By Mézières & Christin Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181785 I’d have been quite at home reading Valerian and Laureline within the pages of something like 2000AD twenty-five years ago, but sadly that was never to be. It seems a shame that it’s only now getting a fair showing in the English-language market, especially when you spy […]
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Long John Silver Vol 4: Guiana-Capac
By Dorison & Lauffray Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181754 I read this final volume to the series the same evening I watched the movie Wrath Of The Titans. The film is a plethora of storytelling no-nos, lacking in the fundamental basics of character development, setting, and motivation to create an utterly uninvolving and detached experience for […]
Lucky Luke Vol 39: The Man From Washington
By Achdé & Gerra Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978849181495 As already mentioned elsewhere amongst these reviews, there’s a new Asterix book out this month, and the creators have done an excellent job taking over from the retiring Uderzo. Like Asterix, Lucky Luke has new creators, and that’s been the case for some time now, and also […]
Spooks Vol 3: El Santero
By Rossi, Dorison & Nury Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181709 The setting for Spooks is the very beginning of the twentieth century and, due to its American setting, that sits us comfortably between the end of the wild west and the beginnings of mobsters and molls, so the government backed Spooks comfortably straddles the two eras […]
Orbital Vol 5: Justice
By Pellé & Runberg Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181723 It’s got very political and the heroes of the piece, the Sandjarr Mezoke and the human Caleb, couldn’t be in a worse state. Following the conclusion of the previous story arc Mezoke finds herself on trial for the results of Kuala Lumpur, despite her heroism, as Ekkhlid, […]
Lament Of The Lost Moors Vol 1: Siobhan
By Rosinski and Dufaux Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181693 With art by Rosinski and a setting not to dissimilar from his work with Van Hamme you could be forgiven if you picked this up and thought you were about to read another adventure of Thorgal. Despite those initial comparisons, though, this swiftly sets out on its […]
