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Review: Largo Winch – licensed to thrill…

Friday, May 17, 2013

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Largo Winch Volume 12: The Way And The Virtue By Jean Van Hamme and Philippe Franq Cinebook By now trying to review Largo Winch has become something of an exercise in swapping the words around. It’s not like reviewing a movie franchise where there’s the variation derived from different actors, directors, and styles. But a Van [...]

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Reviews: Darwin’s Diaries , bloody, manic, and utterly bonkers….

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

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Darwin’s Diaries Volume 3: Dual Nature By Runberg & Ocana Cinebook Okay, here we go, volume 3 of the three part series featuring THE Charles Darwin, albeit a little unrecognisable. Nevermind the loose women, the drink and the investigation into a possible “legendary creature” or therianthrope that may or may not be hindering the railway [...]

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Reviews: XIII – the finale is here at last

Friday, March 22, 2013

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XIII – Volume 18 – The Last Round By Jean Van Hamme and William Vance. Cinebook Volume 18 of XIII, and it’s the finale, the final round, the one where Van Hamme and Vance dot all those I’s and cross all the T’s for their amnesiac leading man of mystery whose adventures we’ve been enjoying [...]

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Reviews: The Bluecoats

Monday, March 18, 2013

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The Bluecoats Volume 6 – Bronco Benny by Raoul Cauvin and Willy Lambil Cinebook “General Alexander’s Union army is out of horses, and it is now facing none other than Robert E. Lee himself. To rebuild the Northern Cavalry before the coming battle, Blutch and Chesterfield are sent to buy new mounts, with the help [...]

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Reviews: Largo Winch – Bond done right, and with lots of money…

Monday, March 11, 2013

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Largo Winch: The Three Eyes Of The Guardians Of The Tao By Jean Van Hamme and Philippe Francq Cinebook A proposed deal between one of Winch’s companies and a Chinese group would require that the young billionaire come sign the contract himself in Hong Kong. But there is a problem: In his youth, Largo tangled [...]

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Reviews: XIII – The Irish Version

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

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XIII Volume 17 – The Irish Version By Jean Van Hamme and Jean Giraud Cinebook Little by little, XIII has reconstructed most of his life and figured out who he is. With one exception: There is still a gap in his college years, when Jason McLane became Kelly Brian. A gap that may mean the [...]

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Reviews: Lucky Luke – back in those early early days….

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

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Lucky Luke Volume 38 By Morris Cinebook “In this early adventure of the famous cowboy, Lucky Luke is dealing with one of the plagues of the Old West: quacks. “Doctor” Doxey is a con man, a charlatan who brews up useless elixirs and sells them as miracle cures for every ailment known to man. But [...]

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Reviews: and now, the end is near…. XIII goes for gold

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

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XIII Volume 15: Maximilian’s Gold By Jean Van Hamme and William Vance Cinebook XIII and his friends, still in hiding from the NSA, now have the riddle from all three silver watches… and Maximilian’s gold is within their reach. But the treasure is well hidden. Not to mention that $15 million is enough to attract [...]

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20 for 2013

Friday, November 30, 2012

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I thought it would be nice to have a quick look at some of the fantastic comics we have coming our way next year. This is a list of books that I’m especially looking forward to, but as you can imagine, there’s a great number of goodness in store. This being comics, obviously a lot of future releases [...]

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Reviews: Berlin – The Seven Dwarves

Monday, November 26, 2012

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Berlin – The Seven Dwarves By Marvano Cinebook An abandoned airfield in 1993: Two women exchange a 50-year-old letter. The year 1943: The crew of the Lancaster S-Snowwhite is dropping bombs on Germany. Seven men, so young and yet so old before their time. Seven dwarves for old Snow White, and their story of the [...]

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