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Blacksad

By Juan Diaz Canales & Juanjo Guarnido Publisher: Dark Horse ISBN: 978-1-59582-393-9 A few years ago iBooks published the first and second Blacksad volumes which I eagerly snapped up having having seen some promotional artwork. Since iBooks is now defunct, Dark Horse has taken over and collected both of those volumes plus the new tale […]

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Yakari And The White Fleece (Vol 8)

By Derib & Job Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-055-9 If you've got young children that you'd like to introduce to comics then Yakari is a great way in. It's a good mix of adventure and talking animals set against the North American wilderness. Yakari is a member of the Sioux and along with his best friend, […]

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Long John Silver: 1 – Lady Vivian Hastings

By Dorison & Lauffray Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-062-7 Set many years after the events in Treasure Island, this first volume in a new series claims not to be a sequel but merely a homage. And what a good job they do to. Lady Vivian Hastings has been abandoned by her husband who has sailed to […]

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The Purple Smurfs

By Peyo Publisher: Papercutz ISBN: 978-1-59707-206-9 Guess what? There's a Smurf movie coming out, so that means the perfect opportunity to reprint some Smurf tales for a new generation. 25 years ago I remember watching an animated Smurf cartoon on children's TV, but I've never sat down and read the original strips before, and I […]

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Crogan’s March

By Chris Schweizer Publisher: Oni Press ISBN: 978-1-934964-28-8 This is the second book in what's billed as an ongoing series of adventure graphic novels about the patriarchs of the Crogan family. This second hardback volume follows Legionnaire Peter Crogan as he comes to the end of his 5-year term of service with the French Foreign […]

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Iznogoud & The Magic Carpet (Vol 6)

By Goscinny & Tabary Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-044-3 Another collection of four punchy, clever strips featuring the wicked Iznogoud, who wants to be Caliph instead of the Caliph. The main tale of this book concerns Iznogoud discovering that a magic carpet maker called Khaledonyahn (supposedly from the far north of India) has arrived in the […]

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