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Comics That Challenged Me Features 

Comics That Challenged Me in 2018: Part 3

January 7, 2019January 11, 2019 Alex Hoffman 3 Comments anouck durand, comics that challenged me in 2018, Entropy Editions, Erlend Peder Kvam, frontier, Justin Skarhus, kus, kus komiksi, Lauren Weinstein, Ron Regé, youth in decline

Welcome back, dear reader! Hopefully you’ve had a good weekend and are ready to jump back into the Comics that

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Cornerstone Reviews 

Review: Mother’s Walk by Lauren Weinstein

October 3, 2018April 22, 2019 Alex Hoffman 1 Comment comics, frontier, frontier 17, Lauren R. Weinstein, Mother's Walk, review, youth in decline

Lauren Weinstein’s Normel Person, which migrated to Popula after the closure of the Village Voice, has been a powerful reflection

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Features 

Five Recommendations for TCAF 2018

May 11, 2018 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments jordan jackson, TCAF, TCAF 2018, Toronto Comics Arts Festival, wavering line, youth in decline

Hi everyone! The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) is this Mother’s Day weekend, and is one of the headlining comics

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Features 

Comics That Challenged Me in 2016: Part 4

January 9, 2017January 6, 2019 Alex Hoffman 1 Comment 2016, Antoine Cosse, breakdown press, comics that challenged me, ctcm2016, eleanor davis, fulgencio pimentel, grant gronewold, kelly kwang, martin lopez lam, rebecca sugar, richie pope, sasaki maki, youth in decline

Welcome back! This is part 4 of this 6 part list of comics that challenged me as a critic or as

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Features 

February 29, 2016June 3, 2017 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments comics, comix, eleanor davis, frontier, frontier 11, recommended, review, youth in decline

Review: Frontier #11 – BDSM by Eleanor Davis I’ve reviewed a few other Frontier monographs from Youth in Decline, either

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Features 

Comics That Challenged Me in 2015: Part 1

January 4, 2016 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments 2015, 2d cloud, Benjamin Marra, comics, comics that challenged me, fantagraphics, michael deforge, sam alden, space face books, tor brandt, vincent stall, youth in decline

Comics That Challenged Me in 2015: Part 1  Last year I decided not to write a 2014 “Best Of” list.

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Features 

December 9, 2015June 3, 2017 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments becca tobin, comics, frontier, frontier 9, review, youth in decline

Review: Frontier #9 by Becca Tobin I mid-October I wrote a micro-review (on Twitter, of course, because blogging is hard)

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Features 

June 1, 2015June 3, 2017 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments cathy g johnson, comic, comics, lovers only, mickey zacchilli, price tapes, Sophia Foster-Dimino, youth in decline

Review: Lovers Only #1 by Cathy G. Johnson, Mickey Zacchilli, and Sophia Foster-Dimino The Toronto Comics Arts Festival (TCAF) is

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Features 

April 10, 2015June 3, 2017 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments comics, frontier, jillian tamaki, recommended, review, youth in decline

Review: Frontier #7 – SexCoven by Jillian Tamaki If I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again – as far

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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
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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: 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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