By Lapuss’, Larbier & Paillat Publisher: Magnetic ISBN: 9781951719463 I do like a book with cartoons in it, so when I spied this one in a catalogue, along with a few samples of the cartoons, I had to have it. Not a tremendous cat fan myself – I’m allergic, you see – it’s not an […]
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Swamp: Continue To Hold
By Gary Clark Publisher: Swamp Productions Pty Ltd ISBN: 9789490008260 Gary Clark’s Swamp strip is one of the funniest, most versatile comic strips being published today. Set in an Australian swamp, it features frogs, rats, dung beetles, mosquitos, crayfish and an awful lot of ducks. The ducks are the most analogous to humans (although humans […]
Alcohol & Painkillers: Rich Nairn’s Journal Of A Hopeful Halfwit March–October 2021
By Rich Nairn Publisher: Rich Nairn Rich’s third volume of his Covid journal brings us into slightly more relaxed and less restrictive times. Even now the pandemic is still with us, but for the period this book covers, March to October 2021, the palpable relief of doing at least some things normally is clearly relished. […]
Quarantoons – Cartoons From A New Normal
By James Mellor Publisher: Filament Publishing ISBN: 9781913623791 www.filamentpublishing.com</strong> Cartoonists’ Club of Great Britain member James Mellor has another collection of timely cartoons to follow on from his recent Brexit-themed book. This time, the main focus is Covid-19, and how we’ve all had to cope with both the virus and the Government’s handling of it. […]
Bunny vs Monkey And The Supersonic Aye-Aye!
By Jamie Smart Publisher: David Fickling Books ISBN: 9781788452434 You know Jamie Smart must be doing something right when someone walks into the room and cries: “Bunny vs Monkey! I love that book!” It has all become something of a phenomenon. In a nutshell, there’s a wood where a group of animals lives, although they’re […]
Spirou & Fantasio 18: Attack Of The Zordolts
By Yoann & Vehlmann Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781800440227 There’s quite a lengthy history to the Spirou and Fantasio stories. For Cinebook, publishing the tales in English for a new audience, they could have simply started at the beginning and printed them consecutively. The trouble with that approach is that it would take a very long […]
