Welcome to Mignolaversity News Update, your monthly recap of Mignolaverse-related news… except that the last installment was only a week ago. That’s because yesterday was Mike Mignola’s birthday, and to celebrate, Dark Horse comics revealed a whole bunch of covers. So, shall we take a look?

— Comics Alliance posted a tribute gallery to mark Mignola’s birthday.t

— And 13th Dimension took a look at some items from Skelton Crew’s BPRD Artifact Archive.

— Plus there was even more art popping up in the form of artists wishing Mignola a happy birthday. Like Richard Pace…

…Anne Szabla…

…and Stephen Green.

— This item isn’t really about Mignola’s birthday, but you’ll want to check it out. Bleeding Cool interviewed Scott Allie about his editing work, which of course included Mignola’s books. It’s an excellent read, and it revealed the covers for “B.P.R.D.” #139 and “Abe Sapien” #30. I don’t know about you, but I’m really hoping “Abe Sapien” #30 is a Gustav Strobl one-shot.

— And finally, next month is New York Comic Con. There will be a variant cover for “B.P.R.D.” #135 by Laurence Campbell just for the occasion, so if you’re going, don’t forget to grab a copy.

Mike Mignola, from all of us here at Mignolaversity, we hope you had a fantastic birthday!