By Jens Harder Publisher: Knockabout ISBN: 9780861662456 Alpha …directions is a hugely important book, especially if you’re someone who struggles with the concept of deep time or the practicalities of slow and gradual change in living organisms. The book covers 14 billions years, and tells the story of Earth and the creatures upon it from […]
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Spirou & Fantasio Vol 10: Virus
By Tome & Janry Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849182973 Hot on the trail of a story about mysterious goings-on at an Antarctic research centre, Fantasio gets through a security cordon at the docks to investigate an impounded cargo ship that has travelled directly from there. The reason for the cordon is down to the ship being […]
Tree Mail
By Brian Smith & Mike Raicht Publisher: Dark Horse ISBN: 9781506700960 Here’s a quirky one. Rudy is a frog living on Popomoko Island. The frogs all join the Croaker Battalion, but Rudy has always been fascinated by the Air Delivery Corps, deliverers of envelopes and parcels to the island’s residents. The fact the Flight Corps […]
Wayne Shelton Vol 4: The Survivor
By Denayer & Cailleteau Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183178 The Wayne Shelton series has had time to bed down so if you’ve been following it you’ll understand the slightly different take on the adventurer genre. Whereas many such series concentrate on younger men in their prime, Wayne Shelton looks at what those men become, so perhaps […]
American Monster Vol 1
By Azzarello & Doe Publisher: AfterShock ISBN: 9789350029329 Brian Azzarello, creator of the sublime 100 Bullets, returns to guns and grotesques with American Monster, a story of small town America with delinquents, rednecks, a gun-shifting reverend, and cops looking to a turn a blind eye for a quiet life, all rubbing together in a barely […]
Ducoboo 5: Lovable Dunce
By Godi & Zidrou Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183116 Ducoboo is not the sharpest kid in the class to the extent that he’s almost entirely and blissfully unaware of his failings. Fortunately he sits next to Leonie, the class genius, so there’s opportunity to copy her answers and display, ironically, what a creative thinker he can […]
