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Betelgeuse – the Aldebaran journey continues

Thursday, January 21, 2010

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Betelgeuse: The Survivors (Includes Betelgeuse: The Expedition) by Leo Cinebook This volume contains parts 7 & 8 of the Aldebaran/Betelgeuse chronicles. I looked at the previous volumes back in September 2009 (review) and I wasn’t exactly enamoured with it: Aldebaran is pure space-opera, with the growing development of Kim and Mark and the rest of the diverse group set [...]

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Opening Pandora’s Box again….

Monday, January 4, 2010

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Pandora’s Box: Volume 2 – Sloth Written by Alcante, art by Radovanovic Cinebook The Pandora’s Box series uses a mixture of modern tech and Ancient Greek mythology to illustrate tales of the seven deadly sins with the eighth book of the series representing hope (When Pandora opened the box seven of the eight demons escaped but she managed [...]

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Spirou & Fantasio – Adventures in Australia

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

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Spirou & Fantasio Volume 1: Adventure Down Under Written by Philippe Vandevelde (Tome), illustrated by Jean-Richard Geurts (Janry) Cinebook You may recognise the name, you may even recognise the face, but surprisingly, with over 60 years of publishing history, Spirou has received almost no English translation prior to this Cinebook version. Surprising or possibly just indicative of how [...]

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Melusine – mixing up the laughs

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

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Melusine: Volume 4 – Love Potions by Gilson & Clarke Cinebook Back with Cinebook’s cute as a button Witch for the fourth volume of her adventures. Back in September I looked at Volume 1 and had this to say in conclusion….. When it works, like the panels above, Melusine is a really great bit of all ages fun. [...]

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Thorgal – epic sword and sorcery adventures

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

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The Thorgal Saga (Volumes 1-6) by Jean Van Hamme and Grzegorz Rosinski Published by Cinebook Another Cinebook series I’m reading out of order, having read volume 5 first (review here) but like I said back then; So Thorgal was enjoyable enough, indeed it was a lot more enjoyable than I thought it would be, to the point where [...]

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Insiders – another political thriller from Cinebook. Just without the thrills….

Thursday, December 3, 2009

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Insiders Volume 1: Chechen Guerilla by Jean-Claude Bartoll and Ranaud Garetta Cinebook Across the world, organised crime networks are overlapping and joining forces, creating a worldwide criminal organisation that increasingly hides behind a façade of legality. Faced with this worldwide criminal conspiracy the White House creates a secret, President’s eyes only undercover organisation with a brief to infiltrate [...]

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The Bellybuttons; catty and cruel tales from the schoolyard…

Friday, November 27, 2009

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The Bellybuttons: Who Do You Think You Are? by Marc Delafontaine and Maryse Dubuc Cinebook “Jenny and Vicky are super-cute, super-catty girls who would do almost anything to be the centre of attention. The third wheel of the group is the too-tall, plain Karine. When a guy named Dan shows interest in Karine, Jenny and Vicky are appalled [...]

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Largo Winch – jungle thriller time

Monday, November 23, 2009

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Largo Winch Volume 4: The Hour Of The Tiger (Includes Fort Makiling) By Van Hamme and Franq Cinebook “No family, no connections, anti-establishment, womanizer, wanderer, iconoclast and fighter, he inherits at age 26 the W group, which is worth $10 billion. Largo Winch” That back cover blurb is really all you need to know when reading [...]

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Cedric 2, more tales of love struck mischief

Thursday, November 12, 2009

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Cedric 2: Dad’s Got Class by Cauvin and Laudec Cinebook Cedric is an eight-year-old boy who is desperately in love with Chen but too shy to let her know. Between school, rowdy friends, nosy parents and an insufferable cousin, little Cedric has a lot to deal with. Thankfully, his grandpa is always there to help, no matter [...]

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Blake & Mortimer S.O.S. Meteors

Monday, November 9, 2009

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Blake & Mortimer: S.O.S. Meteors by Edgar P. Jacobs Cinebook Euro-comics admission time – I’ve never read any Blake & Mortimer before this. <gasp> I know, I know, almost sacrilegious and a massive gap in my comic knowledge, but there really were very few opportunities to get hold of Euro comics translated into English up until now and [...]

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Lady S – more exotic euro thrills from Van Hamme

Friday, November 6, 2009

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Lady S Volume 1: Here’s To Suzie by Jean Van Hamme and Philippe Aymond Cinebook In many ways this is merely a female equivalent to Van Hamme’s Largo Winch series, featuring as it does a privileged hero character with a mysterious and somewhat shady past and a nasty habit of getting themselves into all manner of trouble. But [...]

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Chimpanzee Complex – Big, Wonderful, Epic Sci-Fi.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

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The Chimpanzee Complex – Volume 1: Paradox Written by Richard Marazano, art by Jean-Michel Ponzio Cinebook I love big , epic Sci-Fi. Always have. And there just isn’t enough of it in comics to keep me satisfied. Every so often something comes along though that gets it absolutely right, does everything big Sci-Fi is meant to do – [...]

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Largo Winch 2 – the best thriller on an international business deal you’ll ever read….

Monday, November 2, 2009

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Largo Wich Volume 2: Takeover Bid by Jean Van Hamme and Philippe Franq Cinebook I’m reading these in the wrong order – Volume 3, Volume 1 and now Volume 2. I know what happens and it still doesn’t matter since Van Hamme does write such deliciously self contained thrillers. This is what I said last time about Largo [...]

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Yoko Tsuno: Volume 4 – Daughter Of The Wind

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

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Yoko Tsuno: Volume 4 – Daughter Of The Wind by Roger Leloup Cinebook Yoko Tsuno: electronics engineer. It’s not the usual career of choice for our heroes and heroines now is it? Her father has created an artificial typhoon making system that’s been stolen by a villainous businessman with the intention of weaponising the whole thing, amassing power, [...]

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Largo Winch – The Heir

Friday, September 25, 2009

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Largo Winch Volume 1 – The Heir by Jean Van Hamme & Philippe Franq Cinebook (Comprises the original Volume 1 The Heir and Volume 2 The W Group) I’m rather approaching Largo Winch the wrong way, I first read Volume 3 and now I’m here with Volume 1. But it really doesn’t matter, in much the same way that [...]

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