By Morris & Goscinny Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-076-4 This is an early Lucky Luke book following on from the recent Joss Jamon title where we get a first sneaky glimpse of the Daltons. The suggestion here is that the other Daltons are nefarious bandits that Lucky Luke has dealt with already, and these four desperadoes […]
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The Smurfs And The Howlibird
By Peyo & Gos Publisher: Papercutz ISBN: 978-1-59707-260-1 Papa Smurf inadvertently creates a twisted fertiliser potion that turns a simple daisy into a Smurf-eating carnivorous plant. He decrees the potion too dangerous and sends a pair of Smurfs off to dispose of it by burying it in the desert, but instead they take the easy […]
The Complete Peanuts 1953-54
By Schulz Publisher: Canongate ISBN: 978-1-84767-032-8 This is the second volume in an ambitious project to reprint every daily and Sunday strip from the entire run of Peanuts. At this stage the strip is only into its third year so it still has a small cast of characters and many of its recurring themes are […]
Iznogoud The Infamous (Vol 7)
By Goscinny & Tabary Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-074-0 Unlike Asterix and Lucky Luke, Goscinny's writing for Iznogoud takes a slightly different approach with shorter, punchier stories that last for just a few pages. The whole idea of them is take an absurd situation and run with it, squeezing out every possible gag (sometimes more than […]
The Bellybuttons 3: The Bonds Of Friendship
By Delaf and Dubuc Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-070-2 Well, here's something a little different. A book with cartoon panels about teenage girls aimed, primarily, at teenage girls. There's supposedly a growing interest in comics and cartoons with women and girls, largely but not exclusively in the Manga market, but there's still precious little directly created […]
Mister Wonderful
By Daniel Clowes Publisher: Jonathan Cape ISBN: 978-0-224-08534-2 It wasn't that long ago that Dan Clowes gave us the wonderful Wilson, and here we are with another hardback offering. Clowes specialises in telling the story of the underdog, or even the person that the underdog looks down upon, and in this case it's Marshall, a […]
