By Tome & Janry Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849182973 Hot on the trail of a story about mysterious goings-on at an Antarctic research centre, Fantasio gets through a security cordon at the docks to investigate an impounded cargo ship that has travelled directly from there. The reason for the cordon is down to the ship being […]
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Tree Mail
By Brian Smith & Mike Raicht Publisher: Dark Horse ISBN: 9781506700960 Here’s a quirky one. Rudy is a frog living on Popomoko Island. The frogs all join the Croaker Battalion, but Rudy has always been fascinated by the Air Delivery Corps, deliverers of envelopes and parcels to the island’s residents. The fact the Flight Corps […]
Ducoboo 5: Lovable Dunce
By Godi & Zidrou Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183116 Ducoboo is not the sharpest kid in the class to the extent that he’s almost entirely and blissfully unaware of his failings. Fortunately he sits next to Leonie, the class genius, so there’s opportunity to copy her answers and display, ironically, what a creative thinker he can […]
Long Gone Don And The Terror-cotta Army
By The Etherington Brothers Publisher: David Fickling Books ISBN: 9781910989784 Don Skelton is back. After kicking the bucket following an unplanned soup inhalation Don finds himself in a surreal afterlife of utter oddness known as Broilerdoom. After seeing off the evil machinations of Spode, the demon ruler of Corpse City, in the previous book, Don’s […]
You’re All Just Jealous Of My Jetpack
By Tom Gauld Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly ISBN: 9781770461048 Cartoonists that are able to successfully encapsulate arts and literature elements, intellectual themes and slithers of the modern zeitgeist are few and far between, and yet not only is Tom Gauld one of those cartoonists but he also instils a brilliant sense of playfulness in his […]
The Iron Duchess: A Fred The Clown Adventure
By Roger Langridge Publisher: Hotel Fred Press I’ve long had a soft spot for Fred the Clown, an impossibly romantic but utterly befuddling character of stark stupidity. In this latest book Roger Langridge takes inspiration from Buster Keaton and creates a wordless tale in monochrome that combines love, a desperate rescue on a steam train, […]