By Rosinski & Sente Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849184984 There are two panels in his new Thorgal story that made me pause. On page 11, a ship is sailing up a river flanked by snow-covered banks. Grey skies and a white mountain set the backdrop, while, in the foreground, wisps of a chill mist hang in […]
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Texas Jack Book 2
By Dubois & Armand Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781800440548 This concluding part to the tale contains some really incredible art. In a book full of mustachiode, bearded and hat-wearing characters it would be easy to lose track of who was who, but the character design and skilled visual storytelling cut through all that to deliver a […]
Texas Jack: Book 1
By Dubois & Armand Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781800440531 Cinebook has put out a lot of great books, but it’s their Expresso line that’s really shown off some excellent stories from Europe. Texas Jack – a western, as it title might suggest – follows that trend by giving us another palpable hit. Greed and power have […]
Lonesome 3: The Ties Of Blood
By Yves Swolfs Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781800440814 I’ve been really enjoying getting my teeth into this series. On the face of it, it’s a dyed-in-the-wool western, with all the gunslinging, treachery and action you’d expect. Somehow, though, there’s a twist of the supernatural in it too, and yet it’s so underplayed that it doesn’t derail […]
Largo Winch 19: The Edge Of Night
By Francq & Giacometti Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781800440760 Giacometti continues to prove that he has the writing chops to follow on from Van Hamme with another solid tale of business intrigue, dirty tricks and high stakes. The world around us has changed a lot since Van Hamme and Francq put out the first Largo Winch […]
The Fortune Of The Winczlavs: 1. Vanko 1948
By Van Hamme & BerthetPublisher: CinebookISBN: 9781800440609 Here’s a book I wasn’t expecting. Cinebook’s English reprints of the popular Largo Winch series are a superbly entertaining read. The concentrate on how a small child, adopted by a wealthy businessman ends up, as a young man, the head of an immensely diverse and prosperous international group […]
