A personal review of books, the only link between them is that there is NO LINK!
by Mark Millar and Rafael Albuquerque ISBN: 978-1534-312364-51999 First published July 2019 154 pages Cover image: Rafael Albuquerque and Marcelo Maiolo (Colourist) Publisher: imagecomics.com 4.5 / 5 Stars An entertaining rip-roaring adventure across the earth - a Da Vinci Code meets Indiana Jones meets Nemesis meets Moon Knight. The clever guy is the hero, but… Continue reading Prodigy
by Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok ISBN: 978-1-5343-6736-4 First published: April 2025 86 pages Publisher: GhostMachinePro.com / ImageComics.com Front cover image: Jason Fabok and Brad Anderson 4 / 5 Stars An interesting take on a post-apocalyptic world, but in this case, not earth but another planet called 'Exodus'. A new world failed its terraforming, and… Continue reading Rook: Exodus
by Jean-Yves Ferri and Didier Conrad ISBN: 978-1510-100466 First published 2015 48 pages Publisher: http://www.hachettechildrens.co.uk 4 / 5 Stars At first you might think 'an underwhelming title', until you realise that the book references Caesar's great work 'Commentaries on the Conquest of Gaul' Then you realise this 'comic' book addresses the real question, what would… Continue reading Asterix and the Missing Scroll
Crazy runs in the family by Max Bemis (Writer) and Jacen Burrows (Penciller) ISBN: 978-1-302-90937-6 First published 2017 193 pages Publisher: marvel.com Cover illustration: Jacen Burrows 4 / 5 Stars A great introduction to Moon Knight. A billionaire with a split personality, 3 of them actually; Steven Grant - Wealthy and stylish entrepreneur (think Bruce… Continue reading Moon Knight
by Jean-Yves FERRI and Didier CONRAD ISBN: 978-1-5101-0500-3 First published 2017 46 pages Publisher: http://www.hachettechildrens.co.uk Cover by Didier Conrad Translation by Adriana Hunter 5 / 5 Stars A really great Asterix book, with a new country (Italy) to explore, a mission, great escapades, friends and enemies and suspense. The suspense is not who will win… Continue reading Asterix and the Chariot Race
By Jeph Loeb ISBN: 9-781401-22317-5 First published 2002/2003 (single comic format) 320 pages Publisher: DC Comics Penciller: Jim Lee Inker: Scott Williams 5/5 Stars A well thought-out and well crafted murder mystery, beautifully drawn and inked by Jim Lee and Scott Williams. Batman as detective, Batman as super-hero. With a wonderful assortment of characters. Poison… Continue reading HUSH
Texte: R. Goscinny Dessins: A. Uderzo ISBN: 2-86497-121-6 First published 1952 47 pages Publisher: Les Editions Albert René Language: French 3.5 / 5 Stars Before Asterix and Obelix, before Oumpah-Pah, came Jehan Pistolet. One of the first collaborations between René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. Jehan Pistolet lives in a small seas-side village and dreams of… Continue reading Jehan Pistolet – Corsaire Prodigieux
by Jean-Yves Ferri ISBN: 978-1-5101-0401-3 First published 2017 46 pages Illustrated by Didier Conrad Publisher: Orion / hachettechildrens.co.uk Translated by Adriana Hunter 3/5 Stars A new Asterix adventure that is as fun as the old ones. The slapstick comedy, the dry humor, the witticisms and the references to popular culture are all firmly in… Continue reading Asterix and the Chariot Race
by Dwight Jon Zimmerman ISBN: 978-0-8090-5358-2 First published 2012 148 pages Illustrated by Wayne Vansant Publisher: Hill and Wang (Farrar, Starus and Giroux) 3/5 Stars A great introduction to the lead up to the American civil war. Abraham Lincoln is well known, but not so much Frederick Douglass. This is an illustrated parallel biography of… Continue reading The Hammer and the Anvil
A Graphic Guide by J.P.McEvoy and Oscar Zarate ISBN: 978-184046850-2 First published 1996 173 pages Cover design: Edward Bettison 4/5 Stars For 25 years at the beginning of the 20th century, a most remarkable set of scientists developed what would become known as Quantum Theory. Einstein, Pauli, Dirac, Schrödinger, Planck, Born, Curie, Bohr, De Broglie,… Continue reading Introducing Quantum Theory
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