By Yoshihiro Tatsumi Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly ISBN: 978-1-77046-078-2 In the world of Japanese manga, Yoshihiro Tatsumi was a pioneer of the craft and is largely over-looked now in the country of his birth where there is a constant focus on the new. Us westerners still have a lot to learn and discover about Japanese […]
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Lucky Luke 33: The One-Armed Bandit
By Morris & De Groot Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181112 Cinebook continue their brilliant Lucky Luke series with The One-Armed Bandit, where our sharp-shooting hero is tasked to escort two naive brothers who have invented the world’s first slot machine and want to tour it round the West to gauge a reaction. They get to meet […]
Antares Episode 2
By Leo Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-120-4 This fantastically inventive sci-fi series continues with Kim heading off to the new planet with a packed ship of pioneers and, not forgetting, her hybrid daughter. The opening chapter is undeniably bleak, with Kim battered from all sides by events that seem to be running out of her control, […]
Largo Winch Vol 3: Dutch Connection
By Franq and Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-905460-78-6 Just as Largo is getting to grips with the huge corporate empire he's inherited, another threat to his authority and position rears its head, this time in the form of a gigantic heroin trade that appears to be being run from within the W Group. Largo's […]
Largo Winch Vol 2: Takeover Bid
By Franq and Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-905460-58-8 If anybody had told me I was soon to be gripped by a comic series about big business I'd have laughed in their face, but sure enough, here I am at the end of volume two of Largo Winch and itching to pick up volume three. […]
Largo Winch Vol 1: The Heir
By Francq and Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-905460-48-9 With Largo Winch, Van Hamme has notched up yet another highly successful and inventive series to go with the likes of XIII and Thorgal. This time he's tackling the world of big business and, in these current times where boardrooms and executive practices are under the […]
