By Leo & Icar Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183758 Rather splendidly, there’s a new Leo book out, and like Aldebaran it’s set on a distant colony world struggling to find its feet. It begins with the arrival of a mother and her two young adult children, summoned to Altair-3 by the husband and father they’ve all […]
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The Three Rooms In Valerie’s Head
By David Gaffney & Dan Berry Publisher: Top Shelf ISBN: 9781603094153 What you don’t want from a book about relationships is the same old same-old. Something that promises to be a new take on love something but then just retreads familiar ground. Instead what’s needed is fresh perspective, and that’s exactly what you get from […]
Valerian And Laureline Vol 22: Memories From The Futures
By Mézières & Christin Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183383 And so we reach the conclusion of Mézières and Christin’s saga, told across 22 volumes of creative, thoughtful and sometimes bizarre tales. This final book is an end piece, or an appendix, rather than the last chapter, collating a brief series of vignettes about characters we’ve met […]
Dull Margaret
By Jim Broadbent and Dix Publisher: Fantagraphics ISBN: 9781683960980 Guardian cartoonist Dix has teamed up with actor Jim Broadbent to create a graphic novel crammed with dark self interest and black humour – and it’s rather good, too. I’ve no idea if Broadbent’s a fan of comics and cartooning, but he’s done an excellent job […]
Valerian And Laureline Vol 21: The Time Opener
By Mézières & Christin Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183376 I’ve been trying to avoid anything in the way of spoilers so was rather surprised to learn that this is in fact the final part of the saga, despite there being a volume 22 after this. I’d been anticipating a two book epic to bring everything to […]
Bunny vs Monkey Book Five: Destructo
By Jamie Smart Publisher: David Fickling Books ISBN: 9781788450553 Turn the silly dial to 11 and strap yourselves in for more bonkers stuff in the woods with Bunny, Monkey and the rest of the gang. Skunky is an evil genius with the amazing capacity to build oddball machines and madcap gadgets, but unfortunately that genius […]
