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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 […]

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Glacial Period

By Nicolas De Crécy Publisher: NBM ISBN: 978-1-56163-483-5 Recently The Louvre announced a series of collaborations with cartoonists and comic creators, each intending to offer a unique vision of the museum. This version is set in the far future where much of the world has been covered by an ice sheet and little is known […]

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XIII: SPADS (vol 4)

By Vance & Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-058-0 The creators' aim of building tension and drama through the mysterious circumstances of XIII's amnesia, not to mention the different themes of the three books prior to this, have been entertaining but full to over-flowing with plot details, characters and settings. Suffice to say that you'd […]

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The History Of The World According To Giles

By Carl Giles Written and compiled by John Field Publisher: Express Newspapers ISBN: 978-0-600-62113-3 Far be it from me to accuse a British newspaper of a bombastic and misleading headline, but this Express Newspapers book covers just 50 years. Fortunately that 50 years offered Giles a rich and varied assortment of news items and historical […]

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XIII: All The Tears Of Hell (vol 3)

By Vance & Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-051-1 The reason this has been such a hit throughout Europe begins to become more apparent in this, the third volume of the XIII series. The plot, already entwined with several threads, adds yet another, while previous characters pop up to keep the other elements moving along. […]

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