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 ›
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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: 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 ›
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 ›
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: Cinebook Recounts The Wright Brothers
Cinebook return to their historically factual series Cinebook Recounts with the story of the first manned flight of a powered aeroplane at Kitty Hawk in America in 1903 with The Wright Brothers, written by J P Lefevre-Garros and illustrated by… 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: 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 ›