By Matthieu Bonhomme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781800440630 For my money, Matthieu Bonhomme is one of the most exciting individuals working in comics at the moment. Not just an amazing artist in his own right, he’s a gifted storyteller who understands how to hit all the right storytelling beats to deliver a tale with mystery, suspense […]
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Swamp: Continue To Hold
By Gary Clark Publisher: Swamp Productions Pty Ltd ISBN: 9789490008260 Gary Clark’s Swamp strip is one of the funniest, most versatile comic strips being published today. Set in an Australian swamp, it features frogs, rats, dung beetles, mosquitos, crayfish and an awful lot of ducks. The ducks are the most analogous to humans (although humans […]
Swan Song Part 2
By Babouche, Dorison & Herzet Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849185493 In the previous volume a group of French soldiers has been handed a petition containing thousands of signatures, signed by their comrades in arms. The aim of the petition is to bring the senseless massacre caused by the utter incompetence of the army top brass to […]
Welcome Home
By Clarrie and Blanche Pope Publisher: Minor Compositions ISBN: 9781570273940 As the hunger to build new homes in London intensifies, older communities in older housing are being pushed aside so new developments can be built. One particular tower block is already emptying out. This makes it a prime target for squatters Rain, Eva, Tomek, Will […]
Swan Song Part 1
By Babouche, Dorison & Herzet Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849185486 It’s the First World War, and things are not going well for the French. Once again, Lieutenant Kazinsky’s platoon is to be treated as cannon-fodder. The men are ordered over the top to face the enemy. The result is as bloody as it is expected. After […]
Alcohol & Painkillers: Rich Nairn’s Journal Of A Hopeful Halfwit March–October 2021
By Rich Nairn Publisher: Rich Nairn Rich’s third volume of his Covid journal brings us into slightly more relaxed and less restrictive times. Even now the pandemic is still with us, but for the period this book covers, March to October 2021, the palpable relief of doing at least some things normally is clearly relished. […]
