By Lambil & Cauvin Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181839 Corporal Blutch and Sergeant Chesterfield of the Union Army are out on patrol when they stumble upon a woman bathing in the river. Being gentlemen, they avert their eyes and wait for her to dress, but once she’s done they’re surprised to find her in a Union […]
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Hellboy Vol 12: The Storm & The Fury
By Mignola & Fegredo Publisher: Dark Horse ISBN: 9781595828279 It’s been a long-time coming, but the events that have shaped Hellboy’s life on Earth are coming together, thread by thread. Since breaking away from the BPRD some time ago now, Hellboy has wandered the world, often with a fair few drinks inside him, to finally […]
Spooks Vol 4: The 46th State
By Rossi, Dorison & Nury Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181853 It’s not been an easy time for the Spooks out in Cuba, and now elections have arrived to set the country’s future. The US occupiers want the result to go their way, which would see Cuba becoming the newest US State, and now there’s only one […]
Learn To Speak Cat
By Anthony Smith Publisher: Souvenir Press ISBN: 9780285642317 CCGB member Anthony Smith has had two books out recently (see the review on this site for Bad Dog No Biscuit) and this one concerns the pet of the feline variety. Learn To Speak Cat collects many of his regular gag cartoons from the Metro newspaper. The […]
Wayne Shelton Vol 2: The Betrayal
By Denayer & Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181846 A new parcel arrived from Cinebook yesterday and the first book I grabbed was this one. Van Hamme’s no stranger to writing a decent thriller so I’ll gladly reach for anything written by him, but this new (to us reading in English) creation is still something […]
Corto Maltese: The Ballad Of The Salt Sea
By Hugo Pratt Publisher: Universe ISBN: 9780789324986 I visited the Tintin Museum near Brussels a couple of years ago and nearby was a comic shop chock-full of European graphic albums. What was visually striking about the place was that the back wall was completely covered with comic-related prints, and the vast majority of these was […]
