Adventurer, womaniser, swordsman, thief, swindler, arrogantly self assured of his own survival, with blood ties to one of the most important people on the planet, and a woman whom he both hates and desires, and who appears to reciprocate those… Read More ›
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In Review: IR$ – The Corrupter
The Corrupter is the second and final part of the IR$ story begun in Silica, Inc. which was reviewed on downthetubes when it was published earlier in the year. That first book left the reader wondering about a red haired… Read More ›
In Review: Largo Winch – See Venice… And Die
Largo Winch is the Eagle Award nominated series that follows the life, loves and tribulations of one of the richest men in the world. Written by Lady S, Thorgal and XIII’s Jean Van Hamme and illustrated by Philippe Francq, the… Read More ›
In Review: Thorgal – The Master Of The Mountains
Writer Jean Van Hamme may be more familiar to us for his contemporary thrillers such as Lady S, Largo Winch and XIII with Largo Winch having been turned into a movie and XIII into a mini series, but he has… Read More ›
Cinebook Announces Titles For Late 2010
Cinebook, the Canterbury based publisher of translated Franco-Belgian graphic novels, have released their catalogue for the second half of 2010 and it includes new series that haven’t been translated into English before. These new series are Long John Silver, written… Read More ›
In Review: Pandora’s Box – Gluttony
The third of the Pandora’s Box series of individual but themed stories based on the seven deadly sins, it was inevitable that Gluttony would concentrate on food. The book takes the BSE and vCJD scares of recent years and sets… Read More ›
In Review: The Bellybuttons – It’s Ugly Out There
There are times when a book can take you completely by surprise and turn out to be completely different to what you were expecting. The Bellybuttons book It’s Ugly Out There with its teen girl talk, high school setting, caricatured… Read More ›
Comic-inspired movie Largo Winch comes to London
Successful Belgian bande dessinée series Largo Winch has been made into a live action film. Its writer and creator Jean Van Hamme was on hand at the Institut Francais in South Kensington in London to answer questions after a screening… Read More ›
In Review: Cinebook Recounts The Battle Of Britain
If you are looking at the cover of Cinebook Recounts The Battle Of Britain thinking that it looks a little familiar that is because this is the third time that it has been published in the UK. The first time… Read More ›
In Review: Lady S Volume 2 – Latitude 59 Degrees North
Born as Shania in Estonia, now a naturalised American as Suzan, while blackmailed into espionage activities as Lady S, the leading lady of writer Jean Van Hamme and artist Philippe Aymond’s Lady S series has such a complicated back story that… Read More ›
In Review: Clifton – Black Moon
Colonel Sir Harold Wiberforce Clifton, British Secret Service (retired), returns to temporary active duty in Black Moon the (chronologically) second of Cinebook’s publications of the new Clifton stories by writer Bob de Groot and artist Michel Rodrigue. In the previous… Read More ›
In Review: Buck Danny – The Secrets Of The Black Sea
The Secrets of the Black Sea is the second of Cinebook’s translations of the many adventures of American military pilot Colonel Buck Danny. Buck Danny was created by writers Georges Troisfontaines and Jean-Michel Charlier with artist Victor Hubinon for Spirou… Read More ›
In Review: The Bluecoats – The Skyriders
The Bluecoats are two members of the Union cavalry during the American Civil War, the enthusiastic Sergeant Cornelius Chesterfield and the reluctant Corporal Blutch. In The Skyriders, having survived a battle that decimated their cavalry troop and with their commanding… Read More ›
In Review: The Chimpanzee Complex – The Sons Of Ares
Cinebook’s The Chimpanzee Complex trilogy began with Paradox which was reviewed here and now continues with The Sons Of Ares. Set in our Solar System in 2035, writer Richard Marazano and artist Jean-Michel Ponzio tell the story of an astronaut… Read More ›
In Review: IR$ – Silicia, Inc.
Larry B Max works for the American Internal Revenue Service investigating the international money laundering of organised crime and as such uses his knowledge of high finance to fight international crime for the US government. In California, Max is investigating… Read More ›