Tag Archive | "Cinebook"

Crusade Volume 3 – The Master Of Machines

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

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Crusade Volume 3: The Master Of Machines By Jean Dufaux and Philippe Xavier Cinebook The storyline in Crusade is a long, convoluted one, stretching (as far as I’m aware) 4 volumes, and in some ways the thing just doesn’t suit the slim 54-page volumes it’s presented in. Each volume runs multiple storylines, with characters pursuing [...]

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Orbital Volume 4 – so nearly brilliant…. UPDATED

Thursday, August 18, 2011

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Orbital Volume 4: Ravages By Sylvain Runberg and Serge Pellé Cinebook I’m rather in a muddle over Orbital; first I sort of liked it, although recognised the flaws of a first volume that spent so long dawdling along on the setup that an eventual Aliens-esque firefight at the end seemed overly rushed. The second volume [...]

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XIII – Thirteen To One….

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

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XIII Volume 8: Thirteen To One By Jean Van Hamme and William Vance Cinebook XIII is one of my favourite Cinebook releases, in fact, over the course of the 7 previous volumes, it’s one of my favourite books full stop. And with Volume 8 we do appear to have hit something of a natural conclusion, [...]

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Van Hamme and Rosinski’s Western

Monday, August 8, 2011

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Western By Jean Van Hamme, art by Grzegorz Rosinski Cinebook “Wyoming, 1868. Ambrosius Van Deer has come to Fort Laramie to meet Jess Chisum, a young man who claims he’s found Van Deer’s nephew Eddie. Ten years before, Edwyn Van Deer disappeared after his family was killed in a Lakota raid. Proof of his identity: [...]

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Cedric – take one dash of funny, add a sprinkling of reality, arguments and nostalgic sentiment….

Monday, July 4, 2011

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Cedric Volume 3: What Got Into Him? By Cauvin and Laudec Cinebook Cedric Volume 1 and Volume 2 were much enjoyed here, albeit a little more by Molly than myself: “Molly (age 10) enjoyed it a lot; read straight through and kept pointing out some of the really silly stuff to me” “…It’s funny, smart [...]

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Oh The Grand Old Duke Of Russia….

Thursday, June 30, 2011

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Lucky Luke Volume 29: The Grand Duke By Morris & Goscinny Cinebook In this latest volume of the adventures of the man who shoots faster than his own shadow, Lucky Luke finds himself called into public service as the Secretary of State requests his presence as a guide for visiting Grand Duke Leonid, in the [...]

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Pandora’s Box: Envy

Monday, June 27, 2011

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Pandora’s Box Volume 5 – Envy By Alcante and Alain Henriet Cinebook Five volumes in to Pandora’s Box, and it’s still unclear where Alcante’s taking this series. And it’s certainly unclear as to whether it’s really working or not. The concept of 8 volumes that individually concentrate on linking a specific deadly sin to an [...]

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XIII – familiarity can’t detract from the quality of this perfect thriller….

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

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XIII – Volume 7 – The Night Of August Third By Jean Van Hamme and William Vance Cinebook Right, here we are again, another volume of Van Hamme and Vance’s amnesiac mystery man adventure. If you’re new to the series, it’s definitely not too late to be jumping on, so please, if you haven’t already [...]

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Orbital gets political and much better for it….

Monday, June 6, 2011

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Orbital Volume 3: Nomads By Sylvain Runberg and Serge Pellé Cinebook I didn’t do my research at the end of the first couple of volumes of Orbital (reviews – Volume 1 & Volume 2) and really thought it was a simple two volume series. But what I did see I thought was a decent enough [...]

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More Blake & Mortimer…..

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

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The Adventures Of Blake & Mortimer Volume 10: The Sarcophagi Of The Sixth Continent By Yves Sente and Andre Juillard Cinebook I’m learning to persevere with Blake & Mortimer and thank goodness, because it’s staring to pay off. Despite my continuing problems with the exposition laden heavy dialogue and plotting, the whole thing came together [...]

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Lucky Luke – The Dalton Cousins

Monday, May 9, 2011

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Lucky Luke – Volume 28 – The Dalton Cousins By Goscinny & Morris Cinebook Lucky Luke; the fastest (and coolest) cowboy in the west, is a classic character for a good reason. Goscinny & Morris created a perfect template in Luke, allowing them to create stories where every volume relies on some new situation or [...]

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Iznogoud The Infamous – is very good after all….

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

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Iznogoud The Infamous By Rene Goscinny and Jean Tabary Cinebook Rene Goscinny is a master of the simple idea; the Gaulish village that holds out against the Romans with the aid of a magic potion, the laconic cowboy who shoot faster than his own shadow – perfect summaries of Asterix and Lucky Luke. But with [...]

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Sometimes tragedy hides in the strangest of places….

Thursday, April 28, 2011

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Bellybuttons Volume 3: The Bonds Of Friendship by Marc Delafontaine and Maryse Dubuc Cinebook “Life is cruel. Deal with it.” That’s what it says on the back of each Bellybuttons volume. And it’s so true. Especially here in the world of high school girl politics. I’ve already looked at Volume 1 and Volume 2 of [...]

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Crusade Volume 2 – plots and plot aplenty….

Monday, April 25, 2011

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Crusade Volume 2: Qa’Dj By Jean Dufaux and Philippe Xavier Cinebook Crusade continues the medieval sword and a modicum of sorcery tale of “a forgotten crusade.. erased from history because it fell into the shadow of the devil“. Of Volume 1 I said this: “Crusade is attempting to tell a really interesting quasi-historical tale mixing [...]

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Your very own perfect corner of paradise

Friday, April 15, 2011

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A Corner Of Paradise: a love story in one hundred pictures By David O’Connell Well this was a surprise. Granted I knew O’Connell was a good artist and comic maker, having enjoyed his sci-fi fantasy ligne claire series Tozo. And I certainly knew he could do cute and funny, having much enjoyed his Queen Mum Adventures and [...]

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