By Peter Wartman Publisher: Uncivilized Books ISBN: 9780984681433 Wading through the enormous choice of cartoon and comic related books each month creates something of a quandary as to what to take a chance upon, but every now and again it results in a real gem falling into your lap. So is the case with Over […]
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Shake Contents Before Use: The Third Never Say Dai Collection
By Tim Harries Publisher: Tim Harries The current model for cartoon strip syndication means that many modern strips are just bland, uninspiring and, frankly unfunny. Fortunately for the readers of the South Wales Argus, their regular strip is for them alone, so CCGB member Tim Harries has a freer hand to be as silly, wacky […]
Long John Silver Vol 4: Guiana-Capac
By Dorison & Lauffray Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181754 I read this final volume to the series the same evening I watched the movie Wrath Of The Titans. The film is a plethora of storytelling no-nos, lacking in the fundamental basics of character development, setting, and motivation to create an utterly uninvolving and detached experience for […]
Lucky Luke Vol 39: The Man From Washington
By Achdé & Gerra Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978849181495 As already mentioned elsewhere amongst these reviews, there’s a new Asterix book out this month, and the creators have done an excellent job taking over from the retiring Uderzo. Like Asterix, Lucky Luke has new creators, and that’s been the case for some time now, and also […]
Hellboy: The Midnight Circus
By Mignola, Fegredo & Stewart Publisher: Dark Horse ISBN: 9781616552381 Mike Mignola’s Hellboy is one of the biggest comic success stories of the past twenty years, spawning numerous successful offshoots and maintaining a consistently high standard of quality throughout with both the writing and the artwork. This is largely down to Mignola remaining close to […]
Spooks Vol 3: El Santero
By Rossi, Dorison & Nury Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181709 The setting for Spooks is the very beginning of the twentieth century and, due to its American setting, that sits us comfortably between the end of the wild west and the beginnings of mobsters and molls, so the government backed Spooks comfortably straddles the two eras […]
