Adventuregame Comics #2

From Jason Shiga — the inventive mind behind *Meanwhile* — comes the second volume of this one-of-a-kind series that's part comic, part maze, and part game. The cover sets the tone beautifully: a determined young protagonist clutching a spear surveys a brick-panel world alive with flying books, glimpses of a library, a graveyard, a sea monster, a castle tower, and a cheerful character surrounded by a heart. At $14.99, *The Beyond* looks like exactly the kind of richly layered, reader-driven adventure that rewards curiosity at every turn.