By Rosinski & Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-036-8 Thorgal is returning home so Aaricia can give birth to their child in the house in which she was born. However, on their journey they encounter Vikings from the south with an ambitious leader who wants Thorgal to accompany them on a raid to Northumbria. Thorgal […]
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Betelgeuse Vol 3: The Other
By Leo Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-036-8 The final book in the second Aldebaran story arc opens with Kim and her small party of survivors regaining their strength and planning their next move. Kim goes to visit this planet's river-based Mantris, the version of the mysterious alien being she met on Aldebaran, only for it to […]
A Carrot For Iznogoud
By Tabary & Goscinny Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-1-84918-021-4 18 months ago I'd not heard of Goscinny's Iznogoud, but as a lifelong fan of Asterix I was keen to try it – and it was good. I was a little disappointed at the brevity of the stories (several to a book) rather than a full blown […]
Dilbert: 14 Years Of Loyal Service In A Fabric Covered-Box
By Scott Adams Publisher: Andrews McMeel ISBN: 978-0-7407-7365-5 Scott Adams is a cartoonist who, by his own admission, can't draw, so considering his Dilbert cartoons have been running for 20 years and are now in 23 languages, it must be the sense of humour that's winning through. I've not picked up a Dilbert collection for […]
Lucky Luke 22: Emperor Smith
By Morris & Goscinny Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 978-184918-026-9 Lucky Luke's back and this time he stumbles upon the bizarre sight of a regal procession in the middle of the Wild West. It transpires that a local rancher has come into a lot of money and it's all gone to his head, resulting in him declaring […]
Groo: The Hogs Of Horder
By Sergio Aragones & Mark Evanier Publisher: Dark Horse ISBN: 978-1595824233 If you've ever picked up a copy of Mad Magazine then you can't have failed to have noticed the Mad marginals, the tiny cartoon gags filling up the empty spaces between stories, down the margins and across the fold. These are the work of […]
