By Jamie Smart Publisher: David Fickling Books ISBN: 9781788452434 You know Jamie Smart must be doing something right when someone walks into the room and cries: “Bunny vs Monkey! I love that book!” It has all become something of a phenomenon. In a nutshell, there’s a wood where a group of animals lives, although they’re […]
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Miss Endicott Part 1
By Fourquemin & Derrien Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849185448 Set in a Victorian London, with towering architecture, narrow streets and long shadows, a young woman returns from travels abroad to take up the role of a nanny. What she doesn’t expect is to arrive back in time for her own mother’s funeral, and now she is […]
The Roles We Play
By Sabba Khan Publisher: Myriad Editions ISBN: 9781912408306 If I’m honest, I approached this book with some trepidation. A biographical tale about a British Pakistani woman’s struggle with identity didn’t intrigue me enough for me to dive straight in. For quite a while I put off starting it. Quite frankly, I wasn’t even sure what […]
Spirou & Fantasio 18: Attack Of The Zordolts
By Yoann & Vehlmann Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781800440227 There’s quite a lengthy history to the Spirou and Fantasio stories. For Cinebook, publishing the tales in English for a new audience, they could have simply started at the beginning and printed them consecutively. The trouble with that approach is that it would take a very long […]
Zookie The Dragon: Book One
By Keri Johnson Published By: Keri Johnson Following another successful Kickstarter campaign, Keri Johnson presents Zookie The Dragon Book One. Collecting the first strips, up to number 157, and packed with bonus material, there’s lots here to enjoy about this loveable little dragon. And there are more dragons present than just Zookie, each with their […]
Authorised Happiness 3
By Griffo & Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849184496 In volumes 1 and 2 we were presented with a number of scenarios where the state had taken control of an aspect of our everyday lives, and how that ultimately could play out for the individual. Again and again, what could initially be presented as having […]
