By Denayer & Cailleteau Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183178 The Wayne Shelton series has had time to bed down so if you’ve been following it you’ll understand the slightly different take on the adventurer genre. Whereas many such series concentrate on younger men in their prime, Wayne Shelton looks at what those men become, so perhaps […]
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American Monster Vol 1
By Azzarello & Doe Publisher: AfterShock ISBN: 9789350029329 Brian Azzarello, creator of the sublime 100 Bullets, returns to guns and grotesques with American Monster, a story of small town America with delinquents, rednecks, a gun-shifting reverend, and cops looking to a turn a blind eye for a quiet life, all rubbing together in a barely […]
Ducoboo 5: Lovable Dunce
By Godi & Zidrou Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183116 Ducoboo is not the sharpest kid in the class to the extent that he’s almost entirely and blissfully unaware of his failings. Fortunately he sits next to Leonie, the class genius, so there’s opportunity to copy her answers and display, ironically, what a creative thinker he can […]
Long Gone Don And The Terror-cotta Army
By The Etherington Brothers Publisher: David Fickling Books ISBN: 9781910989784 Don Skelton is back. After kicking the bucket following an unplanned soup inhalation Don finds himself in a surreal afterlife of utter oddness known as Broilerdoom. After seeing off the evil machinations of Spode, the demon ruler of Corpse City, in the previous book, Don’s […]
Largo Winch Vol 16: 20 Seconds
By Francq & Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183239 Sixteen volumes in and the series has built quite a supporting cast, a tangible world in which the stories take place, and set a rather high bar for quality. This means Van Hamme and Francq have some creative flexibility to play with, and they use it […]
Wildcat Anarchist Comics
By Donald Rooum Publisher: PMPress ISBN: 9781629631271 CCGB member Donald Rooum has been a published cartoonist since 1950, so a book combining a biography and a collection of his work is arguably overdue. The first half of Wildcat Anarchist Comics tells of Donald’s early years, qualifying for a full scholarship at a fee-paying school and […]
