Espèces du XIIIe ordre #[nn]

From 6 Pieds Sous Terre's offbeat catalog comes this intriguing volume by Jampur Fraize, Espèces du XIIIe Ordre, where a wide-eyed young researcher peers intently through a microscope while an oversized beetle and peculiar tiny creatures float in the space around them. The cover's restrained ink-and-rust palette gives the whole thing a wonderfully curious, almost scientific-journal atmosphere that feels entirely its own. If you're drawn to comics that blend the strange with the studious, this 2005 release looks like a quietly rewarding find.