By Mézières & Christin Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183383 And so we reach the conclusion of Mézières and Christin’s saga, told across 22 volumes of creative, thoughtful and sometimes bizarre tales. This final book is an end piece, or an appendix, rather than the last chapter, collating a brief series of vignettes about characters we’ve met […]
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Valerian And Laureline Vol 21: The Time Opener
By Mézières & Christin Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183376 I’ve been trying to avoid anything in the way of spoilers so was rather surprised to learn that this is in fact the final part of the saga, despite there being a volume 22 after this. I’d been anticipating a two book epic to bring everything to […]
Valerian & Laureline Vol 20: The Order Of The Stones
By Mézières and Christin Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183369 Although we’re moving ever closer to the dramatic climax of Mézières and Christin’s opus I can’t help but feel, in all the building tension, drama, and excitement, a bit of sadness that it will be soon be over. I’ve even been a little reluctant to pick this […]
Spirou & Fantasio 14: The Clockmaker & The Comet
By Tome & Janry Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849184045 Part of what makes the Spirou and Fantasio books such a pleasurable read is the breadth of their adventures, from dangerous dictatorships to ribald robots. With this new book we get a brilliantly scripted and exquisitely drawn time travel tale complete with a future descendent of the […]
The Survivors (Quantum Anomalies) Episode 5
By Leo Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183703 Marie’s group have been through a long and difficult struggle to survive the strange mix of aliens, wildlife and environments, and are now reduced to just two. Whereas they’ve met much hostility and danger from other parties they’ve met they are fortunate enough to cross paths with a two […]
Orbital Vol. 7: Implosion
By Pellé & Runberg Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183789 This isn’t the only sci-fi book that Cinebook produces, and it’s certainly not the only one with male and female protagonists who happen to be agents of an intergalactic body. However, it is the newer kid on the block and it doesn’t have the added bonus of […]