By Allison, Sarin & Cogar Publisher: Boom! Box ISBN: 9781684156054 Volume 14! Why are we banging on about Volume 14? That’s hardly an entry-level point! Well, because this has been a genuinely brilliant series from beginning to end. Awarded Best Humour Publication and Best Continuing Series at the Eisner Awards, this tale of three girls […]
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Alcohol & Painkillers: Journal Of A Lockdown Layabout – Sep 2020-Feb 2021
By Rich Nairn Publisher: Rich Nairn ISBN: 9798726737454 Having really enjoyed the first of Rich Nairn’s cartoon diaries, charting the global pandemic and his part in it, I was particularly tickled to be sent volume two. As with the first book, this is instantly relatable. We’ve all been there doing it (or rather, not doing […]
Corpse Talk: Dead Good Storytellers
By Adam & Lisa Murphy Publisher: David Fickling Books ISBN: 9781788451253 There are a lot of great books to come out of the David Fickling stable, but for me the best is Corpse Talk. Adam Murphy had the genius idea of drawing himself interviewing historical figures. However, because they’re all dead, the interview involves him […]
Bunny vs Monkey: The Human Invasion
By Jamie Smart Publisher: David Fickling Books ISBN: 9781788451956 More Bunny vs Monkey? Oh, yes. This new book collects together the previous third and fourth volumes into one stonking-great-big book of comic madness. There’s lots to love in any Jamie Smart book, but there’s something particularly bonkers about Bunny vs Monkey. As the title suggests, […]
Zookie The Dragon: On Your Marks
By Keri Johnson Published by: Zookie Cartoons Keri Johnson’s Zookie strip goes from strength to strength. She recently created a Kickstarter campaign to collect a recent story into a printed book and blitzed the funding goal – all extremely positive stuff. The story involves Frizard, the frosty fire drake, challenging Zookie to a race for […]
Gomer Goof Vol 7: Gomer, Duke Of Goofington
By Franquin Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849185905 Fragmaggots. That’s your word for today. An extremely mild expletive, but with enough impact to turn heads and give all those within hearing pause. Please try to insert it into as many conversations as possible. Indeed, Fragmaggots could have been the title of this new volume. It’s a word […]
