By Neill Cameron Publisher: David Fickling Books ISBN: 9781910200032 The Phoenix presents another great little collection, this time on the theme of creating your own comics, packed with plenty of tips, tricks and ideas. Aimed squarely at kids (but there’s no reason keen adults won’t reap the rewards of reading too) this is a clever, […]
Archive | Reviews
Lucky Luke Vol 47: Outlaws
By Morris Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849182010 I have to confess that I’d not realised that the Daltons were based upon a real-life gang until I read this (although they weren’t all brothers) and that their depiction here, and the story’s outcome, resulted in the creation of a second gang of Daltons – their equally despicable […]
District 14
By Gabus & Reutimann Publisher: Humanoids ISBN: 9781594650567 There are a few books available at the moment using anthropomorphic animals in a crime noir setting, most notably Bryan Talbot’s excellent Grandville and the utterly glorious Blacksad. So, considering Pixar are also developing a movie on a similar footing you’d be forgiven for thinking this was […]
Little Death
By Thomas Kriebaum Publisher: Soaring Penguin Press ISBN: 9781908030047 Spotted this one on sale at the Lakes International Comics Art Festival, and it’s a good one. A simple premise, where Death is represented in the form of a small but dapper businessman complete with briefcase. The set up is almost always the same with Little […]
Long Gone Don
By The Etherington Brothers Publisher: David Fickling Books ISBN: 9781910200049 Death. It comes to us all. But a sad outcome indeed when you’re still a child and all you’re trying to do is enjoy your soup. When Don Skelton falls victim to an elaborate chain of events that ends with his demise he finds himself […]
The Unspeakable Vault Of Doom
By François Launet Publisher: Diàbolo ediciones ISBN: 9788415153627 It would be fair to say that as a topic for a cartoon strip, this is a little niche, but if you’re fed up with the trite, middle-of-the-road subject matter that besmirches many a set of cartoon panels then this just might be exactly what you’re looking […]
