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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How To Make Life Better When It Feels Like It’s Getting Worse
By Simone Lia Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 9780224101455 Fluffy is a little white bunny coming to terms with growing up in a human world. Think Paddington, but with a little more edge. There’s an unmistakable charm here, plenty of humour, and a smidge of melancholy as Fluffy sets out to write a self-help book to navigate […]
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By David Ziggy Greene Publisher: David Ziggy Greene (Jam Bookshop) ISBN: 9780992892043 If you’re a Private Eye reader there’s a good chance you’ll be aware of the work of David Ziggy Greene. He produced the excellent Scene and Heard cartoon-illustrated journalism that catalogued snippets of UK life that was both amusing and revealling. He did […]
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 […]
Rin Tin Can 1: The Mascot
By Morris, Fauche and Léturgie Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781800441125 It’s probably a stretch to expect that most folk under forty, let alone the youth of today, will know that there was once a canine movie star called Rin Tin Tin. The hound was so popular that he starred in 27 films from 1922 until 1931. […]
