By Gabus & Reutimann Publisher: Humanoids ISBN: 9781594650598 This is the second of three reviews about current graphic novels featuring an anthropomorphic cast of characters, and this particular book is the second in its series (for Season 1 see my review here) – and I love it. The first book is easily in my top […]
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Grandville: Noël
By Bryan Talbot Publisher: Jonathan Cape ISBN: 9780224098069 The burly and brusque Detective Inspector LeBrock is back, upholding the law on behalf of his fellow citizens on both sides of the Channel. In Grandville: Noël, the investigative badger is attempting to track down the niece of his housekeeper, a mystery that leads him to a […]
The Survivors (Quantum Anomalies): Episode 1
By Leo Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849182171 It’s a welcome return for Leo’s Worlds of Aldebaran series as he spins out a new humanist story set in the same universe as Kim Keller’s adventures but taking us down a different path entirely. A spacecraft is on route to Aldebaran to deliver thousands of colonists when it […]
Swamp: On The Road Again & Swamp: Top Of The Heap
By Gary Clark Publisher: Swamp Productions Pty.Ltd ISBN: 9780994197801 & 9780994197818 Gary Clark’s been hard at work putting together two new collections of Swamp cartoon strips for our amusement, combining current strips and a section of strips stretching back to the early days of Swamp life. In fact, those latter strips are rather interesting (as […]
Mirabilis: Year Of Wonders – Winter (Volume 1)
By Morris and Hartas Publisher: Print Media ISBN: 9780956712110 Originally serialised in the now defunct British comic The DFC, this is a grand concept that merges history, literature, fairytales, magic, horror, science fiction, myths and legends, and a smattering of steampunk too. All of this strange phenomena begins to appear when a green comet is […]
The Best Of Britain’s Political Cartoons 2014
Edited By Tim Benson Publisher: Scribe ISBN: 9781922247643 The year, again, seems to slip past swiftly, but twelve months is a long time and it’s easy to forget those individual incidents that punctuate each day’s news. Fortunately, that’s a good thing, because each page of The Best Of Britain’s Political Cartoons offers a snapshot into […]
