By Yvan Delporte & Peyo Publisher: Papercutz ISBN: 978-1-59707-208-3 This is the original book-length tale that introduced the Smurfs to the world. They don't even appear until at least halfway through, and even then they are support characters, but you do get a sense that by the final page the creators are thinking, Hang about, […]
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Blake & Mortimer Vol 6: S.O.S. Meteors
By Edgar P Jacobs Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-905460-97-7 Volume six of this series sees a return to one of the works by the original creator, Edgar P Jacobs. As mentioned in a previous review, he's a close relative and collaborator of Hergé, working alongside him on some of Tintin books, and that style and storytelling […]
Hägar The Horrible: The Epic Chronicles. Dailies 1974 to 1975
By Dik Browne Publisher: Titan Books ISBN: 978-1-84856-234-9 I'd forgotten how much I liked Hägar. I grew up in a house where we had the Daily Express for my fix of Garfield and Calvin & Hobbes and The Sun where I could get Hägar, but since leaving home all those years ago my relationship with […]
XIII: Where The Indian Walks (vol 2)
By Vance & Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-040-5 By the start of this second volume we know that XIII is suspected for the assassination of the US President (although due to his amnesia he has no way of knowing if this is true) and that a fair few individuals are after his hide. He […]
XIII: The Day Of The Black Sun (vol 1)
By Vance & Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-039-9 Cinebook's latest offering from the mind of Jean Van Hamme is an English language translation of the hugely popular XIII. The original series spawned a computer game and a TV show, so there's a simmering promise that this should be a series worth following. It's opening […]
The Complete Ro-Busters
By Pat Mills & Many, Many Others Publisher: Rebellion ISBN: 978-1-905437-82-5 Admittedly, I've had this one hanging around for a while, so hardly a new book. It charts the creation and development of those two iconic British comic characters Ro-Jaws and Hammer-stein (a joke that utterly passed me by as a spotty youth) from their […]
