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Escaping Wars And Waves: Encounters With Syrian Refugees

By Olivier Kugler Publisher: Myriad Editions ISBN: 9781912408122 Olivier Kugler is a German journalist and cartoonist who combines his talents to tell the stories of those he interviews. Escaping Wars And Waves is a collection of the individuals and families he met who were fleeing from the Syrian conflict. Travelling to Iraqi Kurdistan, the Greek […]

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Spirou & Fantasio Vol 13: Z Is For Zorglub

By Franquin, Jidéhem & Greg Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183628 This one’s a lot of fun. A crazed, misguided scientist attempts to abduct Fantasio with a hairdryer and a driverless car. After this fails he then tries it on Spirou with a purpose, it seems, to simply get a message delivered to the Count of Champignac. […]

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Mudbite

By Dave Cooper Publisher: Fantagraphics ISBN: 9781683960874 It’s been years and years and years since Canadian cartoonist Dave Cooper produced a new book other than a collection of his paintings (there was a children’s book in 2007 that was quite fun). You may not know the name, but he produced much of the concept design […]

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The Bluecoats Vol 11: Cossack Circus

By Lambil & Cauvin Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183833 The Bluecoats return with another tale of Chesterfield and Blutch, the 22nd Cavalrymen attempting to survive the American Civil War. On this occasion the cavalry’s numbers are so depleted by deadly charges at the enemy there’s not much of a cavalry left, so Chesterfield and Blutch are […]

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The Adventures Of John Blake: Mystery Of The Ghost Ship

By Philip Pullman and Fred Fordham Publisher: David Fickling Books ISBN: 9781788450591 Originally serialised in the excellent weekly comic The Phoenix, Philip Pullman has created a time-travelling high seas adventure that even manages to tip a nod in Ian Fleming’s direction.  There’s a ship, the Mary Alice, crewed by disparate men from various periods across […]

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Alone Vol 8: The Arena

By Gazzotti & Vehlmann Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183826 The reason for the children’s predicament is now clear, and despite those unusual circumstances it does’t mean they’re in any less danger than they would be otherwise. Their small group has been taken by a much larger one and transported across the mountains to a town where […]

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