Writer Jean Van Hamme and artist Gzegorz Rosinski’s tales of the Viking adventurer Thorgal continue in Giants. Picking up from where Ogotai’s Crown, the previous book, left off Giants moves away from the science fiction time traveling of that book… Read More ›
A highly illustrated children’s storybook, Jeremiah Jellyfish Flies High!, written and illustrated by John Fardell and published by Andersen Press is aimed at pre- and early primary school children. Jeremiah Jellyfish drifts in the oceans with his extended family getting… Read More ›
Edgar P Jacobs’ adventurers Professor Phillip Mortimer and British agent Captain Francis Blake first appeared in the first issue of the Belgian bilingual weekly Le Journal De Tintin (French printing)/Kuifje (Flemish printing) which was dated 26 September 1946. That first… Read More ›
I finally received a copy of The Last Ever Dandy Summer Special, and thoroughly enjoyed it. As I’ve said before over on Wacky Comics, I’m not sure about the “Last Ever” part of the title: I can’t help but think… Read More ›
The Silver Darlings is the debut graphic novel by writer/artist Will Morris and is published by Blank Slate Books. It is 1967 and in the port of Dunure on Scotland’s Firth Of Clyde the small family-owned fishing boat The Silver… Read More ›
by Marc-Antoine Mathieu Publisher: Jonathan Cape Out: 22nd August 2013 Reviewed by Steve Walsh The Book: This is a detective mystery. It lasts only 3 seconds. Which is enough time for a particle of light to travel 900,000 kilometres. And… Read More ›
One of the humour comic strips in the weekly DFC comic in 2008 and 2009, Monkey Nuts Book 1: The Diamond Egg Of Wonders written by Robin Etherington and illustrated by brother Lorenzo Etherington, was originally released as a DFC… Read More ›
Writer: Si Spurrier Artist: PJ Holden Colourist: Jordie Bellaire Publisher: Titan Comics Out: Now The Comic: Dying young, a brilliant Mathematician discovers a way to cheat the terrifying Divine Calculator. He schemes to be endlessly reincarnated in the life of… Read More ›
Originally started some ten years ago in black and white in the small press magazine BAM!, Garen Ewing’s adventure of Julius Chancer has had as long a journey as its erstwhile hero has in the story. Originally published as three… Read More ›
by Stuart Jennett Publisher: Titan Comics Out: Now (all good comic ships and digital outlets) The Comic: When the Allies and Nazis develop time-diving technology that could see the Second World War derailed by creatures from the Cretaceous, only the… Read More ›
New from Jonathan Cape Books is Drowntown, the new graphic novel written by Robbie Morrison and illustrated by Jim Murray. In the not too distant future, flooded London remains a bustling metropolis of wealth, workers and wrongdoers. Leo Noiret is… Read More ›
by Martin Hayes and Jim Boswell Publisher: Markosia Out: Now (Hardcover) Trade: 1st July 2013 The Book: Set in 1947, amidst the largest UFO flap in history, four disparate crew members are chosen to go to the moon to investigate… Read More ›
Cinebook have hit the big 4-0 as far as Lucky Luke is concerned with Phil Wire. This particular book dates back to 1956 when it was published in French as the eighth Lucky Luke title, Lucky Luke Contre Phil Defer,… Read More ›
Writer Sylvain Runberg, who also writes the future worlds of Orbital, returns with Dual Nature, the third of the nineteen century set Darwin’s Diaries with art from Eduardo Ocana and which continues the ongoing story of scientist Charles Darwin’s investigation… Read More ›
by Robbie Morrison and Jim Murray Publisher: Jonathan Cape Out: 20th June 2013 The Book: An epic adventure set in a flooded futuristic London that hurls down-at-heel minder Leo Noiret head first into a web of intrigue, murder, revenge and… Read More ›
Maura McHugh had a wonderful time at 2D Northern Ireland Comic Book Festival in Derry last weekend. As usual there was fantastic hospitality by the gang from Derry’s Verbal Arts Centre who organised the festival. All of them, including the… Read More ›
by Rod Barzilay; Illustrated by Graham BleathmanPublisher: HaynesOut: Now The Book: Dan Dare is easily the most famous British comic hero. His adventures appeared in the original Eagle comic during the 1950s and 1960s, but he also featured briefly in… Read More ›
In the 1990s Rod Barzilay had the idea to bring Eagle comic’s best known character, Dan Dare, back into print, not updated for a Star Wars audience as in 2000AD or as a political commentary as in Revolver, but rather… Read More ›
by Alex Raymond Publisher: Titan Books Out: Now The Book: Continuing the comprehensive library of the greatest science fiction hero of all time, this brand new collection of library editions feature all new restorations that will preserve these legendary adventures… Read More ›
by Rod Barzilay. Illustrated by Graham BleathmanPublished by Haynes Publishing at £16.99Hardback 128 pages, with colour on every page Review by Steve Winders The Book: A technical manual devoted to the Space Fleet organization featured in the famous Dan Dare… Read More ›