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Amazonia: Episode 3

By Rodolphe, Leo & Marchal Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781800441538 With the off-grid setting of the Amazon rainforest, exacerbated by the time period (no satellite or mobile phones), this series continues to explore the mystery of the unknown so brilliantly captured in Leo’s Aldebaran books. The story feels all the more vivid for it, not least […]

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Space Dork: The Intergalactic Goofball

By Doctor Simpo & Graham P. Manley Publisher: Red Bird ISBN: 9781907083358 CCGB member Doctor Simpo has been celebrating 20 years of Space Dork. With a foreword by the esteemed Bryan Talbot and a cartoon  and sign-off from Hunt Emerson, the anthology collects all the strips to date.  Inspired by Basil Wolverton’s Space Hawk, the […]

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Rin Tin Can 1: The Mascot

By Morris, Fauche and Léturgie Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781800441125 It’s probably a stretch to expect that most folk under forty, let alone the youth of today, will know that there was once a canine movie star called Rin Tin Tin. The hound was so popular that he starred in 27 films from 1922 until 1931. […]

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The Dead Horse: An Artful Doodler Journal

By Rich Nairn Publisher: Rich Nairn ISBN: 9798306070483 He just won’t leave it alone.  CCGB cartoonist Rich Nairn has collected another year’s worth of observations, experiences and disturbing revelations into a brand new volume. Last year’s added extra was an infusion of poetry, something the bearded-wonder doesn’t shy away from here; but how do you […]

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Spirou & Fantasio 21: The Prisoner Of The Buddha

By Franquin, Jidéhem and Greg Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781800441354 This volume sees a leap back to an older Spirou and Fantasio tale, which is fine by me as it means we’re getting more Franquin. Ably supported by Jidéhem on backgrounds, with a script by Greg, this one’s got spies, wacky inventions, and, best of all, […]

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Solver

By John Allison Publisher: Scary Go Round Books ISBN: 9781068341502 How flipping marvellous. John Allison returns to the world of Bad Machinery with a new ongoing story, centred around one of the greatest characters in the modern age of comics: Charlotte Grote. If this means nothing to you then what on Earth have you been […]

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