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Review: Tales from the Hyperverse by William Cardini
Retrofit Comics sent out their final set of comics from their Spring 2017 collection this November, which included the hardcover Trumptrump from Warren Craghead and William Cardini’s latest, Tales from the Hyperverse. Tales from the Hyperverse is a personal collection in Cardini’s strange, psychedelic sci-fi/fantasy universe. I previously reviewed his comic Vortex in 2015, and compared it…
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Review: ICELAND by Yuichi Yokoyama
I’m fascinated by Yuichi Yokoyama, and have been since I got my hands on his work when it was originally published by PictureBox back before that venture closed up shop. Yokoyama’s skill is undeniable, his comics strange and dark. And, fittingly, Yokoyama’s been a recent artist of note and discussion; his 2016 comic ICELAND has been…
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Comic Review – Steam Clean by Laura Ķeniņš
The first round of books from Retrofit’s 2017 Kickstarter campaign made it to me this week. I immediately dug in to Laura Ķeniņš’ graphic novel Steam Clean. My knowledge of Ķeniņš’ work comes from the kuš! comics mini she did, Alien Beings. Ķeniņš’ body of this work seems focused on interpersonal conflict; Steam Clean is no…
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Review: Libby’s Dad by Eleanor Davis
2016 was a year for Eleanor Davis comics. First it was Frontier #11: BDSM,which I reviewed in February last year. Then a big pile of pages from her cross-country bicycle trip, which are now being collected by Koyama Press. Davis’ latest, Libby’s Dad, is a 40-page full color saddle stitched comic from Retrofit. When Retrofit…
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Comics That Challenged Me in 2016: Part 3
Happy Friday! Part 3 of this 6 part list, and another 5 entries. Last entry had a few comics I had already reviewed through the year, but this time around it’s all comics I haven’t spoken about in a formal way. I think I’m drawn to review books that are more of a challenge, so…
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Comics That Challenged Me In 2016: Part 2
We kicked off the first of my “Comics That Challenged Me in 2016” with a bang, and now I’m back with the next five comics on the list. I always like to hear what people think about my perceptions of the comics I list here, so please feel free to contact me through tumblr, twitter, or via email. Case…
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Comics That Challenged Me in 2015: Part 6
Happy Monday – today is the last day of my list; tomorrow the full list will go up for your complete review. Please send me an ASK or shoot me an email at sequentialstate _at_ gmail _dot_ com if you have any feedback. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 |…
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Comics That Challenged Me in 2015: Part 4
Happy Wednesday. Hope you’re having a wonderful new year. I don’t generally make too much fuss about a new year, but this year I wanted to try to resolve to write a little bit more frequently. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Complete…
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Comics That Challenged Me in 2015: Part 2
Another five entries off my list. We’ll take a short break on Friday for the latest episode of Sequential Statement, and then we’ll be back into the rest of the list next week. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Complete List Time Capsule…
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Review: Sea Urchin by Laura Knetzger
There are some comics you struggle with, not because you can’t find their strengths or their meaning, but because you can’t find the exact way to say what you want. Laura Knetzger’s Sea Urchin from Retrofit Comics is like that for me, and I’ve been working through my thoughts on this comic since I read…
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Review: An Entity Observes All Things by Box Brown
An Entity Observes All Things is 152 pages of perfect bound science fiction short stories, some of which have been published previously as mini comics (including New Physics, a review of which you can find here). The collection uses a limited color palette; each story uses 3-4 tones, mostly block primary colors, with some lavender and fuchsia…
