By Chris Ware Publisher: Jonathon Cape ISBN: 978-0224078122 What’s particularly exciting about anything by Chris Ware is that you know you’re going to be entertained for some time. Not just a creative cartoonist and talented writer, Ware also has a keen eye for design and it’s something he considers to be integral to the storytelling […]
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Thorgal Vol 12: The Brand Of Exiles
By Rosinski and Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181365 Thorgal himself takes a back seat in this volume. He's lost his memory and the despicable Kriss of Valnor has persuaded him that he has a life with her. This has left his wife, Aaricia, and the children Jolan and Wolfcub, fending for themselves for some […]
Berlin – The Seven Dwarves
By Marvano Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181358 As the void between today and the Second World War grows wider it does seem that there's an increasing amount of tales associated with it bordering on the absurd and the comical. There's a danger there that the grim realities of those years get lost in grandiose heroic fiction […]
Valerian & Laureline Vol 4: Welcome To Alflolol
By Mézières and Christin Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-133-4 Here's an interesting science fiction concept for you. What should we do if the human race discovers an uninhabited planet and settles in to reap the natural resources for two hundred years only to discover that the native population have been off travelling and now want their […]
Largo Winch vol 8: Shadow
By Francq and Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-075-7 Largo's facing his biggest threat to date, having been out-manouvered to such a degree that he and the W Group are in serious trouble. The W Group has been backed into a corner and it's Group Administrator appears to be deeply involved, while Largo himself finds […]
Sticky Monsters
By John Kenn Mortensen Publisher: Square Peg ISBN: 9780224095761 Cartoonists are, by nature, habitual doodlers, but John Kenn Mortensen takes this a step further. His day job is writing and illustrating children's TV shows, but when he's not doing that he draws cartoons of monsters…on rectangular yellow Post-it notes. There are no gags here, although […]