By Schulz Publisher: Canongate ISBN: 978-1-84767-032-8 This is the second volume in an ambitious project to reprint every daily and Sunday strip from the entire run of Peanuts. At this stage the strip is only into its third year so it still has a small cast of characters and many of its recurring themes are […]
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Iznogoud The Infamous (Vol 7)
By Goscinny & Tabary Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-074-0 Unlike Asterix and Lucky Luke, Goscinny's writing for Iznogoud takes a slightly different approach with shorter, punchier stories that last for just a few pages. The whole idea of them is take an absurd situation and run with it, squeezing out every possible gag (sometimes more than […]
The Bellybuttons 3: The Bonds Of Friendship
By Delaf and Dubuc Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-070-2 Well, here's something a little different. A book with cartoon panels about teenage girls aimed, primarily, at teenage girls. There's supposedly a growing interest in comics and cartoons with women and girls, largely but not exclusively in the Manga market, but there's still precious little directly created […]
Mister Wonderful
By Daniel Clowes Publisher: Jonathan Cape ISBN: 978-0-224-08534-2 It wasn't that long ago that Dan Clowes gave us the wonderful Wilson, and here we are with another hardback offering. Clowes specialises in telling the story of the underdog, or even the person that the underdog looks down upon, and in this case it's Marshall, a […]
Dungeon Quest: Book One
By Joe Daly Publisher: Fantagraphics Books ISBN: 978-1-60699-347-7 Joe Daly’s previous work rather cleverly subverted the Tintin books in a hugely enjoyable way. This time he’s having a pop at fantasy role-playing games and it’s nothing quite like you’d expect. Millennium Boy (he of the large noggin) is bored and thirsts for excitement. Announcing he’s […]
XIII: The Jason Fly Case (vol 6)
By Vance & Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-065-8 After the previous volume's conspiratorial clash some time has passed and the dust given time to settle, but XIII is still unsure as to who he really is. We join him as he arrives in the snowy mountain community of Green Falls and it isn't long […]
