Tag Archive | "Propaganda"

Babymouse – more comics for younger readers. And they love ‘em

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

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Babymouse; Our Hero By Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm Harper Collins Childrens Books This is one of those books that slips under the normal radar of comic people, a new type of comics that bypasses the normal shops, is unmentioned by the comic press. And yet it sells. It sells by the bucketload. In [...]

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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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Propaganda’s 4 from …. June 2011

Saturday, July 2, 2011

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We review a lot here at the FPI Blog and thought it might be nice to do a quick round up, a best of the month if you will. Normally I like to do a 3 of the best, but this month, because I can’t narrow it down, let’s have four…. Luchadoras By Peggy Adam [...]

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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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The Iron Moon

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

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The Iron Moon By Stephen Walsh and Keith Page Print Media The Iron Moon is one of the first releases from Print Media, but it’s not the first time we’ve met the iconically retro-space-suited character on the front. That’s Lieutenant Charlotte Corday. And we first met her in Walsh and Page’s London Calling, published by Timebomb Comics and [...]

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Moe… simplicity in black and white….

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

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Moe By Piotr Nowacki Moe came to me in the same package as Tainted (review here) and where Tainted was ambitious yet flawed, Moe is simplicity in black and white…. a landscape A5 comic with a simple line, simple characters and a mischievous sense of fun, alongside a not insubstantial amount of style. Something in Moe grabbed [...]

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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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Luchadoras…. into a Mexican nightmare

Friday, June 24, 2011

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Luchadoras By Peggy Adam Blank Slate Books Luchadoras are the female professional wrestlers of Mexico. But here, in this latest Blank Slate release, it’s one woman who assumes the role; fighting against her circumstances of her life, the terrible situation she finds herself in, and even the very town she lives in. There are moments of [...]

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The Fish Police – Hairballs. Or why sometimes the past should stay the past. It’s warmer, fuzzier and happier that way….

Thursday, June 23, 2011

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The Fish Police – Volume 1: Hairballs By Steve Moncuse IDW Oh, never go back, never go back…… It wasn’t long ago I was talking about the re-release of Steve Moncuse’s The Fish Police: “There’s almost part of me that’s terrified of picking this one up – will it live up to the memories? Only [...]

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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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The love we share…. seems to go nowhere…

Monday, June 20, 2011

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Tainted By Bartosz Sztybor and Piotr Nowacki This Polish book gets around the translation problem in the simplest way possible – it merely ignores words completely and concentrates instead on the universality of telling stories just through it’s highly stylised and cartoony imagery. In this wordless 60 page A5-sized beautiful little hardback tome, the subject [...]

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The New Ghost – pretty but hmmm….

Friday, June 17, 2011

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The New Ghost By Robert Hunter Nobrow Press The New Ghost is another of Nobrow’s 17×23 series – 24 page comics designed to give young artists an avenue to tell a tale without necessarily needing to commit to a full graphic novel length book. Previous examples I’ve looked at are Luke Pearson’s all-ages Hildafolk and Mikkel [...]

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Fancy a movie?

Thursday, June 16, 2011

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Multplex: Enjoy Your Show By Gordon McAlpin Ah, the joys of the crappy job, celebrated endlessly through film, television and literature. Whether it’s fast food, music, fashion, books, comics…. anywhere that there’s a minimum wage job you’ll find a story – and here, in Multiplex, we have another iteration of the idea. To cut to [...]

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The Valley Of Fear – completing a quartet of sublime Holmes graphic novels

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

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The Valley Of Fear: A Sherlock Holmes Graphic Novel Adapted from the original novel  by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, illustrated by I.N.J. Culbard, text adapted by Ian Edginton SelfMadeHero Oh, this is a joy. An absolute joy. I’ve enjoyed every one of Edginton and Culbard’s Holmes adaptations so far - The Hound Of The Baskervilles, A Study [...]

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Blood Magic

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

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Blood Magic By Karen Rubins Blood Magic is an interesting concept, an interesting idea. A 24 page comic all about the old magics, blood magics in medieval society and the matriarchal power structure that the power of blood magic necessitates. Rubins’ manga style art is very attractive, and the subtle, sparing use of red to [...]

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