Shane Bailey at Near Mint Heroes says: "Demo #12- Beautiful in every way a comic can be. (Mint)." He elaborated a bit in an email to me (which I've posted up with his permission): "I didn't have a lot to say about Demo #12, but that's only because it left me almost speechless. It was truly a beautiful comic and a wonderful end to the series. A tip of the hat to you, Brian, Becky, and everyone else involved for producing one of the most magical comic books I've read in quite a long time. This series is something everyone involved can look back on and be proud of. I could say the same about most of the line, but that would seem to much like kissing ass. :) I wouldn't want you to get too big a head. Anyway, keep up the good work. If next year is half as good as the last (and from the solicits it looks like it may be) then we're in for quite a ride."

Thanks, Shane.

Don MacPherson, over at The Fourth Rail gives Demo #12 the nod for "Best of the Week," proving he's much more in touch with his feminine side than that scurrilous cowboy Randy Lander is. Don says, "On the surface, this series has been about young people with amazing powers or in fantastic circumsances and how those unusual factors shaped their lives. But in reality, this isn't about how those phenomena defined their lives... it's about how relationships shaped their lives. Linking the stories thematically instead of through plot or place was something of a risky move, but this series of self-contained stories was a real delight and a tremendous storytelling success."

No one seems to have gotten yet that the Mike and Marie of Becky and Bri's back-up in #12 are the Mike and Marie of #1, making it more of a bookend piece. But when the gradute theses start showing up, I'm sure it'll become more apparent.