By Rosinski & Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-023-8 This series is a particular favourite of mine at the moment, melding mythology, science fiction, fantasy and pure adventure between its pages. Possibly it's closest British counterpart is 2000AD's Slaine, although the pace and scale of Thorgal allows for more involved and detailed storytelling. This is […]
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MW
By Osamu Tezuka Publisher: Vertical ISBN: 1-932234-83-7 I wish I'd discovered Osamu Tezuka years ago. He proves there's a lot more to comics than caped beefcakes beating seven barrels out of each other. MW is the story of an island of the coast of Japan that experiences a dangerous gas leak (the poison gas is […]
Larry At War
By Larry Publisher: Park McDonald (available from Park Art – www.cartoonbooks.co.uk) ISBN: 1-898094-12-8 Larry was 12 years old when war broke out, so his memories of the war are shaped by evacuation, the bombing of Birmingham and rubber-necking at a local POW camp. His personal experiences are quite evident within this collection, with many cartoons […]
Lucky Luke 19: On the Daltons’ Trail
By Morris & Goscinny Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 0-978-1-84918-007-8 There are many, many Lucky Luke books, the bulk of which are by the creative team of Morris and Goscinny. The English reprints don't follow the original published order, which isn't necessarily a problem, but does throw up the odd inconsistency now and again, such as in […]
Jon’s Complete Two Types
By Jon Publisher: Bellew Publishing ISBN: 0-947792-73-2 I'm rapidly approaching 40 but before last year, when I read Mark Bryant's World War II In Cartoons, I'd never heard of Jon's Two Types, which is a sad reflection of how something that can shape and reflect a period of time can slowly fade from the public […]
Iznogoud & The Magic Computer
By Goscinny and Tabary Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-000-9 More grand scheming from the Grand Vizier who wants to be the Caliph instead of the Caliph. This is a collection of five stories created at different times (I'm presuming this because the style of art changes) from Tabary, a gifted and accomplished cartoonist, and Goscinny, a […]
