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Mezolith: Stone Age Dreams & Nightmares Book 1

By Haggarty & Brockbank Publisher: Archaia ISBN: 9781608866991 Sorry to say that I missed the original David Fickling Books printing of this one, but fortunately spotted this American printing available from Page 45 in Nottingham. It’s the story of a boyhood from 10,000 years ago, set amongst a small tribe in Ancient Britain. The boy, […]

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Alone Vol 5: Eye Of The Maelstrom

By Gazzotti & Vehlmann Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849182966 Alone, to date, has been a great series for kids that transcends age barriers as we follow a group of children trying to survive in an almost empty world. Although we’ve met a few other groups of children in a similar situation, there are no adults, so […]

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Bunny vs Monkey: Book 3

By Jamie Smart Publisher: David Fickling Books ISBN: 9781910200841 Back for another collection of madcap nuttiness, Jamie Smart’s Bunny vs Monkey Book 3 is full of yet more crazy inventions, oddball schemes and daft shenanigans. If all the usual sublime silliness wasn’t enough, there’s now an added dimension to what’s happening in the woods as […]

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The Bluecoats Vol 9: El Padre

By Lambil & Cauvin Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849182867 Chesterfield and Blutch have been out on patrol and run into a bunch of Confederates, forcing them to flee across the Rio Grande to safety in Mexico. No sooner do they think themselves safe that they are tracked by Apache bandits, but a disguise of a local […]

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Patience

By Daniel Clowes Publisher: Jonathan Cape ISBN: 9781910702451 Looking back across Daniel Clowes’ many works it would be fair to say that the man has given us a diverse range of stories, and genres too. With his latest book he jumps manfully into the realm of science fiction with a time-travelling tale concerning a desperate […]

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The Survivors (Quantum Anomalies) Episode 3

By Leo Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849182942 Having stumbled through another anomaly a small group of the survivors, Marie, Max, Ilse and Alex, find themselves six years into the future, but fortunately they’re quickly in the presence of their companions, now older, wiser and settled on this strange planet. They’ve been taken in by the feline-like […]

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