By Lambil & Cauvin Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181082 Corporal Blutch and Sergeant Chesterfield have faced a bloody and terrible battle and we join the tale at its aftermath on a desolate field of death and destruction. Blutch and Sarge have survived (Blutch typically doing better due to his natural survival instincts) but both sides have […]
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Long John Silver Vol 3: The Emerald Maze
By Dorison & Lauffray Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181051 There aren't many graphic novels out there that evoke a truly cinematic quality, but this is certainly one of them. That's partly due to the powerful presence of the title character, but most of the credit must go to the thoughtful pacing of the story, the strength […]
Grandville: Bête Noire
By Bryan Talbot Publisher: Jonathon Cape ISBN: 978-0224096249 The third instalment of Bryan Talbot’s alternative world steampunk crime thriller hits the ground running with a grisly murder, a shadowy cabal of business and industry, and nods to Wind In The Willows, Blake and Mortimer, Garfield, Robocop and Dangermouse in just the first few pages. In […]
Dungeon Quest Book 3
By Joe Daly Publisher: Fantagraphics ISBN:978-1-60699-544-0 Compared to the other two volumes this is mighty thick tome, and judging from how the story had been going in those previous books I thought this was going to be a double-sized wrap-it-all-up finale. Well I got that wrong. This truly is a massively ambitious, hugely weird but […]
Iznogoud Vol 9: The Grand Vizier Iznogoud
By Goscinny & Tabary Publisher: Cinebook ISBN:978-1-84918-131-0 Cor, it's ages since I've read an Iznogoud. This latest collection of short tales of mirth and misadventure feature the usual hapless and hopeless attempts by the Grand Vizier Iznogoud to bump off the Caliph in order to take his place. It's a bit of a Groundhog Day […]
Beetle Bailey: The Daily & Sunday Strips 1965
By Mort Walker Publisher: Titan Books ISBN: 9781848567061 I’m doing this back to front, having already reviewed 1966’s collection of strips a while ago. Back then I was a little indifferent to Beetle and the residents of Camp Swampy, but as time passed he’s definitely grown on me, and enough to encourage me to order […]
