[...] design sketches with Thompson’s notes; and advertising art with the beasts. You can read the first story, “Stray”, online, and others are available at Dark Horse’s website. (The publisher provided a review [...]

[...] Other notable arrivals this week include the second volume of Katsuhiro Otomo’s sci-fi classic AKIRA (Kodansha) and the second volume of the bacteria-infested Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture (Del Rey), which ought to come with its own complimentary bottle of Purell. For folks who are willing to cross the aisle and try a good old-fashioned American comic, I highly recommend Jill Thompson and Evan Dorkin’s Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites (Dark Horse), one of the most original and beautifully illustrated horror series in recent memory. For more information about the series, click here; to read a complete BoB story, click here. [...]