By Hélène de Klerk Publisher: Elysee Associates ISBN: 9780993453007 It’s hard to imagine now, but in the early 1960s Andy Capp was a very big deal indeed. There had never been anything quite like Andy in a comic strip before, with his work-shy ways, boozing and, certainly in the earlier strips, wife-beating, although Andy’s wife […]
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The Last Templar Vol 1: The Encoder
By Khoury & Lalor Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849182997 Cinebook’s new series is a tale that begins the Templar knights as they are forced to flee Jerusalem. With the battle all but lost two knights are entrusted with the task of getting a small chest away by sea, a mission they barely achieve. The story then […]
Rosalie Lightning
By Tom Hart Publisher: St Martin’s Press ISBN: 9781250049940 There cannot be many experiences worse than losing a child. A difficult subject at the best of times and you’d be forgiven for thinking it an impossible subject for an original graphic novel. And yet this was something that happened to cartoonist Tom Hart, and this […]
Lucky Luke Vol 58: The Daltons’ Stash
By Morris Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849182980 The Daltons’ Stash throws us another tale centred on the criminal brethren as they learn of a forger’s hidden stash of loot from their jail cell. The fact that the stash is simply a ruse by the forger to encourage the Daltons to escape and give him some peace […]
Lost Tales
By Adam Murphy Publisher: David Fickling Books ISBN: 9781910989197 Lost Tales is the latest collection from the pages of the great kids’ comic The Phoenix, and the third collection of work by the brilliant Adam Murphy. His previous two books have concerned his strip Corpse Talk where the reader gets to learn about some extraordinary […]
Valerian & Laureline Vol 12: The Wrath Of Hypsis
By Mézières & Christin Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183048 With the recent ComicCon footage of the Luc Besson Valerian movie being well received more people than ever, particularly in the English speaking world, are turning their attention to the source material. And that can’t be a bad thing for Cinebook who’ve put a lot of effort […]