By Andy Barron Publisher: The Mansion Press ISBN: 9782492646553 There’s something breathtakingly refreshing about Andy Barron’s Om. For a wordless book, its unique voice catches your attention from the very first page. It’s so very different to just about anything else you’ll come across that it doesn’t fall neatly into a conventional genre. In some […]
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Thorgal Vol 24: The Battle Of Asgard
By Rosinski & Sente Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849184946 Thorgal has been one of Cinebook’s gems, a series that has defied expectations with every new book. I’d read about some dissatisfaction with the Jolan-led stories when they were initially published, but I’ve not had too much of an issue with them. This is probably largely due […]
Joe Death & The Graven Image
By Benjamin Schipper Publisher: Dark Horse ISBN: 9781506717074 Every once in a while I come across a book that genuinely excites me by daring to be different. With publishers increasingly playing it safe with what they put out, it’s a phenomenon that seems to happen less and less. I can recall delighting in the discovery […]
Thorgal Vol 23: Thor’s Shield
By Rosinski & Sente Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849184458 The focus of the Thorgal books is now squarely on Jolan, with Thorgal very much a supporting character. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, as the building blocks that make this such a remarkable series are all still in place. It remains a great blend of mythology, […]
Thorgal Vol 22: I, Jolan
By Rosinski & Sente Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849184441 With Thorgal having escaped from Odin’s curse the focus of the series now falls on Jolan. Leaving his family behind, Jolan travels with Manthor to the Betwixt on the understanding that he is destined for great things. Manthor, however, has been careful in his choice of words. […]
Thorgal Vol 0: The Betrayed Sorceress
By Rosinski & Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849184434 The run up to Christmas is often filled with unexpected delights and pleasant surprises, and this was undoubtedly one of them. A book I’d not seen coming as I’d presumed we were moving on to the Jolan stories in the Thorgal saga. Well, how wrong was […]