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Retrofit Comics

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Review: Tales from the Hyperverse by William Cardini

December 15, 2017December 28, 2017 Alex Hoffman 1 Comment comics, Retrofit Comics, review, tales from the hyperverse, william cardini

Retrofit Comics sent out their final set of comics from their Spring 2017 collection this November, which included the hardcover Trumptrump

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Review: ICELAND by Yuichi Yokoyama

September 6, 2017September 5, 2017 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments Iceland, Retrofit Comics, review, ryan holmberg, Yuichi Yokoyama

I’m fascinated by Yuichi Yokoyama, and have been since I got my hands on his work when it was originally

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Comic Review – Steam Clean by Laura Ķeniņš

June 7, 2017June 7, 2017 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments comics, Laura Ķeniņš, Retrofit Comics, review

The first round of books from Retrofit’s 2017 Kickstarter campaign made it to me this week. I immediately dug in

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Review: Libby’s Dad by Eleanor Davis

January 18, 2017September 2, 2017 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments comics, eleanor davis, libby's dad, recommended, Retrofit Comics, review

2016 was a year for Eleanor Davis comics. First it was Frontier #11: BDSM,which I reviewed in February last year.

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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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Comics That Challenged Me In 2016: Part 2

January 4, 2017January 6, 2019 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments Asano Inio, breaking is opening, ctcm2016, eleanor davis, In the Sounds and Seas, Inio Asano, libby's dad, Marnie Galloway, one peace books, Retrofit Comics, sab meynert, vertical comics, weakly comics, weakly comics Xtra large annual

We kicked off the first of my “Comics That Challenged Me in 2016” with a bang, and now I’m back with

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Comics That Challenged Me in 2015: Part 6

January 18, 2016 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments 2015, alyssa berg, comics that challenged me, comics workbook, Disa Wallander, laura lannes, noel freibert, Olivier Schrauwen, peow studio, Retrofit Comics

Happy Monday – today is the last day of my list; tomorrow the full list will go up for your

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Comics That Challenged Me in 2015: Part 4

January 13, 2016January 3, 2018 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments 2015, 2d cloud, alex degen, blaise larmee, comics that challenged me, Conundrum Press, dash shaw, fantagraphics, georgia webber, kat verhoeven, Koyama Press, Retrofit Comics

Happy Wednesday. Hope you’re having a wonderful new year. I don’t generally make too much fuss about a new year,

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Comics That Challenged Me in 2015: Part 2

January 6, 2016 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments 2015, 2d cloud, avery hill press, cathy g johnson, comics, czap books, grant gronewold, grindstone comics, html flowers, maggie umber, Retrofit Comics, tillie walden, year in review, yumi sakugawa

Another five entries off my list. We’ll take a short break on Friday for the latest episode of Sequential Statement,

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Review: Sea Urchin by Laura Knetzger

October 7, 2015September 2, 2017 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments comics, laura knetzger, recommended, Retrofit Comics, review, Sea Urchin

  There are some comics you struggle with, not because you can’t find their strengths or their meaning, but because

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Review: An Entity Observes All Things by Box Brown

August 3, 2015September 2, 2017 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments an entity observes all things, box brown, comics, Retrofit Comics, review, science fiction

An Entity Observes All Things is 152 pages of perfect bound science fiction short stories, some of which have been

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Review: Ginseng Roots #1 by Craig Thompson
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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
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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
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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
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Review: Mother’s Walk by Lauren Weinstein

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

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Review: Bad Gateway by Simon Hanselmann
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Review: Bad Gateway by Simon Hanselmann

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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

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Review: Trans Girls Hit the Town by Emma Jayne
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Review: Trans Girls Hit the Town by Emma Jayne

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