The Best Of Euro Comics: Cinebook’s Titles For July – Adventures On The High Seas & In The Wild West With ‘Black Mary’ & ‘Lonesome’
by Richard Bruton
Every month the publisher Cinebook brings us the very best of the incredibly rich and diverse world of European comics, and we’ve got the previews of their July titles right here…
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Welcome once more to the wonderful world of Euro Comics, full of some incredibly diverse books, covering every possible genre, by the finest writers and artists. And one of the main publishers who’ve taken on the much-needed task of bringing these great books to an English-speaking (and reading) audience is Cinebook. For many, many years, Cinebook has translated and published the finest examples of the 9th Art, entertaining millions of readers throughout the continent, and here we’ve got their trio of titles due for release in July 2024.
In Black Mary volumes 1 and 2, we’re back in time to a world of sailing ships, battling navies, libetines, and pirates sailing the seven seas. Black Mary is a legendary marauding pirate, most wanted by the Royal Navy but who always manages to escape capture. The first and second volumes featuring this fearsome female pirate feature adventure on the high seas and plenty of mystery and supernatural suspense.
The other title this month is the fourth volume of Lonesome, the adventures of a lone cowboy in the 19th Century with strange powers allowing him to read the past and future of those he touches. This lone rider has already rid the world of Markham the mad preacher and uncovered a conspiracy against the young government of the United States. Now this mystery cowboy is on the trail of a cultist involved in the dark history of his family.
So, three good looking titles to look forward to for July. Time for a preview of the covers and the Cinebook PR…
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Black Mary Volume 1 – The Departed
By Rodolphe, illustrated by Florence Magnin, published on 18 July 2024
The peace of Mordwick, a small coastal village, is shattered by the news that mysterious individuals have come ashore to dig up the recently departed. They looked like pirates, and rumours swell that the infamous captain Black Mary, a legendary, freedom-loving marauder desperately wanted by the Royal Navy, is involved. Could she be the cause of a wave of spectral apparitions sweeping through the kingdom – including that of the ghost of the recently departed king himself?
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Black Mary Volume 2 – Passage to the Hereafter
By Rodolphe, illustrated by Florence Magnin, published on 18 July 2024
Rescued at sea by Black Mary, Lord James, the libertine aristocrat who longed for adventure, is utterly enthralled by the fierce pirate captain – enough so that when she boards a royal warship, he chooses to fight at her side. With her ship badly damaged, though, Mary must return to her hidden base, an island not on any map. For good reason: the inhabitants of the island are … the men and women who died at sea, and remain there until it is time to move on to the afterlife …
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Lonesome Volume 4 – The Sorcerer’s Domain
By Yves Swolfs, published by Cinebook on 25 July 2024
A relentless lone rider with strange powers is hunting a sadistic criminal and the powerful men that protect him and use him to start a devastating war in the United States. The first volume of a Western with supernatural overtones.
Elijah, the titular Lonesome Rider, had come to New York to settle accounts. Instead, he found a family lost to time and memory. But neither he nor his newfound sister Miss Lyle, the Pinkerton agent, were able to confront the one responsible for all their woes: their father, Senator Dawson, who has now gone to ground deep inside a forest that belongs to Cromley, a feared cultist. To get that family reunion they want, the two will have to face the devil himself!