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Bear’s Tooth 4. Amerika Bomber

By Yann & Henriet Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781800440869 It’s been a while since the last Bear’s Tooth book which cunningly allows the creators to tease us a little with what we can remember. The striking cover image of Hanna stood amid the ruins of New York while advanced German planes sail overhead suggests we may […]

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The Illustrated Dad Joke

The phrase ‘self-published’ strikes dread into the heart but I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by this little paperback cartoon collection from Adam Caudill. Dedicated to his daughter, with the contents tested on his family, it contains about 150 cartoons the vast majority of which are the sort of wordplay that you might […]

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Joe Death & The Graven Image

By Benjamin Schipper Publisher: Dark Horse ISBN: 9781506717074 Every once in a while I come across a book that genuinely excites me by daring to be different. With publishers increasingly playing it safe with what they put out, it’s a phenomenon that seems to happen less and less. I can recall delighting in the discovery […]

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The Bluecoats No 16: Sallie

By Lambil and Cauvin Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781800440890 Cinebook has been translating the Bluecoats series in steady succession for some years now. For older Brits, more accustomed to the likes of Asterix, a cartoon-rendering of the American Civil War might seem like a strange juxtaposition. But if you’ve cast a broader net on European comics […]

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Ross Cartoons

By Ross Thomson Publisher: Shaggydoggs Publishing ISBN: 9798507510726 I’ve often mentioned that there just aren’t enough cartoon collections made available any more, so I was extremely pleased to come across this one by Ross Thomson. It’s a collection of 101 of the entries he’s made to international cartoon competitions around the world, for which he’s […]

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Neptune Episode 2

By Leo Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781800441002 There’s no hanging around with this one as Leo throws us straight into the mysterious alien vessel alongside Kim and Marie. Confronted immediately by a swarm of robots acting like aggressive antibodies, their own defensive technologies are swiftly thinned. By the time they reach the central section the two […]

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