By Turk & de Groot Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849184076 What-ho! Absolutely splendid news old chap. There’s a new Clifton out. Don’t know where the blighter’s been these past few months but it’s a welcome return to the old boy and make no mistake. Retired from active service, Clifton’s taking life easy in Dormhouse, a sleepy […]
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The Phoenix Colossal Comics Collection: Volume One
By Various Publisher: David Fickling Books ISBN: 9781788450560 Rather than another stand-alone collection David Fickling Books have opted to compile a humungous treasury of Phoenix goodies into one tremendous tome. There’s even more of the brilliantly daft Bunny vs Monkey by Jamie Smart, plus his random, surreal cat Looshkin. You can get the next instalment […]
Wayne Shelton Vol 5: The Vengeance
By Denayer & Cailleteau Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183680 Shelton thought he’d found a son in the form of Tran, a baby he once saved from a Vietnamese massacre. Tran had grown to adulthood thinking of Shelton as his adoptive father but their path had only briefly crossed once again when Tran was murdered by modern-day […]
Bear’s Tooth: 1. Max
By Yann & Henriet Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183321 Beginning in 1930s Silesia (now part of Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic) we follow three childhood friends, Max, Werner and Hanna as they explore their love of aviation, all dreaming to be pilots one day. Even at a young age it doesn’t escape them that one […]
Escaping Wars And Waves: Encounters With Syrian Refugees
By Olivier Kugler Publisher: Myriad Editions ISBN: 9781912408122 Olivier Kugler is a German journalist and cartoonist who combines his talents to tell the stories of those he interviews. Escaping Wars And Waves is a collection of the individuals and families he met who were fleeing from the Syrian conflict. Travelling to Iraqi Kurdistan, the Greek […]
Spirou & Fantasio Vol 13: Z Is For Zorglub
By Franquin, Jidéhem & Greg Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183628 This one’s a lot of fun. A crazed, misguided scientist attempts to abduct Fantasio with a hairdryer and a driverless car. After this fails he then tries it on Spirou with a purpose, it seems, to simply get a message delivered to the Count of Champignac. […]
