By Morris & De Groot Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849182416 Part of Lucky Luke’s charm is the ability by its creators to weave in aspects of genuine Wild West life, including some of the colourful real-life characters that made it their home. One such fellow was Frederic Remington, famous for his dramatic paintings of frontier life. […]
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Age Of Reptiles: Ancient Egyptians
By Ricardo Delgado Publisher: Dark Horse ISBN: 9781616558208 Age Of Reptiles is an occasional comic series telling dinosaur tales about survival in a harsh environment amongst the apex creatures of the period. Each series covers a handful of issues, before being collected into books such as this one, and reads like a wildlife documentary with […]
Namibia Episode 1
By Rudolph, Leo & Marchal Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849182812 Linking directly to the previous five-volume series Kenya, British agent Kathy Austin is recalled to Africa to investigate another strange scenario on the continent. This time it’s not about isolated creatures from prehistory, but over-sized insects, damaged crops, a prematurely aging population and someone who appears […]
Bizarro
By Corson & Duarte Publisher: DC ISBN: 9781401259716 Gustavo Duarte is a very gifted cartoonist with the ability to tell a great story through pictures alone. He’s got a slick effortless style with a brilliant ability to capture and interpret body language, and he’s also rather good at grotesques, so it’s little wonder that DC […]
Lucky Luke Vol 50: Seven Stories
By Morris & Goscinny Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849182263 For this landmark 50th volume Cinebook have compiled seven of Morris And Goscinny’s shorter tales into one book, offering us stories concerning topics such as a dentist-shy kid, a disputed calf, a saloon pianist with grand designs and a look at good ol’ Western hospitality. There’s everything […]
Tamsin And The Deep
By Cameron & Brown Publisher: David Fickling Books ISBN: 9781910200773 I think what’s consistently interesting about all of these collected editions from The Phoenix comic is that the story concepts are daringly different as opposed to the less risky re-treading of ground with characters and scenarios that we’ve seen before. And with Tamsin And The […]
