By Tom Gauld Publisher: Canongate ISBN: 9781837265305 A new collection of Tom Gauld’s cartoons from New Scientist, and it’s crammed with goodness. His gift for finding humour across complex concepts, historical figures and the extremely diverse fields that fall under science is hugely rewarding, and all drawn in his exquisitely simple but satisfying style. Robot […]
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Beat It, Rufus
By Noah Van Sciver Publisher: Fantagraphics ISBN: 9798875000478 Rufus Baxter is way, way past his best. He’s never shaken the meer brush of success he experienced back in the 1980s with his rock band, and remains convinced of a stature he’s simply never achieved. Bad decisions have followed bad decisions, and now he’s reaching the […]
Space Dork: The Intergalactic Goofball
By Doctor Simpo & Graham P. Manley Publisher: Red Bird ISBN: 9781907083358 CCGB member Doctor Simpo has been celebrating 20 years of Space Dork. With a foreword by the esteemed Bryan Talbot and a cartoon and sign-off from Hunt Emerson, the anthology collects all the strips to date. Inspired by Basil Wolverton’s Space Hawk, the […]
The Dead Horse: An Artful Doodler Journal
By Rich Nairn Publisher: Rich Nairn ISBN: 9798306070483 He just won’t leave it alone. CCGB cartoonist Rich Nairn has collected another year’s worth of observations, experiences and disturbing revelations into a brand new volume. Last year’s added extra was an infusion of poetry, something the bearded-wonder doesn’t shy away from here; but how do you […]
Ross Cartoons
By Ross Thomson Publisher: Shaggydoggs Publishing ISBN: 9798507510726 I’ve often mentioned that there just aren’t enough cartoon collections made available any more, so I was extremely pleased to come across this one by Ross Thomson. It’s a collection of 101 of the entries he’s made to international cartoon competitions around the world, for which he’s […]
Alcohol & Painkillers 2022: The Short, Fat Redemption
By Rich Nairn Publisher: Amazon ISBN: 97898372324657 Considering that the Alcohol & Painkiller books began as a lockdown diary, it’s quite an achievement that Rich is still recording his daily ups and downs – this is now the fourth volume. For all of you creative types reading this, there is so much to relate to […]
