Alex Hoffman (he/him)
@sequential
Publisher @fieldmouse.press, comics critic, educator, primary care provider. I help artists make beautiful books. Earnest to a fault. Header by MariNaomi. He/him.
I feel, perhaps for the first time, profoundly altered by a book, like my mind has been squeezed into a new, more effective shape. If you haven't read Clarice Lispector's AN APPRENTICESHIP OR THE BOOK OF PLEASURES, I highly recommend it.
My first post- @torontocomics.bsky.social read was AKARI, by Marco Kohinata, published by @glacierbaybooks.com in collaboration with the MINT Project cc: @debaoki.bsky.social. Quiet, tender, beautiful. What a joy to read. ❤️
Working on the next edition of the newsletter... www.sequential.li
A piece from George Herriman for all those participating in Ash Wednesday
Gonna try to see if I can make it to this @gutterpopcomics.bsky.social signing
This is the last week of our @fieldmouse.press preorder campaign for our latest season of books. We'd love your support! crowdfundr.com/fmp-summer2025
Stylistically and chronologically, they're very close. You can see the similarities just by looking at the pages. I haven't read MANSECT, so perhaps Ryan Holmberg talks about it in his usual essay, but that's a connection worth talking about.
I really like this spread from @raulfigtree.bsky.social's San Expedito, which I picked up at @cakechicago.bsky.social last year and just got around to reading
IMO @jas-hice.bsky.social's Bowling World inside Butter Zine #1 is honestly worth the price of admission, although the whole anthology is really interesting. Also especially liked @whitecomics.bsky.social's diptych "It Could Never Be Any Other Way" / "Could It Be Any Other Way."
Work in progress from @fieldmouse.press and @forever4pm.bsky.social, Matt MacFarland, Valentine Gallardo, and Stacey Zhu 👀
@torontocomics.bsky.social haul pictures, for the making all y'all jealous and to show you all sorts of cool great new comics I found 😊
I log into tumblr for the first time in months and promptly see this image from @remoteryan.bsky.social's YOUTH IN DECLINE project LOVERS ONLY by @cathygjohn.bsky.social, Sophia Foster-Dimino, and Mickey Zacchilli, as a reference for a Dungeon Meshi fanart, and friends, I am shook the fuck up
Your fun Alex fact of the day is that I used to show cattle at the county fair. Which means I learned to style cow hair... like this
This t-shirt came to me in a dream last night, my apologies to @kcg.bsky.social and Gary Groth
I think I could do better than 80 on one very specific movie
Reading books and posting about them! As promised! I just finished Teddy Goldenberg's GOODNIGHT AND SWEET DREAMS! from @kushkomikss.bsky.social. Funny, loose, and strange, these short stories were a perfect start to the comics-reading year.