Sequential State – the comics criticism archive of Alex Hoffman

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  • Review: Days Longer Than Long Pork Sausages by Gabriel Corbera Back in the days of dial-up internet, I played MUD (multi-user dungeon) games on my PC’s telnet console. These games were complex worlds built of nothing but words and the player’s imagination. Whether you were throwing magic missiles at rats to grind those early levels…

  • Interview: Solomon Fletcher ‘It’s really important for me to show the people in my comics practicing consent, communicating, being safe and respecting each other–even when they make mistakes. ‘

    One of my “new years resolutions” for Sequential State was to talk to more creators about their comics. Over the holidays, I had the opportunity to talk with Solomon Fletcher about their porn webcomic Goldy & the Bears, about sex positive education, and making video games. I’m happy to post the first in what hopefully…

  • Review: Mimi and the Wolves, Acts I and II by Alabaster Late in 2014, Matt from Hic and Hoc sent over a bundle of recent comics, and it’s only now that I’m starting to get around to reading everything. The first step to solving a problem is admitting that you have one, so there it…

  • Review: Rough Age by Max de Radiguès

    Earlier last year I took some time to review Max de Radiguès Bastard #1 from Oily Comics. I liked the comic’s flow and Radiguès’ delicate line. Thankfully in 2014 we got a bit more of his work from One Percent Press, a collection of the 2009-2010 L’âge dur, translated as Rough Age. The comic has…

  • Looking Forward: Sophie Goldstein’s The Oven Collected by AdHouse

    Sophie Goldstein’s work has been on and off my radar over the past year – I still haven’t grabbed a copy of her Ignatz-winning  House of Women, Part 1, but her comic The Good Wife caught my attention early last year with its over-saturated colors and its biting, brilliant uncomfortableness.  The Oven is a 6 chapter sci-fi…

  • Comics That Challenged Me in 2014: The Complete List

    In no particular order: RAV: 1st Collection – Mickey Zacchilli [spideretc] (Youth in Decline [youthindecline] , 2014) Ley Lines: Unholy Shapes – Annie Mok [heyanniemok] (Czap Books [kevinczap] & Grindstone Comics [wormulus], 2014) Autobiographic Comics (untitled) – Laura Knetzger [laurark] (self-published, 2014) Never Forgets – Yumi Sakugawa [yumisakugawa]  (self-published, 2014) “My Sister Dropped Dead From The Heat”…

  • A Year In Review: 2014

    I started Sequential State in April of last year after 5 years of blogging at Manga Widget, a blog which I recently pulled down from WordPress. 2014 was a bit tumultuous, but as far as first years go, I think it was a fairly successful one for the website. Some quick metrics for the interested:…

  • Transmissions: Reflecting on Genghis Con

    Genghis Con was two Sundays ago, the weekend after black Friday. I spent a lot of money on books, had a great time, and over the course of the Sunday show and the Monday Brainstorm Lecture I met a lot of great people in person for the first time.  Thanks genghisconcleveland for a great show.…

  • Thoughts on Brainstorm: A Conversation About Comic Writing Processes with MJ Robinson and Cathy G. Johnson [First and foremost, apologies for the rustling in the audio. I recorded the talk on my phone, and having never recorded a talk before, I forgot to put the phone on a flat surface, so it sat on my…

  • Review: mini kuš! #29 – Remember This? By Disa Wallander The kind folks at kuš komiksi, the Latvian comics art anthology, recently sent 8 of their most recent minis and I’ve been poring through them in my small moments. The kuš minis seem perfect for those in-between moments, but despite their small stature (each full…

  • Pow Pow Press is a Montreal-based publisher run by Luc Bossé – he’s running a Kickstarter to help translate a selection of the press’ collection into English in time for TCAF 2015. I got in touch with Luc to ask a few questions about the project and Pow Pow Press. Interviews aren’t something I do…