• Review: Bookforum says of the two volumes of Beasts!: "Covey’s brave band of 180 artists… put these mythological and folkloric beings on vivid display. The distinct and varied styles of the cartoonists, illustrators, and graphic artists give further evidence of each creature’s unique characteristics… The enthusiastically detailed evocations in these books give us all reason to believe."
• Review: Dear Stranger reads The End #1 by Anders Nilsen and declaims "It’s sad. In that way that things are only ever sad when they’re really honest, so it’s beautiful, but you feel a bit guilty for thinking so — because under the beauty, it’s still sad, honestly so."
• Review: The Star Clipper Blog says "[Esther Pearl Watson's] Unlovable spares no degrading detail, but still remains an ironically loving tribute to the awkward protagonist… these monstrous depictions of early puberty could be found in just about anyone's high school yearbook… perhaps the perfect teenage girl experience."
• Preview: Publishers Weekly Comics Week covers our announcement of our new Jacques Tardi publishing project
• Profile: For Bookforum, Ben Schwartz examines the career of Harvey Kurtzman, with a look at Humbug, natch