Sequential State – the comics criticism archive of Alex Hoffman

Tag: zine

  • Review: Incision, by HTMLflowers

    Review: Incision, by HTMLflowers

    It’s been hard to approach HTMLflowers’ latest work, mostly because of how ruthless and unsparing it is. I read Incision a few months ago and made this comment about a month ago. Grant Gronewold (HTMLflowers is his nom de plume) challenged me to review it. It took awhile, but here we are. Incision isn’t really…

  • Review: A Cat on the Chair by Heo Jiyoung

    Review: A Cat on the Chair by Heo Jiyoung

      I occasionally have the opportunity to import comics from around the world. Generally I’ve had more success with cartoonists and shops based in Europe, but I recently got a few new books from South Korea, which is a first. One of the comics I was immediately drawn to was from the SSE Project. The…

  • 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…

  • Go, See, Buy? – Apartment Number Three

    Go, See, Buy? – Apartment Number Three

    As we wrap up the year, I wanted to plug Sequential State’s Patreon account. Below the cut line is a feature I run on the Patron for $1 patrons called Go, See, Buy?, featuring Apartment Number Three by Pascal Girard. If you want to skip ahead, feel free. I try not to talk about the…

  • Review: Weakly Comics Xtra Large Annual, edited by Andrew Alexander, Max Huffman, and Jack Reese

    Review: Weakly Comics Xtra Large Annual, edited by Andrew Alexander, Max Huffman, and Jack Reese

      I got a copy of the Weakly Comics Xtra Large Annual through Kickstarter this year. It was shipped out during the Spring, right before TCAF, and it ended up getting filed away for another time. That time, for me, was last week. The Kickstarter video for the campaign was a little weird, so it…