By Goscinny & Tabary Publisher: Cinebook ISBN:978-1-84918-131-0 Cor, it's ages since I've read an Iznogoud. This latest collection of short tales of mirth and misadventure feature the usual hapless and hopeless attempts by the Grand Vizier Iznogoud to bump off the Caliph in order to take his place. It's a bit of a Groundhog Day […]
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Beetle Bailey: The Daily & Sunday Strips 1965
By Mort Walker Publisher: Titan Books ISBN: 9781848567061 I’m doing this back to front, having already reviewed 1966’s collection of strips a while ago. Back then I was a little indifferent to Beetle and the residents of Camp Swampy, but as time passed he’s definitely grown on me, and enough to encourage me to order […]
XIII: The Last Round (vol 18)
By Vance and Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181518 Well, this is it. The final volume. I've tried to be careful with these reviews not to give away the twists, and that's going to be pretty much the case for the whole book in this instance. It seems that after all this effort by the […]
XIII: The Irish Version (vol 17)
By Giraud and Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181457 Well, you expect a surprise or two from a XIII book, but I wasn't expecting a different artist. Giraud, also known as Moebius, has taken up the artistic chores on this flashback episode, and what a fantastic job he does too. The Irish Version pieces together […]
XIII: Maximilian’s Gold (vol 16)
By Vance and Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-139-6 Now that XIII and his band of outcasts are in possession of the three silver watches they now have the coordinates of Maximilian's gold – if only they knew how to make sense of coordinates. Hidden in an out-of-the-way Pacific hotel, the group puts their collective […]
XIII: Operation Montecristo (vol 15)
By Vance and Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-134-1 Things have been going from bad to worse for XIII and his associates. Despite beating the odds again and again they're in dire straits as prisoners of the Costaverdean government and the USA wants them extradited. There seems to be very little they can do about […]
