By Francq & Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181891 Cold Black Sea underscores the strength of the Largo Winch books as Largo returns for another instalment of intrigue, murder and manipulation set against the backdrop of big global business. The book opens by addressing the recent global economic crisis and its causes, and while I’m […]
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Benny Breakiron In The Twelve Trials Of Benny Breakiron
By Peyo Publisher: Papercutz ISBN: 9781597074926 Benny Breakiron’s third outing sees him coming to the aid of Monsieur Dussiflard, the taxi driver. Some years ago he played in a jazz band who themselves stepped in and settled a large bill at the bar they were playing at run up by an Arabic gentleman who had […]
By Peter Bagge Publisher: Fantagraphics ISBN: 978-1-60699-745-1 Peter Bagge’s been drawing Buddy Bradley since 1981 and, unlike some characters in the world of comics and cartoons, Buddy is aging at the same pace as his readership. Buddy’s now old enough to have a family of his own (although considering this is a collection of strips […]
Spirou & Fantasio In Moscow (Vol 6)
By Tome & Janry Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181938 Spirou and Fantasio is rapidly becoming a firm favourite in our house, combining some excellent humour with some first-class cartooning. In this story we get to go to Moscow although in Spirou and Fantasio’s case it’s somewhat reluctantly. They’re rapidly mixed up with the KGB, the Russian […]
100 Bullets: Brother Lono
By Azzarello & Risso Publisher: Vertigo ISBN: 9781401245061 I’d originally presumed this was a prequel, or at the very least a parallel tale, to the main 100 Bullets story arc, but Lono appears to be bearing many physical and emotional scars at the beginning of this book, one of which directly links to the bloody […]
Clifton Vol 7: Elementary, My Dear Clifton
By Rodrigue & de Groot Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181983 I was really pleased to see another Clifton book was coming out – it's been a while now. If you've not come across him before, Clifton is a British ex-Secret Service operative who now offers regular assistance to Scotland Yard in the solving of its more […]
