By Nicholas Gurewitch Publisher: Perrible Books ISBN: None given Nicholas Gurewitch is the exceptional talent behind the Perry Bible Fellowship strips, the off-kilter and often dark comics that exploit Gurewitch’s artistic and cerebral versatility. A few years ago he announced a Kickstarter project, a book featuring Death, and being a fan of his work I […]
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Marsupilami Vol 1: The Marsupilami’s Tail
By Franquin, Batem & Greg Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183635 The Marsupilami is a character I remember from family summer holidays to France as a child. At the time my only experience of French and Belgium comics was Asterix and Tintin, but those holidays offered tiny glimpses to a host of other characters and stories, and […]
Mega Robo Rumble
By Neill Cameron Publisher: David Fickling Books ISBN: 9781910989814 In this second volume we now find the robot children Alex and Freddy as fully made members of R.A.I.D., a special government unit that helps protect the country against robots with ill intent. And they’re loving it. But the country doesn’t suffer from troublesome robot problems […]
XIII Vol 22: The Martyr’s Message
By Jigounov & Sente Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183499 This audacious continuation of the XIII series sees Jason torn between self preservation and saving his friends when a well armed and connected brother turns up for revenge. Fortunately for Jason, his contacts are greater still, and the resulting peace deal sees him gather the means to […]
Untimely Demises
By Tim Cordell Publisher: Tim Cordell ISBN: 9781389661464 Since I started writing book reviews for the CCGB I’ve been lucky enough to be sent a whole host of books to review, and few parcels please me more than when I discover they have come from a CCGB member. So I was naturally chuffed to get […]
XIII Vol 21: Return To Green Falls
By Jigounov & Sente Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183017 Trapped in Afghanistan, and seemingly outmanoeuvred and manipulated by unknown forces, our small band of heroes are held captive between a strange alliance between some renegade US officers and the Taliban. After a brutal display of just how far their keepers are willing to go to secure […]
