Online Commentary & Diversions:
• List: The Comics Reporter's Tom Spurgeon counts down "The Best Goodbyes" in comics, with Love and Rockets Vol. 1 #50 in the #3 spot
• Review: "In this installment [of Hate Annual], Buddy’s wife Lisa takes center stage, discovering her 'Creative Outlet' along with a wife she meets through a parent-teacher conference. Hilarity will ensue, of the inimitable, irreplaceable Bagge vintage uncorked with caustic, mordant glee. … Here Bagge’s vivid caricatures animate the most routine of actions, effectively suggesting how cozily, in this life, the mundane cohabits with the outrageous. Bagge extends his world-wariness, bemusement and cynicism though the short comics of the Annual…" – Rich Kreiner, The Comics Journal
• Plug: "Is it wrong to think that this will be on my best of year list even before it’s been published? … Freeway is out in July from Fantagraphics. It will be marvellous." – Richard Bruton, The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log
• Interview: Jordan Crane interviewed by Royal Jelly from John Orlow on Vimeo