By Morris & Goscinny Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-905460-92-2 It could be very easy for the Lucky Luke books to descend into crass stereotypes, but somehow Goscinny's writing avoids this pitfall by playing up the positive aspects of cultural differences and instead lampooning those less gracious similarities we all share. Apache Canyon could so easily have […]
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Britain At Play
By W Heath Robinson Publisher: Duckworth Overlook ISBN: 978-0-7156-3814-9 Usually Heath Robinson collections seem to dwell on his marvellous machines and convoluted contraptions, so Geoffrey Beare, the editor, has taken a slightly different approach and gathered together the illustrations showing a nation at leisure, from aquatic golf to gardening. You're left in no doubt that […]
Moll Perkins In America
By Dave Gaskill Publisher: TUCANN books ISBN: 978-1-873257-96-8 Dave Gaskill, known best for his editorial cartoons in The Sun, Today and the Sunday Mail, not to mention being a long-time CCGB member, has been slaving away to produce his first graphic novel. Dave's a superb cartoonist and an excellent caricaturist, and, as is proved by […]
The Black Hills: A Lucky Luke Adventure Vol. 16
By Morris & Goscinny Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-905460-83-0 You could probably argue that over here in Blighty, Lucky Luke is the third best known European comic export after Asterix and Tintin, but that said you'd have been hard-pressed until recently to have read many of his adventures in English. Like all of Goscinny's work, The […]
Clifton: Kidnapping by Turk and de Groot
Clifton: Kidnapping by Turk and de Groot Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-905460-87-8 This is the sixth book in the series, although, for some unexplained reason, they're clearly not in their original order which makes for the occasional bit of frustrating reading. However, that little moan aside, this is an entertaining read about an ex-British spy as […]
Humbug by Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Arnold Roth, Al Jaffee & Jack Davis
Humbug by Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Arnold Roth, Al Jaffee & Jack Davis Publisher: Fantagraphics ISBN: 978-1-56097-933-3 As I'm not long out of short trousers, I'd never heard of Humbug, and I suspect there's a fair few of you who never have either. During the mid-fifties the successful creative team of Mad magazine were tempted […]
