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Distant Worlds: Episode 5

By Leo & Icar Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183857 In this final volume of Distant Worlds Paul’s life is about to change once more. Last seen ascending into a beam of light with a host of Stepanerks we now discover the aftermath. And it’s not what you’d expect. Paul has landed himself the task of saving […]

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Alone Vol 11: The Nailers In The Night

By Gazzotti & Vehlmann Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849185387 This one’s a shocker. Gazzotti and Vehlmann have crafted an interesting premise with their series to date. As the characters have come to understand the reality of their situation the creators have expanded upon how such a world could exist, teasing the rules by which everyone must […]

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Islandia Vol 3: The Legacy Of The Sorcerer

By Marc Vedrines Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849184526 If you’ve got this far then you’ll know the previous book took a very abrupt change of course. An incredibly bold move by Vedrines, it certainly wasn’t something I saw coming. Of course, now, he has to deal with the fallout of the storytelling for the final installment. […]

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Return To Aldebaran Episode 2

By Leo Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849185417 Having arrived on the strange and very distant world, Marie’s been kidnapped by what appears to be a human native. Kim and Luc return to Aldebaran for help which means all that the others can do is wait. Despite best intentions, it doesn’t seem that anyone can put a […]

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Orbital Vol 8: Contacts

By Pellé & Runberg Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849184977 We’ve had to wait patiently, but the final edition of Orbital has arrived to tie up the intergalactic tale. From the beginning it’s been an ambitious story that has been keen to set itself apart from other sci-fi fiction. For my money, it has succeeded in this […]

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Spirou & Fantasio V0l 17: The Marsupilamis’ Nest

By Franquin Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849185332 The Marsupilami is a brilliant cartoon creation. Comically funny, biologically absurd, but somehow grounded in enough reality to carry it all off. You might well be aware (because I’ve been banging on about them) of the Marsupilami books. They tell the tale of the South American rainforest where the […]

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