By Mézières and Christin Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183369 Although we’re moving ever closer to the dramatic climax of Mézières and Christin’s opus I can’t help but feel, in all the building tension, drama, and excitement, a bit of sadness that it will be soon be over. I’ve even been a little reluctant to pick this […]
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Corpse Talk: Queens & Kings
By Adam & Lisa Murphy Publisher: David Fickling Books ISBN: 9781788450324 Adam and Lisa Murphy are not resting on their laurels with regards their previous books because here’s another one. Once again it breathes life into the dusty cadaver of history by animating some fascinating figures of the past. This time it’s royalty, going as […]
Spirou & Fantasio 14: The Clockmaker & The Comet
By Tome & Janry Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849184045 Part of what makes the Spirou and Fantasio books such a pleasurable read is the breadth of their adventures, from dangerous dictatorships to ribald robots. With this new book we get a brilliantly scripted and exquisitely drawn time travel tale complete with a future descendent of the […]
Relative Disasters
By Wilkie Martin, illustrated by Ade Gorst Publisher: Witcherley Books ISBN: 9781910302088 CCGB member Ade Gorst has illustrated a short tome of silly verse by author Wilkie Martin. It’s a selection of daft poems based around fictitious relations and the perils they encounter, punctuated by Ade’s humerous scribblings. The witty word play and gallows humour […]
A New Jerusalem
By Benjamin Dickson Publisher: New Internationalist ISBN: 9781780264424 A New Jerusalem is a story of new beginnings at the end of WW2 where an eleven-year-old boy awaits the return of his father. They live in Bristol, heavily bombed during the war, where rationing still bites and children play amongst the bombed-out detritus of other people’s […]
Clifton Vol 8: Sir Jason
By Turk & de Groot Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849184076 What-ho! Absolutely splendid news old chap. There’s a new Clifton out. Don’t know where the blighter’s been these past few months but it’s a welcome return to the old boy and make no mistake. Retired from active service, Clifton’s taking life easy in Dormhouse, a sleepy […]
