By Gary Clark Publisher: Swamp Productions Pty Ltd ISBN: 0958806241 I discovered Gary Clark's work a few months ago now and quickly signed up for a daily Swamp cartoon in my inbox. After a couple of weeks I was suitably engrossed to order a couple of collections too, the first of which is Swamp Tour. […]
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Largo Winch Vol 14: Red Hot Wrath
By Francq & Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181952 So, Largo’s trapped aboard a ship sailing out into the Black Sea, Simon’s in prison facing historical charges of burglary, and the FBI think Largo’s up to his neck in something extremely murky. Just who is puling all the strings here? Van Hamme and Francq take […]
Sledgehammer 44
By Mignola, Arcudi, Latour, Campbell & Stewart Publisher: Dark Horse ISBN: 9781616553951 From Mike Mignola’s Hellboy universe comes this second world war tale of a powerful iron battle suit, The Sledgehammer, deployed into France in 1944. Supported by US Soldiers, the aim of the suit, and the man inside, is to test the suit’s capabilities […]
Largo Winch Vol 13: Cold Black Sea
By Francq & Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181891 Cold Black Sea underscores the strength of the Largo Winch books as Largo returns for another instalment of intrigue, murder and manipulation set against the backdrop of big global business. The book opens by addressing the recent global economic crisis and its causes, and while I’m […]
Benny Breakiron In The Twelve Trials Of Benny Breakiron
By Peyo Publisher: Papercutz ISBN: 9781597074926 Benny Breakiron’s third outing sees him coming to the aid of Monsieur Dussiflard, the taxi driver. Some years ago he played in a jazz band who themselves stepped in and settled a large bill at the bar they were playing at run up by an Arabic gentleman who had […]
By Peter Bagge Publisher: Fantagraphics ISBN: 978-1-60699-745-1 Peter Bagge’s been drawing Buddy Bradley since 1981 and, unlike some characters in the world of comics and cartoons, Buddy is aging at the same pace as his readership. Buddy’s now old enough to have a family of his own (although considering this is a collection of strips […]
