By Dufaux & Jérémy Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183062 This series is very much in the fantastical vein that Pirates of the Caribbean sits in rather than, say, Treasure Island, but as we’ve romanticised the actions of pirates for so long now this is becoming something of the norm. The opening of this book splits the […]
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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, […]
Alone Vol 6: The Fourth Dimension And A Half
By Gazzotti & Vehlmann Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183079 When the latest volume of Alone arrives in our house there’s a bit of a fight as to who reads it first (I don’t always win). Gazzotti and Vehlmann’s creation manages to appeal across age groups and gender, neither talking down nor shying away from more difficult […]
The Marquis Of Anaon Vol 3: The Providence
By Vehlmann & Bonhomme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849182775 The Providence sees Jean-Baptiste heading for Andalusia at the invitation of the young Countess of Almedía, keen to share in France’s Enlightenment. This requires passage on a ship which swiftly sails into a storm where Jean-Baptiste, curious as ever, drags himself on deck to witness the weather […]
The Marquis Of Anaon Vol 2: The Black Virgin
By Vehlmann & Bonhomme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849182652 Jean-Baptiste has now spent several months investigating strange goings on, bringing him to a community in the depths of winter towards the close of the year. In two subsequent years a young girl has been killed and the murders have been barbaric and bloody, leaving many of […]
Highbone Theater
By Joe Daly Publisher: Fantagraphics ISBN: 9781606999226 Surreal yet grounded, unsettling yet normal, Joe Daly’s work is some of the strangest in comics. He sets his tales in suburbia amongst an assortment of drop-outs, slackers and oddities, all leading humdrum lives, and then odd stuff happens, often on a heroic scale. Highbone Theater is all […]
