Brazilian artist and writer Leo (Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira) continues his Worlds of Aldebaran saga with Antares Episode 2, the second part of the third series of his incredibly alien tales of 22nd century interplanetary settlers and the beasts and… Read More ›
British Comics – Books
Jean Dujardin talks Lucky Luke
I’ve just been catching up on news about Cinebook‘s upcoming releases, but alongside info on their new titles the bande dessines publisher has offered a quick reminder that the live action Lucky Luke film is now available on DVD. The… Read More ›
In Review: Amanda Swan – The Hellfire Legacy
Glasgow based Rough Cut Comics published the impressive vampiric graphic novels Rose Black and Rose Black: Demon Seed and, as part of the publicity for Rose Black, the company used British model Amanda Swan to portray the character of Rose…. Read More ›
In Review: The Bluecoats – Rumberley
Cinebook returns to the American Civil War for their fifth book of The Bluecoats – Rumberley, written by Raoul Cauvin and illustrated by Willy Lambil, translating the 15th of Les Tuniques Bleues albums into English for the first time. The… Read More ›
Great Beast awakens – a new UK indie publisher
The cover to Ellerbsims byMarc Ellerby Just launched is a new indie UK publisher, Great Beast, described as “the home of the UK’s best independent comics and creators.” The brainchild of creators Adam Cadwell and Marc Ellerby, Great Beast aims… Read More ›
Comics Creators At Hi-Ex 2012: Part 2
Having taken a lot of photos of the various creators at the Hi-Ex comics convention, which took place at the Eden Court complex in Inverness last weekend, there was never going to be enough room in the main downthetubes review… Read More ›
In Review: Crusade – The Fire Beaks
The Crusade that has been lost to history reaches its climax in The Fire Beaks, the fourth book of writer Jean Dufaux and artist Philippe Xavier’s saga. The Crusader armies, now lead by the mercenary Lord Of Machines, mass against… Read More ›
In Review: XIII – Three Silver Watches
Who is XIII? Book 1 – Mr Alan Smith?Books 2 and 3 – Captain Steve Rowland?Book 4 – Corporal Ross Tanner?Book 5 – Agent Jason Fly?Books 6 and 7 – Writer John Fleming?Book 8 – Agent Jason McLane?Book 9 –… Read More ›
In Review: Darwin’s Diaries – Death of A Beast
Writer Sylvain Runberg returns from the future worlds of Orbital with Death Of A Beast, the second of the nineteen century set Darwin’s Diaries with art from Eduardo Ocana and colours by Tariq Bellaoui and which follows directly on from… Read More ›
In Review: XIII – El Cascador
Who is XIII? Book 1 – Mr Alan Smith?Books 2 and 3 – Captain Steve Rowland?Book 4 – Corporal Ross Tanner?Book 5 – Agent Jason Fly?Books 6 and 7 – Writer John Fleming?Book 8 – Agent Jason McLane?Book 9 –… Read More ›
2000AD Book Schedule announced
As it celebrates three and a half decades of some of the greatest comics of all time, 2000AD is unleashing a flurry of top-notch thrills in graphic novel form this year.The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic has lined up a sizzling schedule… Read More ›
In Review: Yakari and the Coyote
Yakari is probably the most junior of Cinebook’s various series and features the adventures of a Red Indian boy who is able to talk to and understand animals in the time before the white men appeared on the plains. The… Read More ›
In Review: Iznogoud Rockets To Stardom
Jeremy Briggs checks out the latest English language Iznogoud collection from Cinebook
In Review: Long John Silver – The Emerald Maze
Cinebook have reached the third in writer Xavier Dorison and artist Mathieu Lauffray’s Long John Silver series, The Emerald Maze, set some 20 years after the events of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. Lady Vivian Hastings’ husband has found the… Read More ›
In Review: Lucky Luke Vs The Pinkertons
Cinebook have been selective in their choices of Lucky Luke albums to translate into English, jumping around in the original French order and with Lucky Luke Versus The Pinkertons they have come completely up to date with their first English… Read More ›
In Review: The Boss
Mix the pupils of a single school year concept in something like Harry Potter plus the control of agents from a command centre from something like NCIS:Los Angeles with the child investigators of, say, Enid Blyton’s Five Find-Outers and Dog… Read More ›
Remembering Lis Sladen, aka Sarah Jane Smith
A bittersweet release
In Review: Lady S Volume 3 – Game Of Fools
Suzan Fitzroy, writer Jean Van Hamme and artist Philippe Aymond’s reluctant spy who is codenamed Lady S, returns in Game Of Fools, the third of her books from Cinebook, originally published in the French weekly comic Spirou before being complied… Read More ›
In Review: Antares – Episode 1
After the five albums of the Aldebaran sequence followed by the five albums of the Betelgeuse sequence, the science fiction tales of the Worlds Of Aldebaran, written and illustrated by Leo (Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira), continue with the first episode… Read More ›
In Review: Lucky Luke – The Daltons’ Escape
Cinebook reaches their thirtieth Lucky Luke book with the first English translation of The Dalton’s Escape written by Rene Goscinny and illustrated by Morris. Hearing that Lucky Luke is close to their jail, Joe Dalton convinces the three other Dalton’s… Read More ›