Praise for The Hive : "Burns's oeuvre is frequently cited as 'strange,' but that's perhaps oversimplifying a world more thought-provokingly described as recognizably like our own, except for when it's not -and it's the difference between the two where Burns's power to shine a light on the darker side of human nature lies…the result will stick with readers long after being absorbed." Publishers Weekly, starred review " The Hive is a tour-de-force of psychedelic storytelling, an astonishing piece of graphic literature that combines strange characters, even stranger situations and locales, and multi-leveled narratives in a way you have never seen before on the page. Burns' work is utterly unique, and he has no fear about experimenting and trying to engage the reader in new ways. Perhaps his greatest gift is finding a way to make you find empathy for people and things that you would normally find off-putting or disgusting. Burns is one of the few talents who stands above the medium, and deservedly so. Easily one of the finest works you'll see this year." Comics Waiting Room "As if the introduction to this series wasn't hallucinatory enough, this second installment will leave initiates feeling significantly disoriented. And perhaps that's part of the point, as Burns blurs the distinctions within this anti-narrative among comic books, reality, drugs, masks, nightmare and identity…A very creative artist lets his imagination loose in the middle of somewhere, where only the most adventurous lovers of graphic narrative might dare to tread.
" Kirkus Praise for X'ed Out : "Terrifically creepy . I loved every second of this book." - Boing Boing "Burns's comics are fluid, smooth and as solidly built as a vintage TV set, but they shudder with the chill of the uncanny." - The New York Times Book Review "A surrealistic, often horrifying book . a Tintin homage for grown-ups." - The Stranger "A fantastic meta-reality where Burns' spastic yet tightly reined imagination is allowed to feed on itself deliciously." - AV Club, "A" review "Taps into the archive of gothic and grotesque imagery . What's dormant inside of Tintin - the abject fear that Hergé rarely acknowledges - X'ed Out brings to life.
" - The Comics Journal "Cause for celebration . a visual feast as much as a literary one, and it dwells in the mind long after the final pages have turned." - Culture Mob "Tantalizing.a gorgeous head trip." - New York Magazine "Bizarre, haunting, horrific, funny . Burns is skilled at paralyzing readers, and leading us into worlds we never knew existed." - USA Today.