By Vance & Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-058-0 The creators' aim of building tension and drama through the mysterious circumstances of XIII's amnesia, not to mention the different themes of the three books prior to this, have been entertaining but full to over-flowing with plot details, characters and settings. Suffice to say that you'd […]
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The History Of The World According To Giles
By Carl Giles Written and compiled by John Field Publisher: Express Newspapers ISBN: 978-0-600-62113-3 Far be it from me to accuse a British newspaper of a bombastic and misleading headline, but this Express Newspapers book covers just 50 years. Fortunately that 50 years offered Giles a rich and varied assortment of news items and historical […]
XIII: All The Tears Of Hell (vol 3)
By Vance & Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-051-1 The reason this has been such a hit throughout Europe begins to become more apparent in this, the third volume of the XIII series. The plot, already entwined with several threads, adds yet another, while previous characters pop up to keep the other elements moving along. […]
Lucky Luke 26: The Bounty Hunter
By Morris & Goscinny Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-059-7 Amazingly, we're now up to volume 26 in Cinebook's reprintings of the Lucky Luke books, and what's really good is that I'm still thoroughly enjoying them. Lucky Luke has caught the notorious outlaw Bloody Bart and is in the process of handing him over to the sheriff. […]
Blake & Mortimer Vol 8: The Voronov Plot
By Yves Sente & André Juillard Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-048-1 Fifty years on from the original Edgar P Jacobs tales there are currently two creative teams producing new Blake and Mortimer work, and it is a credit to them both at how well they capture the spirit and the artistic style of the originals. The […]
Grandville: Mon Amour
By Bryan Talbot Publisher: Jonathan Cape ISBN: 978-0-5224-09000-1 This the second anthropomorphic book I’ve looked at recently, but a different tale indeed from that of Blacksad. Like his visionary Luther Arkwright, Bryan Talbot has a gift for carving out detailed alternative realities whilst still successfully depicting the intimate hopes and fears of his characters. If […]
