By Tome & Janry Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183550 Whether it’s the earlier adventures or these more contemporary tales told by Tome and Janry, Spirou & Fantasio is a manic, frenetic comic adventure from beginning to end every time. This story opens with a brilliantly depicted segment of Fantasio attempting to return a camera that sets […]
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Motro
By Farinas, Freitas & Hill Publisher: Oni Press ISBN: 9781620104088 Motro is a story with a broad scope, an legendary feel and an ambitious reach, telling the tale of young boy with an astounding strength who is seeking his place in the world. Each chapter looks at a different stage in his life, constructing a […]
Barracuda Vol 6: Deliverance
By Dufaux & Jérémy Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183543 The series draws to its conclusion with this sixth and final book, and it’s got everything going on. Sea battles, deception, ambush, murder, and a lot of bloodshed, but then again none of the protagonists play particularly nicely with others, so all of that was to be […]
The Complete Peanuts
By Schulz Publisher: Fantagraphics/Canongate ISBN: Various volumes I’ve written a couple of reviews, here and here, about some of the earlier collections in this series, and now some six years later I’ve managed to make my way through to the 26th and final volume, so here’s a little run down of the package as a […]
Gomer Goof 1: Mind The Goof!
By Franquin, Delporte & Jidehem Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183581 Well, it’s been a long time coming, but one of Europe’s most famous characters has made it into English. On the continent he’s Gaston Lagaffe, but in the 1990s he had a brief American reprint as Gomer Goof, and this is what Cinebook have stuck with […]
Porcelain: Bone China (Book 2)
By Read & Wildgoose Publisher: Improper Books ISBN: 9781473320277 Many years have passed and Child has grown up behind the mansions high walls into a young woman, and is now known as Lady. She has inherited Uncle’s wealth and knowledge, and what’s more has taken the alchemy that breathes life into the porcelain figures one […]
