By Joe Daly Publisher: Fantagraphics ISBN: 9781606999226 Surreal yet grounded, unsettling yet normal, Joe Daly’s work is some of the strangest in comics. He sets his tales in suburbia amongst an assortment of drop-outs, slackers and oddities, all leading humdrum lives, and then odd stuff happens, often on a heroic scale. Highbone Theater is all […]
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The Last Templar Vol 1: The Encoder
By Khoury & Lalor Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849182997 Cinebook’s new series is a tale that begins the Templar knights as they are forced to flee Jerusalem. With the battle all but lost two knights are entrusted with the task of getting a small chest away by sea, a mission they barely achieve. The story then […]
Lucky Luke Vol 58: The Daltons’ Stash
By Morris Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849182980 The Daltons’ Stash throws us another tale centred on the criminal brethren as they learn of a forger’s hidden stash of loot from their jail cell. The fact that the stash is simply a ruse by the forger to encourage the Daltons to escape and give him some peace […]
Valerian & Laureline Vol 12: The Wrath Of Hypsis
By Mézières & Christin Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183048 With the recent ComicCon footage of the Luc Besson Valerian movie being well received more people than ever, particularly in the English speaking world, are turning their attention to the source material. And that can’t be a bad thing for Cinebook who’ve put a lot of effort […]
Showman Killer
By Jodorowsky & Fructus Publisher: Titan Comics ISBN: 9781782761396 Showman Killer is from the writer that brought us The Incal and if you enjoyed that then there’s plenty of familiar tones and beats in this book to keep you interested. The book opens with an unprincipled and self-serving scientist seeking to grow a genetically modified […]
Valerian & Laureline Vol 11: The Ghosts Of Inverloch
By Mézières & Christin Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849182935 Laureline and Valerian are once again separated in their roles as spatio-temporal agents, working across time and space on the orders of the future Terran Galaxity. But all’s not well. Laureline is in Scotland at a roughly contemporary time to our own, enjoying the hospitality at Inverloch […]
