By Fourquemin & Derrien Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849185448 Set in a Victorian London, with towering architecture, narrow streets and long shadows, a young woman returns from travels abroad to take up the role of a nanny. What she doesn’t expect is to arrive back in time for her own mother’s funeral, and now she is […]
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Spirou & Fantasio 18: Attack Of The Zordolts
By Yoann & Vehlmann Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781800440227 There’s quite a lengthy history to the Spirou and Fantasio stories. For Cinebook, publishing the tales in English for a new audience, they could have simply started at the beginning and printed them consecutively. The trouble with that approach is that it would take a very long […]
Alone Vol 12: The Rebels Of Neosalem
By Gazzotti & Vehlmann Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781800440234 The series has changed considerably since the early books. Presented initially as a post-apocalyptic world lacking in adults, what we actually got was something very different. It would even be fair to say that in the last few books the story has begun to groan under the […]
Thorgal Vol 22: I, Jolan
By Rosinski & Sente Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849184441 With Thorgal having escaped from Odin’s curse the focus of the series now falls on Jolan. Leaving his family behind, Jolan travels with Manthor to the Betwixt on the understanding that he is destined for great things. Manthor, however, has been careful in his choice of words. […]
Return To Aldebaran: Episode 3
By Leo Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781800440241 It’s both intriguing and frustrating that after so many books Leo refuses to offer answers to many of the mysteries he introduces in these books. This is not a criticism, though. In fact, it’s commendable. We understand so little of our own planet that to quickly understand histories, alien […]
Trent Vol 6: The Sunless Country
By Rodolphe & Leo Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183963 Trent strays the furthest north so far, way into the frozen wastes bordering the Arctic Circle. Left with his faithful hound in an obscure hut, his fellow mounties have moved on. It’s Trent’s job to wait for their return. But not only does he have to deal […]
