Just when we thought that we were on top of who exactly XIII is, writer Jean Van Hamme and artist William Vance are out to turn more than just the two cover characters on their heads in the latest book… Read More ›
Bande Dessines – Translated
Titles featured in this category are in the main French bande dessine, published in English.
Photo Review: Thought Bubble 2012 Part 1
Last weekend the two day Thought Bubble comic convention took place in Leeds as part of the week long comic art festival. The event has grown in leaps and bounds since its inception in 2007 and this year demand from… Read More ›
In Review: Berlin – The Seven Dwarves
The Cinebook Expresso collection brings together interesting bandes dessinees that do not fit into the various series that the company normally publishes. Berlin – The Seven Dwarves, written and illustrated by Marvano (Mark Van Oppen) is one such book. In… Read More ›
In Review: Buck Danny – Ghost Squadron
After a gap of over two years Cinebook return to US military pilot Colonel Buck Danny in Francis Bergese’s Ghost Squadron, originally published in France in 1996 as L’Escadrille Fantôme, the 46th Buck Danny album. Colonel Buck Danny and his… Read More ›
In Review: Lucky Luke – Fingers
Roll up! Roll up! That master of bandes dessinee humour Maurice De Bevere, also known as Morris, will astound and amaze you with his work illustrating the man who shoots faster than his own shadow, known to one and all… Read More ›
In Review: Lucky Luke – The Daltons Always On The Run
Morris and Goscinny’s honest cowboy and his horse, Jolly Jumper returns in Lucky Luke – The Daltons Always On The Run. The new President of the United States announces a general amnesty for all prisoners freeing amongst many others Joe,… Read More ›
In Review: SPOOKS – The Fall Of Babylon / Century Club
The start of a new adventure series by Cinebook is always something to be looked forward to as they have proved to have made excellent choices of what Franco-Belgian bandes dessinees to translate into English. Their new series set in… Read More ›
In Review: XIII – Top Secret
Who is XIII? Writer Jean Van Hamme and artist William Vance’s renegade agent/spy has reached a section of his story arc when we as readers know a lot more about him and the machinations that were going on in the… Read More ›
Largo Winch Artist Philippe Francq Signing In London
Belgian artist Philippe Francq, best known in the UK for his Largo Winch series with writer Jean Van Hamme published by Cinebook, will be doing a signing in London later in the month. The French Bookshop in South Kensington, who… Read More ›
In Review: Largo Winch – The Price Of Money/The Law Of The Dollar
Largo Winch, writer Jean Van Hamme and artist Philippe Francq’s James Bond-like billionaire, returns in his latest two part adventure in Cinebook’s The Price of Money and The Law of the Dollar. Appearing on a live TV business programme, The… Read More ›
In Review: XIII – The Trial
Who is XIII? For the last two years of these reviews I have listed the current pseudonyms that XIII the man was using over the course of the many books in this series – a list that has grown rather… Read More ›
In Review: The Scorpion – In The Name Of The Father
Mourning the passing of 2000AD’s Nikolai Dante? Then it is time to start reading The Scorpion books written by Stephen Desberg, illustrated by Enrico Marini and published in English for the first time by Cinebook. With the conclusion to the… Read More ›
In Review: Papyrus – The Anger Of The Great Sphinx
Papyrus, written and illustrated by Lucien de Gieter, is a young Egyptian fisherman who, having been given a magical sword by the crocodile goddess Sobek, must protect the Pharaoh’s young daughter Theti-Cheri from danger. In The Anger of The Great… Read More ›
In Review: Antares – Episode 2
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 ›
Cinebook Titles On DVD
It has been a while since we reviewed any Cinebook titles here on downthetubes so this week we will be putting that right with a selection of reviews of various Cinebook releases from the last few months. Before that, and… Read More ›
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 ›
BD and Comics Passion Festival returns to London in May
I don’t know, you don’t have a comics gathering to go to and then three come along at once. In addition to the long-announced Bristol International Comic Expo (12th-13th May) and Kapow (19th-20th) in London next month, we’ve just had… 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 ›