Sequential State – the comics criticism archive of Alex Hoffman

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  • Comics That Challenged Me in 2018: Part 2

    Comics That Challenged Me in 2018: Part 2

    We’re back today with the second of four posts of the Comics That Challenged Me in 2018. What were your thoughts about the first five books? I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments or over on Twitter. The first part of the list had some fantastic books, and so does the second. Let’s…

  • Review: Grip #1 by Lale Westvind

    Review: Grip #1 by Lale Westvind

    I’m used to reading Lale Westvind’s comics in small doses. Her comic Yazar & Arkadaş, which I reviewed last year, was only 28 pages – but it packed a significant punch. Westvind’s work has an intense physicality and her comics are breathtaking in their scope, power, and drama. Earlier this year, Perfectly Acceptable Press published…

  • Comics That Challenged Me In 2017: Part 3

    Today is part 3 of a 4 part list of comics that challenged me in 2017. Here’s a link to the first part of the list and here’s the link to the second. This part of the list has a few more books I’ve already reviewed, but part of the reason I reviewed them was because…

  • Review: Yazar & Arkadaş by Lale Westvind

    Review: Yazar & Arkadaş by Lale Westvind

    I was first introduced to Lale Westvind’s comics with Breakdown Press’ recent release of HAX, a remarkable silent comic with an intensity I’ve not seen in other recent work. Yazar & Arkadaş is a 28-page risograph comic with navy ink on pink paper and a two color risographed cover on heavy cream-colored paper. A writer, Yazar, is…

  • Some Thoughts on Believed Behavior #2

    Publishing as an industry is at a crossroads. While ink on paper still dominates comics in terms of content purchased, digital comics are taking a more and more prominent place in core reading. The 00’s gave us free to read digital comics that were readily accessible for the first time in the form of webcomics,…