By Carol Isaacs (The Surreal McCoy) Publisher: Myriad Editions ISBN: 9781912408559 In all likelihood, you’ll have come across a few of Carol’s cartoons as The Surreal McCoy, but you may not be aware of her heritage. Carol’s family herald from Iraq which, back in the 1940s, had a population which was a third Jewish. Within […]
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Valerian & Laureline Vol 23: The Future Is Waiting
By Mézières and Christin Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849184359 What? Hang about… Didn’t we just finish this series? Well, it looks like I spoke too soon in my previous review. Turns out there are two volumes of short stories, not one, but you shan’t find me complaining. As with Memories From The Futures, these vignettes aim […]
Billionaires: The Lives Of The Rich & Powerful
By Darryl Cunningham Publisher: Myriad Editions ISBN: 9781912408221 With Christmas but a memory, how many of you have purchased a gift from Amazon? The retail behemoth’s meteoric rise is one of three tales told in Billionaires, a brilliant book by Darryl Cunningham. It explores the ruthless practices that have lifted four individuals to billionaire status. […]
Thorgal Vol 0: The Betrayed Sorceress
By Rosinski & Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849184434 The run up to Christmas is often filled with unexpected delights and pleasant surprises, and this was undoubtedly one of them. A book I’d not seen coming as I’d presumed we were moving on to the Jolan stories in the Thorgal saga. Well, how wrong was […]
The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol IV: The Tempest
By Moore and O’Neill Publisher: Top Shelf/Knockabout ISBN: 9780861662821 The final volume in Alan Moore and Kev O’Neill’s outstanding tale has now been gathered for our reading pleasure, and what a feast for the ol’ eyeballs it is. I’m not quite sure what anyone outside of the UK will make of it, such is the […]
Marsupilami Vol 4: The Pollen Of Monte Urticando
By Franquin, Batem & Yann Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849184588 This latest book takes an unexpected turn with the storytelling, but a welcome one at that. Rather than have outsiders blundering into the jungle domain of the Marsupilami and family we instead get what is, to all intents and purposes, a wildlife documentary. Deep within the […]
