Sequential State – the comics criticism archive of Alex Hoffman

Tag: self published

  • Review: Life Can (Not) Exist Here by Vreni Stollberger, Iasmin Omar Ata

    Review: Life Can (Not) Exist Here by Vreni Stollberger, Iasmin Omar Ata

    Life Can (Not) Exist Here is a collaborative zine self-published in 2016 by Vreni Stollberger & Iasmin Omar Ata. The title is both a wink and nod towards the recent remakes of the Neon Genesis Evangelion film franchise, but the comic is a meditation on the transience and fragility of life. Life Can (Not) Exist…

  • Review: Minor Leagues No. 4, by Simon Moreton

    Review: Minor Leagues No. 4, by Simon Moreton

    Simon Moreton recently sent over a copy of Minor Leagues No. 4, a new series he has been working on since the end of his previous Smoo zine series. Minor Leagues contains comics, illustrations, writing, and poetry, and No. 4 is a whopping 82 pages. It’s a zine printed on A5 paper, but the size…

  • Review: Diana’s Electric Tongue by Carolyn Nowak

    Review: Diana’s Electric Tongue by Carolyn Nowak

    Review: Diana’s Electric Tongue by Carolyn Nowak Carolyn Nowak’s comic Radishes won a 2016 Ignatz award and was one of my favorite comics from SPX 2015. Now Nowak is back with a new 70 page full color comic, originally released with a special cover through the international ShortBox comics box program and now out self-published from…

  • Review: Fourteen Euros at Primark by Sarah Bowie Sarah Bowie recently sent over a copy of her new comic Fourteen Euros at Primark , which debuted at ELCAF this year. This is the first work I’ve seen from Bowie, who is an illustrator, cartoonist, and cofounder of The Comics Lab in Dublin. The storytelling of Fourteen Euros…

  •  Review: Apartment Hunting by Alison Wilgus

     Review: Apartment Hunting by Alison Wilgus

    Alison Wilgus sent over a copy of her latest comic, Apartment Hunting, a full color 17 page fantasy comic book about Hanne, an apartment hunter in a fantasy world where apartments are giant boxy looking emu-like birds. Along for the ride is a young couple, Jokum and Vivi, who are using Hanne’s service to find…