    Alternative comics has something of a recent tradition of Midwestern down-and-out stories, strengthened by the work of cartoonists Charles Forsman and Noah Van Sciver. Sean Knickerbocker joins that illustrious group with the appropriately titled Rust Belt, a new short story collection from Secret Acres. Forsman is a point of reference in multiple ways; Knickerbocker’s work…

  • Microreview: Chronin Vol. 1: The Knife at Your Back by Alison Wilgus

    Microreview: Chronin Vol. 1: The Knife at Your Back by Alison Wilgus

    I recently had the chance to borrow a copy of Chronin #1: The Knife at Your Back from my local library. With its neon blue cover, it sticks out, a testament to some smart cover design. In this first part of a two-volume series from Tor Books, veteran cartoonist Alison Wilgus asks a question that…