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Interview: Simon Hanselmann – “My greatest wish is that I could freeze time.”

October 14, 2019October 12, 2019 Alex Hoffman 1 Comment bad gateway, fantagraphics, htmlflowers, interview, megahex, Simon Hanselmann, spx, spx 2019

I sat down with Simon Hanselmann at the Small Press Expo this year in North Bethesda, Maryland to talk about

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SPX Panel: Blurring The Visual Lines in Fantasy Fiction

September 28, 2019September 28, 2019 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments anne simon, blurring the visual lines, Ida Rørholm Davidsen, molly mendoza, panel, rune ryberg, spx, spx 2019, yann kebbi

Hello dear reader! It’s been a bit of quiet time at Sequential State as I work on Fieldmouse Press, the

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spx 2017
Transmissions 

The Family You Choose: Thoughts on SPX 2017

September 18, 2017 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments con report, spx, transmissions

I’ve just returned home from SPX 2017. The show was, by all accounts, a raucous affair. Large crowds both days,

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Features 

Transmissions from: SPX 2015

September 25, 2015 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments 2015, comics, spx, transmissions

It’s a week out from SPX 2015 and I’ve had a chance to compile my thoughts from last weekend’s show.

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Features 

September 14, 2015June 3, 2017 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments comics, spx, SPX 2015

I was planning on keeping this piece wrapped up under lock and key until folks could read it in my

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Features 

Your 2015 SPX Nominees (And a Few Thoughts From Me)

August 21, 2015 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments 2015 ignatz nominees, comics, ignatz, indie comics, spx

This year’s Ignatz Nominees were announced on Tuesday, and a large majority of the books selected this year are books

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Features 

Pointers #1

August 29, 2014 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments cathy g johnson, comics, daryl seitchik, drew green, feature, ian chachere, ignatz, Luke Howard, pointers, spx, web comics

Everyone could use a little more “go and see” in their comics lives. We spend a lot of time wrapped

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Features 

August 25, 2014June 3, 2017 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments carey pietsch, cathy g johnson, comics, Drawn and Quarterly, Koyama Press, NoBrow, One Percent Press, spx, spx 2014, youth in decline

It’s hard to believe that SPX is only three weeks away! There are a lot of interesting books that are

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Featured Writing

Review: Ginseng Roots #1 by Craig Thompson
Cornerstone Reviews 

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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