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Tamsin And The Dark

By Cameron & Brown Publisher: David Fickling Books ISBN: 9781910989951 Tamsin returns for a second magical tale set against the folklore and history of Cornwall, and this time it’s not the ocean the holds the danger, but the dark. Tamsin is becoming accustomed to her status as the Last Pellar, a protector of humanity against […]

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Iznogoud’s Nightmares (Iznogoud Vol 14)

By Goscinny & Tabary Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183604 With this latest book we get to see a slightly different spin on Iznogoud’s tales. All the previous volumes have focused on roughly four short stories per book, jam-packed with quick-fire gags and comic situations that invariably fail to make Iznogoud Caliph instead of the Caliph. But […]

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Notes On A Case Of Melancholia, or: A Little Death

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 […]

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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 […]

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