Sequential State – the comics criticism archive of Alex Hoffman

Tag: ryan holmberg

  • Review: ICELAND by Yuichi Yokoyama

    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…

  • Review: Nothing Whatsoever All Out in the Open by Akino Kondoh

    Review: Nothing Whatsoever All Out in the Open by Akino Kondoh

    It seems like it has been a whole lifetime ago, but once during the middle of the worst of the economic downturn, Top Shelf Comics put together a 400-page anthology of 10 years worth of alternate comics from the AX magazine. Akino Kondoh contributed two short stories for the anthology as well as its cover.…