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Ducks: Two Years In The Oil Sands

By Kate Beaton Publisher: Jonathan Cape ISBN: 9781787330139 Well, I wasn’t expecting this. I’ve written about Kate Beaton’s work before, and she is a witty, incisive and talented cartoonist.  If they’re not already, her cartoon collections should be on your bookshelves. This new book, however, is something completely different to what’s come before. Ducks is […]

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Giant Days: Volume 7

By Allinson, Sarin, Fleming & Cogar Publisher: Boom Box ISBN: 9781684151318 What? Volume 7? What happened to 2 to 6?  Well, if you must know, they were blooming marvellous. So good, that I really should be shouting about this series. So here goes. The three stars of the piece, Susan, Daisy and Esther, are now […]

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The Phoenix Colossal Comics Collection: Volume One

By Various  Publisher: David Fickling Books ISBN: 9781788450560 Rather than another stand-alone collection David Fickling Books have opted to compile a humungous treasury of Phoenix goodies into one tremendous tome. There’s even more of the brilliantly daft Bunny vs Monkey by Jamie Smart, plus his random, surreal cat Looshkin. You can get the next instalment […]

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