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Comics That Challenged Me Features 

Comics That Challenged Me in 2018: Part 1

January 2, 2019January 11, 2019 Alex Hoffman 4 Comments 2dcloud, ancco, comics that challenged me, comics that challenged me in 2018, czap books, Drawn and Quarterly, eli howey, gloria rivera, grindstone comics, jia sung, paradise systems, yan cong

It’s been tradition at Sequential State to run a series of microreview articles at the beginning of each calendar year.

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Cornerstone Reviews 

Review: By Monday I’ll Be Floating in the Hudson with the Other Garbage by Laura Lannes

December 5, 2018April 22, 2019 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments 2dcloud, autobio comics, By Monday I’ll Be Floating in the Hudson with the Other Garbage, comics, laura lannes, review

Part of my goal for these next few weeks are to get back to some comics I read in 2017

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Guest Post Reviews 

Review: Perfect Hair by Tommi Parrish

July 18, 2018July 16, 2018 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments 2d cloud, 2dcloud, comics, guest post, perfect hair, review, shawn starr, tommi parrish

Today I have the pleasure of publishing a review of Tommi Parrish’s Perfect Hair by noted small-press critic and art collector

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Features 

Comics That Challenged Me in 2017: Part 4

January 8, 2018January 6, 2019 Alex Hoffman 1 Comment 2dcloud, alienation, comics that challenged me, ctcm2017, GG, gouffre, I'm Not Here, Ines Estrada, Koyama Press, lagon revue, margot ferrick, nathan cowdry, sammy stein, shiner, yours

Today is the final installment of a four part list of comics that challenged me in 2017. Here are links

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Essays 

Comics That Challenged Me In 2017: Part 3

January 5, 2018January 6, 2019 Alex Hoffman 2 Comments 2dcloud, breakdown press, ctcm2017, En attendant t'avenue, François Henninger, joyride, keren katz, La Cinquième Couche, lale westvind, maggie umber, secret acres, sound of snow falling, the academic hour, Yazar & Arkadaş, Zoë Taylor

Today is part 3 of a 4 part list of comics that challenged me in 2017. Here’s a link to

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Quick Picks Reviews 

Quick Picks #8 – Mágan, Martinez, Porcellino, Smoke Signal

December 11, 2017December 10, 2017 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments 2dcloud, Andrés Magán, comics, David Schilter, desert island, fifi martinez, john porcellino, kus komiksi, mini kuš!, quick picks, Sanita Muižniec, smoke signal, Uncivilized Books

Quick Picks is an occasionally written series of microreviews of books I’ve read over the past two weeks. Here’s a

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Reviews 

Review: Sound of Snow Falling by Maggie Umber

October 13, 2017October 11, 2017 Alex Hoffman 2 Comments 2d cloud, 2dcloud, comics, maggie umber, review, sound of snow falling

  Maggie Umber is one of the unsung heroes of art comics. Her status as the assistant publisher at 2dcloud

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Features 

Comics That Challenged Me in 2016: Part 3

January 6, 2017January 6, 2019 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments 2dcloud, andy burkholder, boogerbrie, breakdown press, brie moreno, comics that challenged me, ctcm2016, dome, gift shop 3d, hazlitt, lagon, mare odomo, orieau, Retrofit Comics, sam alden, sarah ferrick, sec, test of loyalty

Happy Friday! Part 3 of this 6 part list, and another 5 entries. Last entry had a few comics I

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Features 

Review: Trying Not To Notice by Will Dinski

October 24, 2016December 16, 2018 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments 2dcloud, alt comics, alt comix, comics, review, will dinski

Trying Not To Notice is one of the final books to come out of 2dcloud’s Spring Collection and my first encounter

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Reviews 

Review: Someone Please Have Sex With Me by Gina Wynbrandt

September 26, 2016January 13, 2019 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments 2dcloud, comics, gina wynbrandt, recommended, review, someone please have sex with me

 Part of 2dcloud’s Spring Collection, Someone Please Have Sex With Me is Gina Wynbrandt’s debut graphic novel, a collection of satirical,

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Features 

February 23, 2016June 3, 2017 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments 2dcloud, comics, kickstarter, sparkplug books, winter collection

Hey there! If you’re a fan of Sequential State, I want to take a little time today to point you

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Featured Writing

Review: Ginseng Roots #1 by Craig Thompson
Cornerstone Reviews 

Review: Ginseng Roots #1 by Craig Thompson

June 26, 2019June 25, 2019 Alex Hoffman 0

Craig Thompson has something of a reputation amongst indie comics readers, both good and bad. The first issue of his

Review: Piero by Edmond Baudoin
Cornerstone Reviews 

Review: Piero by Edmond Baudoin

March 25, 2019August 8, 2019 Alex Hoffman 1
Review: By Monday I’ll Be Floating in the Hudson with the Other Garbage by Laura Lannes
Cornerstone Reviews 

Review: By Monday I’ll Be Floating in the Hudson with the Other Garbage by Laura Lannes

December 5, 2018April 22, 2019 Alex Hoffman 0
Review: Mother’s Walk by Lauren Weinstein
Cornerstone Reviews 

Review: Mother’s Walk by Lauren Weinstein

October 3, 2018April 22, 2019 Alex Hoffman 1
Review: The Weaver Festival Phenomenon by Ron Regé
Cornerstone Reviews 

Review: The Weaver Festival Phenomenon by Ron Regé

July 6, 2018April 22, 2019 Alex Hoffman 1

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Review: The Man Who Came Down the Attic Stairs by Celine Loup
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Review: The Man Who Came Down the Attic Stairs by Celine Loup

October 21, 2019October 21, 2019 Alex Hoffman 0
Review: Bad Gateway by Simon Hanselmann
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Review: Bad Gateway by Simon Hanselmann

October 16, 2019October 15, 2019 Alex Hoffman 0
Review: Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me, Written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Rosemary Valero O’Connell
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Review: Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me, Written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Rosemary Valero O’Connell

August 29, 2019August 28, 2019 Alex Hoffman 0
Review: Trans Girls Hit the Town by Emma Jayne
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Review: Trans Girls Hit the Town by Emma Jayne

August 16, 2019August 15, 2019 Alex Hoffman 0

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