By Tabary & Goscinny Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-021-4 18 months ago I'd not heard of Goscinny's Iznogoud, but as a lifelong fan of Asterix I was keen to try it – and it was good. I was a little disappointed at the brevity of the stories (several to a book) rather than a full blown […]
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Dilbert: 14 Years Of Loyal Service In A Fabric Covered-Box
By Scott Adams Publisher: Andrews McMeel ISBN: 978-0-7407-7365-5 Scott Adams is a cartoonist who, by his own admission, can't draw, so considering his Dilbert cartoons have been running for 20 years and are now in 23 languages, it must be the sense of humour that's winning through. I've not picked up a Dilbert collection for […]
Lucky Luke 22: Emperor Smith
By Morris & Goscinny Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-184918-026-9 Lucky Luke's back and this time he stumbles upon the bizarre sight of a regal procession in the middle of the Wild West. It transpires that a local rancher has come into a lot of money and it's all gone to his head, resulting in him declaring […]
Groo: The Hogs Of Horder
By Sergio Aragones & Mark Evanier Publisher: Dark Horse ISBN: 978-1595824233 If you've ever picked up a copy of Mad Magazine then you can't have failed to have noticed the Mad marginals, the tiny cartoon gags filling up the empty spaces between stories, down the margins and across the fold. These are the work of […]
Papyrus Vol 4: The Evil Mummies
By De Gieter Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-027-6 The Papyrus stories are the result of a coming together of a talented cartoonist and his love of Egyptology. It’s the sort of adventurous comic that appeals to a wide age group, with a good mix of danger, wonder and with a good scattering of facts and points […]
Ducoboo 4: The Class Struggle
By Godi & Zidrou Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-031-3 Here's a great one for kids and the young at heart. It reminded me a great deal of the Whizzer and Chips comics I used to read as a child. It's a very simple idea (as many of the good comic creations are) and essentially boils down […]
