By Cadic, Gheysens, Derenne and Barroux Publisher: Cinebooks ISBN: 978-1-905460-19-9 In this second volume of the life of Marguerite de Valois (Queen Margot), tensions between Catholics and Protestants continue, so Margot is pushed by her family into a marriage of convenience that is aimed at stabilising the situation and strengthening their own position. However, Margot […]
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The Seldom Seen Blog 2009
By Tim Harries Publisher: Tim Harries See: www.agagaday.blogspot.com to buy There's this bloke – you may have seen him – who can't seem to let five minutes pass by without scribbling a cartoon down on the nearest flat surface. With so much quality and, indeed, quirksome, material hanging around, the obvious answer as to what […]
Lucky Luke 20: The Oklahoma Land Rush
By Morris & Goscinny Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-008-5 Lucky Luke's back again with another tale of the old West. This time he's called in to supervise the Oklahoma land rush, an event where a whole new swathe of land was opened up to settlers at a fixed time on a fixed date. To ensure fairness […]
Queen Margot: 1.The Age Of Innocence
By Cadic, Gheysens, Derenne and Barroux Publisher: Cinebooks ISBN: 1-905460-10-4 This is a serious historical tale that follows the life of Marguerite de Valois, known as Queen Margot, who was the first wife of King Henri IV of France. This first volume follows her as she is leaving her childhood behind and encountering love and […]
Bone Sharps, Cowboys & Thunder Lizards
By Jim Ottaviani & Big Time Attic Publisher: GT Labs ISBN: 0-9660106-6-3 As somebody who enjoys dinosaurs perhaps a little more than is healthy, I'm a sucker for anything with a prehistoric beasty on the cover. This particular book is a lengthy cartoon strip charting the sometimes insane rivalry between the two biggest names in […]
Crogan’s Vengeance
By Chris Schweizer Publisher: Oni Press ISBN: 978-1-934964-06-4 Often when I order books it's on the basis of a brief synopsis and a thumbnail picture, which means there's an element of gambling involved. Occasionally they turn out to be turkeys, or have promising artwork but a dire story or gags, or ropey artwork barely held […]
