By Derib & Job Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849184236 When my children were small I wanted them to experience the fun and excitement of comics, just as I had when I was their age. Unfortunately, most of the comics available now are more about the toy taped or bagged with the comic. Worse, the contents are […]
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Giles The Collection 2020
By Giles, compiled by John Field Publisher: Express Newspapers ISBN: 9780600634775 There’s still plenty to enjoy in a Giles cartoon. Each one is an individual time capsule evoking how we used to live. Much of it still rings true today, but often the passage of years is laid bare by the decor, vehicles, or a […]
IAN 3. Blitzkrieg
By Meyer & Vehlmann Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183734 Starting off like a grittier version of International Rescue, my initial expectation was that we were on for a series of hi-octane rescue adventures in improbable places. But IAN’s not been like that at all. Instead, it’s a deeper exploration into ‘self’, with questions of who we […]
A Guide To Zookie The Dragon
By Keri Johnson Published by Keri Johnson It’s always encouraging to learn of someone who is making a success of getting their cartoons noticed. With so few outlets taking cartoons on it gets harder by the year. So the obvious place to run them is on the internet, but building that audience is a difficult […]
IAN 2. Lessons Of Darkness
By Meyer & Vehlmann Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183727 IAN now appears to be accepted with the team, although that still makes for some awkward moments as perceptions and assumptions are challenged. The team is visiting LA, and no sooner do they arrive than a massive civil disturbance erupts. Fortuitously, the team can be scrambled in […]
LOVE And Other Weird Things
By Rich Sparks Publisher: idwpublishing.com ISBN: 9781684055791 Some of you may know Rich Sparks if you follow The New Yorker in one of its many forms, but he’s cropped up in many other places too. His cartoons are curiously odd, a little dark, acerbic and occasionally acidic. Dabbling in the slightly more unsavoury and unwholesome […]
