Sequential State – the comics criticism archive of Alex Hoffman

Tag: NYR Comics

  • Review: Letter to Survivors by GÉBÉ

    Review: Letter to Survivors by GÉBÉ

    Given recent political maneuverings and dire climate catastrophe, it feels like the dim haze of the apocalypse is just around the corner. GÉBÉ’s 1982 comic Lettre aux survivants has been recently translated and published in English as Letter to Survivors by New York Review Comics, and this book was originally published at a time when…

  • Review: Father and Son by E.O. Plauen

    Review: Father and Son by E.O. Plauen

    In today’s review, I’m taking a look at Father and Son, a collection of reprinted work. I’ve been thinking a lot about reprints ever since RJ Casey’s piece on The Comics Journal garnered so much attention. Earlier this fall, RJ Casey wrote a long article about Yoe Books and made an impassioned argument against sloppy,…