''The two standouts of the collection followed rather disparate aesthetic impulses. Anna Saunders used a lovely, clear line that reminded me a bit of Anders Nilsen’s Big Questions work, and her entries acted as a sort of interstitial framework that bound the anthology together. Her “Through The Square Window” mini was a heartbreaking account of living through madness, while “Insomnia” was a clever strip about animals counting themselves to go to sleep. “Patterns of Boom and Bust” was a vibrantly kinetic strip that’s literally about staying in motion, while her Sunday comics entry, “The Daily Grind”, was a cleverly-designed strip about walking but always staying in place. This is an artist whose work I wanted to see more of right away.''
(On Volume One)
''Once again, the two standouts of the collection are Anna Saunders and Stephen Collins. Saunders’ work is both lyrical and cheeky, as her “The River” and “My Girlfriend” combine text and image to create a friendly form of comics-as-poetry.''
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