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Review: Frontier #7 – SexCoven by Jillian Tamaki If I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again – as far as indie comics goes, 2015 may very well be remembered as the year of Jillian Tamaki. With This One Summer receiving the Caldecott in February, Tamaki has had a great start to the year. And…
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Review: Mowgli’s Mirror by Olivier Schrauwen
One of the first books to be sent out as part of RetrofitComics 2015 subscription is Olivier Schrauwen’s Mowgli’s Mirror, a book previously published in both Spanish and French. Clocking in at 44 pages and at a BD-sized 10×12”, the book feels more substantial than previous Retrofit floppy comics, which have all been lovely…
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Review: BORB by Jason Little Comics convention season has officially begun with RIPExpo two weekends ago and MoCCA coming up in this weekend; the latest comic on my docket is a MoCCA 2015 debut from Uncivilized Books, Jason Little’s BORB. Clocking in at 98 pages of black and white comics drawn in a style reminiscent…
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Review: Old Ground #1 by Noel Freibert Part of the challenge of comics criticism is the piece of work that redefines the way you think about comics. We have our own little buckets we put things in; art comics, autobio, speculative fiction, etc. and it’s easy to get wrapped up in the trappings of those…
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Looking Forward: April Releases, Yeti Press and Sparkplug Books Announce 2015 Publishing Slates
MoCCA Comics Fest is just around the corner, and some small presses have begun to send out their plans for this year’s publishing slate. Two books I’m excited about from two different Canadian presses – Koyama Press’ koyamapress Mighty Star and the Castle of the Cancatervater from A Degen adactivity and Towerkind from Kat Verhoeven…
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Comics Review: The Hospital Suite by John Porcellino
Review: The Hospital Suite, by John Porcellino John Porcellino is a stalwart of the indie comics scene. King-Cat Comics is going on its 26th year, and Porcellino’s zine distro, Spit and a Half, was how I bought some of my first indie comics at SPACE in Columbus last year. Late in 2014, Drawn and Quarterly released…
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Review: Vortex by William Cardini
I’m still working through a giant stack of 2014 books – themore I get through, the more I realize how far behind I am. The good news is that there are plenty of good 2014 comics I haven’t gotten to yet and one I recently read is still stuck in my craw. Part of Sparkplug Books…
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Review: UR by Eric Haven I try as much as possible to keep up with Ad House Books; Chris Pitzer has a good eye for comics, publishing last year’s Noah Van Sciver book and Operation Margarine from Katie Skelly. Published in October of 2014, UR is 48 pages of full color short stories from Eric…
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Appropriation, Western Imperialism, and Privilege: Thoughts on Mahou Shounen Breakfast Club
Author’s note: When returning to my writing from a short internet hiatus, I came across the MSBC “scandal” after it had generally run its course. I wanted to think about root causes and talk about the responsibilities of artists and critics. I hope that this piece causes you to pause, at least for a minute, and…
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Linkblogging #5
Linkblogging is a monthly “go look” feature on Sequential State that I’m using to feature fun comic things aroundthe internet. There is a lot of great stuff to look at on the internet. Thestuff featured is just the stuff I’ve been looking at lately. If I missed yourthing, send me a message! Crowdfunders: Lots (and…
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2015-02-222021-05-22_SkypeCall_sequentialstate_Serafina20Dwyer-1 It’s good to be back! Late in February, serafina-dwy and I had a chat about the Kickstarter project Serafina is running, Love in All Forms: The Big Book of Growing Up Queer. While I’m still trying to transcribe the audio to make the interview more accessible, I’m going to post the audio from that…
