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The Bellybuttons 3: The Bonds Of Friendship

By Delaf and Dubuc Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-070-2 Well, here's something a little different. A book with cartoon panels about teenage girls aimed, primarily, at teenage girls. There's supposedly a growing interest in comics and cartoons with women and girls, largely but not exclusively in the Manga market, but there's still precious little directly created […]

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Mister Wonderful

By Daniel Clowes Publisher: Jonathan Cape ISBN: 978-0-224-08534-2 It wasn't that long ago that Dan Clowes gave us the wonderful Wilson, and here we are with another hardback offering. Clowes specialises in telling the story of the underdog, or even the person that the underdog looks down upon, and in this case it's Marshall, a […]

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Dungeon Quest: Book One

By Joe Daly Publisher: Fantagraphics Books ISBN: 978-1-60699-347-7 Joe Daly’s previous work rather cleverly subverted the Tintin books in a hugely enjoyable way. This time he’s having a pop at fantasy role-playing games and it’s nothing quite like you’d expect. Millennium Boy (he of the large noggin) is bored and thirsts for excitement. Announcing he’s […]

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XIII: The Jason Fly Case (vol 6)

By Vance & Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-065-8 After the previous volume's conspiratorial clash some time has passed and the dust given time to settle, but XIII is still unsure as to who he really is. We join him as he arrives in the snowy mountain community of Green Falls and it isn't long […]

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XIII: Full Red (vol 5)

By Vance & Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-065-8 There have been many twists and turns in the life of XIII as he struggles to discover who he is and the truth about what he may or may not have done. After the last episode's dramatic escape XIII, Jones and Barnowsky must now get back […]

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