By Ferri & Conrad Publisher: Orion ISBN: 978444011678 Finally, a new Asterix book, and following Uderzo’s retirement, a new creative team. It’s been many years since Goscinny’s death and it was his superb sense of humour that shaped the anarchic world that centred on that little village in Gaul. Uderzo’s brilliant rendering of that world […]
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Lament Of The Lost Moors Vol 1: Siobhan
By Rosinski and Dufaux Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181693 With art by Rosinski and a setting not to dissimilar from his work with Van Hamme you could be forgiven if you picked this up and thought you were about to read another adventure of Thorgal. Despite those initial comparisons, though, this swiftly sets out on its […]
Adventures With The Wife In Space: Living With Doctor Who
By Neil Perryman Publisher: Faber & Faber ISBN: 9780571298105 I’ve watched my fair share of Doctor Who but I wouldn’t count myself an ardent fan, so I approached this book with a little apprehension as I wondered whether it was talking to me or to fully paid up Whovians. The CCGB’s very own Royston Robertson […]
Lucky Luke Vol 38: Doc Doxey’s Elixir
By Morris Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181419 For this volume Cinebook is taking us way back to the early days of Lucky Luke, back to a time before Goscinny came on board as the writer and when all the creative chores were down to Morris alone. It's obvious that this is a strip still attempting to […]
Monster On The Hill
By Rob Harrell Publisher: Top Shelf ISBN: 9781603090759 Rob Harrell is an American cartoonist who has managed a decent career to date with his two syndicated comic strips, Big Top and Adam@Home, so this is a bit of a departure, although not really a great leap. Set in a Victorian England that bears as much […]
Iznogoud vol 10: Iznogoud The Relentless
By Goscinny and Tabary Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181815 Iznogoud's back with another collection of surreal but funny short stories. Goscinny's punchy scripts hang each tale's premise around some magical quirk, event or person, making each an extended comedy sketch, but always with one outcome in mind – to make Iznogoud Caliph instead of the Caliph. […]
