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 […]
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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 […]
Ether: Death Of The Last Golden Blaze
By Kindt & Rubín Publisher: Dark Horse ISBN: 9781506701745 After the discovery of a portal to a magical dimension Boone, a dyed-in-the-wool scientist, becomes obsessed with exploring and understanding this strange realm. Regardless of the mystical nature of the place he is rigid in his mindset that magic must obey scientific laws and so regardless […]
Yoko Tsuno Vol 12: The Titans
By Roger Leloup Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183505 Yoko, Vic and Pol have been in a two-month-long hibernation as they make the vast journey of two million light years to the planet Vinea, guided by their Vinean friend Khany. Having been to Vinea before the friends are aware that the plant life is all but extinct […]
Father And Son
By E.O. Plauen Publisher: New York Review Comics ISBN: 9781681371207 Originally created in 1934 by political cartoonist Erich Ohser, Father And Son was a hugely popular strip in Germany. Because Ohser had previously upset the Nazi regime and been blacklisted the strip was published under a pseudonym. Appearing originally in Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung for three […]
