Tag Archive | "Cinebook"

Valerian & Laureline – The Land Without Stars.

Thursday, May 24, 2012

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Valerian And Laureline Volume 3: The Land Without Stars Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières Cinebook When a rogue planet threatens a new Human colony, Valerian and Laureline are sent to investigate and discover a barren, rocky surface… and a whole world beneath it! The people who live inside Zahir have never seen the stars. Divided [...]

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Spirou and Fantasio… reporters and adventurers

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

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Spirou & Fantasio: Running Scared Written by Philippe Vandevelde (Tome), illustrated by Jean-Richard Geurts (Janry) Cinebook Spirou and Fantasio are hired by a doctor to escort some of his patients. Their ailment? An apparently incurable case of the hiccups. His solution: Send them on the most insane adventure ever and scare the hiccups out of [...]

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SPOOKS – Weird Enforcement Special Team

Monday, May 21, 2012

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SPOOKS Volume 1: The Fall Of Babylon By Xavier Dorison and Fabien Nury, art by Christian Rossi Cinebook “1895. Members of the East Coast elite have died under mysterious circumstances. To investigate this delicate problem, Richard Clayton—against the wishes of the President—calls upon a man named Morton Chapel for his unorthodox methods and peculiar associates. [...]

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Largo Winch – the priceless thriller that’s all about the money…

Thursday, May 17, 2012

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Largo Winch Volumes 9 & 10: The Price Of Money & The Law Of The Dollar Jean Van Hamme and Philippe Franq Cinebook Okay… here’s the blurb… The Price Of Money: “A man shoots himself in front of Largo, live on TV. He was a guest on a financial talk show who had lost his [...]

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Lucky Luke – Volume 34 – gags over plot this time…

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

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Lucky Luke Volume 34 – The Daltons; Always On The Run By Goscinny and Morris Cinebook “A general amnesty puts the Daltons back on the streets, something Lucky Luke isn’t happy about. And, to make it worse, they seem to have become model citizens. It’s all an act, though, and it doesn’t take long for [...]

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XIII Volume 12 – The Trial

Friday, May 11, 2012

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XIII Volume 12 – The Trial By Jean Van Hamme and William Vance Cinebook Called back to the USA by the frantic government, McLane and Jones discover that General Carrington has kidnapped Wally Sheridan, President of the United States! Holed up in a secret base he’s turned into a fortress, Carrington intends to put Sheridan [...]

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Lucky Luke – bringing gambling to the West

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

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Lucky Luke Volume 33: The One-Armed Bandit Written by Bob de Groot, art by Morris Cinebook “Brothers Adolph and Arthur Caille are mechanical geniuses. They’ve just created one of the first slot machines and have presented it to their local senator, a notorious gambler. Much taken with the device, he agrees to send them on [...]

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The end of the Crusade…

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

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Crusade Volume 4: The Fire Beaks By Jean Dufaux and Philippe Xavier Cinebook “With the Master of Machines as their new leader, the Crusaders are ready to assault Jerusalem once more. The Sultan must now choose between his love for a Christian princess and his faith. And Gauthier of Flanders, to free his ally Osarias’s [...]

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Darwin’s Diaries – Death Of A Beast… but could there be more….?

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

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Darwin’s Diaries Volume 2: Death Of A Beast By Sylvain Runberg and Eduardo Ocana Cinebook “With the beast killed by the soldiers, the strike ends and things seem to return to normal. But there are still some unanswered questions and lingering tensions, especially towards the neo-druids who live in the forest. The death of a [...]

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Lucky Luke – back to the beginning

Monday, February 27, 2012

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Lucky Luke Volume 32: Rails On The Prairie By Morris and Goscinny Cinebook “The First Transcontinental Railroad is stopped dead near its starting point, both in the East and in the West. Repeated injunctions from the president of the “Transcontinental Railroad” are having no effect: His workers are constantly prevented from working by agents of [...]

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The Bluecoats – Rumberley

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

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The Bluecoats Volume 5 – Rumberley by Raoul Cauvin and Willy Lambil Cinebook “After an even bloodier battle than usual, the Union army is out of men. But so are the Rebels, and General Alexander decides to retreat and come back with reinforcements quickly before the enemy can do the same. To move faster, he [...]

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Yakari & the Coyote – trickster tales for juniors

Thursday, January 26, 2012

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Yakari Volume 9 – Yakari And The Coyote Written by Job, art by Derib Cinebook “When the beavers bring Yakari a battered old canoe, the young Sioux and his friends repair it and go for a little trip—and find more adventure than they bargained for, in the person of a father coyote. Fortunately, their new [...]

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XIII Volume 10…. El Cascador returns?

Monday, January 23, 2012

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XIII Volume 10: El Cascador By Jean Van Hamme and William Vance Cinebook “Captured and imprisoned in the Roca Negra fortress, XIII is being tortured by the sinister Colonel Peralta. But, for all his pain and suffering, he’s also in the same building as Maria, the woman who may be his wife. And they have [...]

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New For 2012: Cinebook

Sunday, January 22, 2012

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More of those books coming in 2012. This time it’s the turn of Cinebook; fine, fine publishers of so much European material. Bringing the 9th art to the UK, they’ve managed to open my eyes up to so many wonderful books. One very good thing Cinebook have always done is to always produce a catalogue for the [...]

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Thorgal – one of the stranger, more enjoyable ones….

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

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Thorgal Volume 11: The Invisible Fortress By Jean Van Hamme and Grzegorz Rosinski Cinebook “Still travelling with Kris of Valnor, Thorgal runs afoul of a local tribe. When a mysterious old woman offers him a chance to escape the hostile villagers, he accepts. But there’s more to the bargain: She says that if he can [...]

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