By Dorison & Lauffray Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-062-7 Set many years after the events in Treasure Island, this first volume in a new series claims not to be a sequel but merely a homage. And what a good job they do to. Lady Vivian Hastings has been abandoned by her husband who has sailed to […]
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The Purple Smurfs
By Peyo Publisher: Papercutz ISBN: 978-1-59707-206-9 Guess what? There's a Smurf movie coming out, so that means the perfect opportunity to reprint some Smurf tales for a new generation. 25 years ago I remember watching an animated Smurf cartoon on children's TV, but I've never sat down and read the original strips before, and I […]
Crogan’s March
By Chris Schweizer Publisher: Oni Press ISBN: 978-1-934964-28-8 This is the second book in what's billed as an ongoing series of adventure graphic novels about the patriarchs of the Crogan family. This second hardback volume follows Legionnaire Peter Crogan as he comes to the end of his 5-year term of service with the French Foreign […]
Iznogoud & The Magic Carpet (Vol 6)
By Goscinny & Tabary Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-044-3 Another collection of four punchy, clever strips featuring the wicked Iznogoud, who wants to be Caliph instead of the Caliph. The main tale of this book concerns Iznogoud discovering that a magic carpet maker called Khaledonyahn (supposedly from the far north of India) has arrived in the […]
Thorgal Vol 9: The Guardian Of The Keys
By Rosinski & Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-050-4 Poor, ol' Thorgal. He never seems to catch a break. This volume of the rather wonderful sword and sorcery epic opens with two old foes plotting for power at Thorgal's expense, albeit one of them reluctantly. Volsung of Nichor, last seen way back in volume 2, […]
Blake & Mortimer Vol 5: The Strange Encounter
By Van Hamme & Benoit Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-905460-75-5 This fifth Blake & Mortimer offering from Cinebook is a much more recent creation than Edgar P Jacobs' original tales, but still manages to maintain all the charm and character of the original series, for which the creators deserve huge praise for pulling off. Not only […]
