* finally, the Association des Journalistes et des Critiques de bande dessinee (ACBD) has released a summer 2008 essential reading list, going back to November 2007 to name 20 of the 2200 books published during that period. Included are Exit Wounds, Breakdowns (which Art Spiegelman released in France before the English-language edition planned for later this year), and Linda Medley's Castle Waiting.