By Yvan Delporte & Peyo Publisher: Papercutz ISBN: 978-1-59707-236-6 In fairness, this was created decades ago, but I don't think you'd get away with this sort of stereotyping these days. This is the story of how the first female Smurf comes to the village. She is created by the evil sorcerer Gargamel to sow discord […]
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Lucky Luke 27: Versus Joss Jamon
By Morris & Goscinny Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-071-9 There's a distinctly different feel to this twenty-seventh volume of Cinebook's series, so a little bit of research turns up the reason why. This is just the second volume that Morris and Goscinny worked on together (Morris had created some before the partnership began) which explains why […]
King Of The Flies: 2. The Origin Of The World
By Mezzo & Pirus Publisher: Fantagraphics ISBN: 978-1-60699-390-3 Definitely one for the grown-ups, this is the second volume of an intended trilogy that takes place in a dark and sometimes disturbing suburban setting that follows a group of hapless individuals through their everyday lives. Most of the story centres around Eric, the self-proclaimed King Of […]
The Bluecoats 4: The Greenhorn
Bby Lambil & Cauvin Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-066-5 Set during the American Civil War, the Bluecoats books follow the adventures of two cavalrymen in the Union Army. One is a loyal and determined sergeant called Cornelius Chesterield while the other is Corporal Blutch who, while not a coward, sees little point in throwing his life […]
The Smurf King
By Yvan Delporte & Peyo Publisher: Papercutz ISBN: 978-1-59707-224-3 Papa Smurf has run out of a vital ingredient so he's leaving the village to spend many days travelling to get more. With a brief and casual goodbye he leaves the rest of the Smurfs to themselves who instantly begin to bicker about who should take […]
Blake & Mortimer Vol 9: The Sarcophagi Of The Sixth Continent
By Yves Sente & André Juillard Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-067-2 It's 1958, and Professor Mortimer is getting ready to front Britain's exhibit at the Universal Exposition in Brussels, but something is afoot that reaches right back into both Mortimer's and Captain Blake's past, to when they first met in India many, many years before. For […]
