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Review: The Pervert, written by Michelle Perez, illustrated by Remy Boydell
I’m getting back into the swing of reviewing, and recently read an advance copy of The Pervert, a new graphic novel from Michelle Perez and Remy Boydell. The book will be released by Image in May, and the story features a trans woman living in Seattle doing sex work alongside other odd jobs. The comic…
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Review: Spirit Circle V 1-2 by Satoshi Mizukami
The writing here at Sequential State has been a bit sparse – apologies if you’ve been waiting for the latest update. I took a little time off over the last few weeks to decompress and get some reading in. I’ve been doing a lot of prose reading, and getting through some zines and library borrows…
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Quick Picks #10 – mini kuš! #63-66
Quick Picks is an occasionally written series of microreviews of books I’ve read over the past two weeks. The latest batch of mini kuš comics came in the mail earlier this week, and as always it’s an interesting set. mini kuš #63 – Nausea by Abraham Díaz The first, most noticable quality of Díaz’s comic is how messy…
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Review: Before the Rain by Anne Pomel
One of the things I like about reading small press comics is the hunt. Despite there being distros across the US and a few good bookstores that have online storefronts, so much of what gets published in the small press community is isolated to a single website. That means if you’re trying to find new…
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Review: Minor Leagues No. 4, by Simon Moreton
Simon Moreton recently sent over a copy of Minor Leagues No. 4, a new series he has been working on since the end of his previous Smoo zine series. Minor Leagues contains comics, illustrations, writing, and poetry, and No. 4 is a whopping 82 pages. It’s a zine printed on A5 paper, but the size…
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Review: Chicken Boy by Vinnie Neuberg
Hi folks! Welcome back! I’ve been running on an empty tank, so apologies for the lack of writing over the past few weeks. We call extended hardships winters, and that feels especially true this year, in this season. In an effort to get back into the swing of writing, I’ve decided to dig into some…
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Review: A Thousand Coloured Castles by Gareth Brookes
Gareth Brookes has made a small name for himself in the art comics scene due to his experimentation with materials and form. His first major graphic novel, The Black Project, used a combination of embroidery and linocut to give the work a distinct visual style. Now Brookes is back with a new book A Thousand Coloured Castles…
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Review: Berserker #1, ed. Tom Oldham and Jamie Sutcliffe
(Update 2/25/18: I have been notified by Tom Oldham that all of the stories told in Berserker are are not fiction, but are entirely true. Please excuse this oversight in the review below. Thanks!) Breakdown sent a copy of their new sci-fi anthology Berserker in the Fall last year, and I’ve been slowly piecing my…
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Review: Unmagical Girl, vol. 1, written by Ryouichi Yokoyama and illustrated by Manmaru Uetsuki
I read a lot of manga, but I don’t tend to write about it – that’s a problem, and one of my goals for Sequential State in 2018 is to review more manga. I’ve been trying to catch up with some recent manga releases, and Unmagical Girl #1 caught my eye after seeing a quick…
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Review: The Lie and How We Told It by Tommi Parrish
Tommi Parrish is one of my favorite rising cartoonists. Their work in NOW #1 was a highlight of the anthology, and their comic Perfect Discipline and Unbending Loyalty was one of my favorites of 2017. It seems like a lot of Tommi’s work is coming out all at the same time, but they’re back with…
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Review: Cartoon Clouds by Joseph Remnant
Fantagraphics sent over a few new books in the Fall and I’ve been slowly working my way through them. One that I’ve been stewing over for a while is Joseph Remnant’s debut graphic novel, Cartoon Clouds. Remnant did the illustration work for Harvey Pekar’s Cleveland, and is anthologized in NOW #2. Cartoon Clouds is a…
