By Franquin, Jidéhem & Greg Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183628 This one’s a lot of fun. A crazed, misguided scientist attempts to abduct Fantasio with a hairdryer and a driverless car. After this fails he then tries it on Spirou with a purpose, it seems, to simply get a message delivered to the Count of Champignac. […]
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By Dave Cooper Publisher: Fantagraphics ISBN: 9781683960874 It’s been years and years and years since Canadian cartoonist Dave Cooper produced a new book other than a collection of his paintings (there was a children’s book in 2007 that was quite fun). You may not know the name, but he produced much of the concept design […]
The Bluecoats Vol 11: Cossack Circus
By Lambil & Cauvin Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183833 The Bluecoats return with another tale of Chesterfield and Blutch, the 22nd Cavalrymen attempting to survive the American Civil War. On this occasion the cavalry’s numbers are so depleted by deadly charges at the enemy there’s not much of a cavalry left, so Chesterfield and Blutch are […]
The Adventures Of John Blake: Mystery Of The Ghost Ship
By Philip Pullman and Fred Fordham Publisher: David Fickling Books ISBN: 9781788450591 Originally serialised in the excellent weekly comic The Phoenix, Philip Pullman has created a time-travelling high seas adventure that even manages to tip a nod in Ian Fleming’s direction. There’s a ship, the Mary Alice, crewed by disparate men from various periods across […]
Alone Vol 8: The Arena
By Gazzotti & Vehlmann Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183826 The reason for the children’s predicament is now clear, and despite those unusual circumstances it does’t mean they’re in any less danger than they would be otherwise. Their small group has been taken by a much larger one and transported across the mountains to a town where […]
The Inking Woman: 250 Years Of Women Cartoon And Comic Artists In Britain
By Streeten & Tate Publisher: Myriad Editions ISBN: 9780995590083 The successful Inking Woman exhibition held at the Cartoon Museum during 2017 has been splendidly transposed into a hardback book, and I have to say it’s rather excellent. Comprehensive in its scope covering caricaturists, gag cartoonists, editorial and strip cartoonists, and comic creators, it’s a celebration […]
