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Euro Reviews: ‘HSE’ Volume 3 – The Finale To A Horribly Prescient Future

The finale of a horribly plausible dark vision of the future successfully nails its conclusion set in a world where

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May 18, 2022May 16, 2022 Richard Bruton 468 Views Christian Lerolle, Cinebook, Euro Reviews, HSE, Thomas Allart, Xavier Dorison
Comics Reviews 

Euro Reviews: ‘HSE’ Volume 2 – Asking What If Humans Were Listed On The Stock Exchange Gives Us A Fabulous Euro Thriller

I reviewed the first volume of this Euro title back in 2021, saying this: “It’s very clever, it’s very well

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April 13, 2022April 13, 2022 Richard Bruton 772 Views Cinebook, comics, Euro Comics, Thomas Allart, Xavier Dorison
Comics 

Review: ‘Authorised Happiness’ Volumes 2 & 3 – Wrapping Up A Trilogy For A Terrifyingly Possible Future

The near-future sci-fi saga from one of the modern greats of Euro comic thrillers, Jean Van Hamme (XIII, Largo Winch)

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April 7, 2022April 7, 2022 Richard Bruton 964 Views Authorised Happiness, Cinebook, Euro Comics, Euro Reviews, Griffo, Jean Van Hamme
Comics 

‘The Man Who Shot Lucky Luke’ Reviewed: Matthieu Bonhomme Brings A New Look And A Classic Sensibility To An Old Favourite

It’s the man who shoots faster than his own shadow – but not necessarily the one you remember. But that

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March 14, 2022March 14, 2022 Richard Bruton 1880 Views Cinebook, Lucky Luke, Matthieu Bonhomme, Morris
Comics Reviews 

Euro Reviews: The Magnificent Madness and Fabulous Farce Of ‘Marsupilami Volume 5 – Baby Prinz’

André Franquin‘s Marsupilami was one of the most successful, most recognisable Euro comics characters of all time. Here, in a

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February 19, 2021 Richard Bruton 1157 Views Andre Franquin, Batem, Cinebook, comics, Euro Comics, Euro Reviews, Marsupilami, Spirou & Fantasio, Yann
Comics Reviews 

Euro Reviews: ‘XIII Volume 24: 2,331 Yards’ – A Return To Thrilling Form For The Series

The latest XIII continues the second phase of the series after creators Jean Van Hamme and William Vance left once their story

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February 5, 2021 Richard Bruton 1323 Views Bruno Tatti, Cinebook, Clementine Guivarc'h, Euro Comics, Euro Reviews, Jerome Saincantin, Van Hamme, Vance, XIII, Youri Jigounov, Yves Sente
Comics 

Euro Reviews: ‘Lucky Luke – A Cowboy In High Cotton’ Tackles Racism, But How Well?

The latest in the Cinebook Lucky Luke reprints brings us right up to date with this Jul and Achdé volume

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January 29, 2021 Richard Bruton 2682 Views Achdé, Cinebook, Euro Reviews, Jul, Lucky Luke
Comics 

Euro Reviews – ‘The Human Stock Exchange’ Asks What Price On Your Life?

The question of what price a life takes on a whole new meaning in HSE, The Human Stock Exchange, where

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January 22, 2021 Richard Bruton 2100 Views Celine Bessoneau, Cinebook, comics, Euro Reviews, Human Stock Exchange, James Hogan, Jean-Jacques Chagnaud, Thomas Allart, Xavier Dorison
Comics 

Euro Reviews: ‘Largo Winch’ – Bond With A Boardroom Is Back With A New Writer

The Largo Winch graphic album series by Jean Van Hamme and Phillippe Francq is a wonderful, thrill-packed adventure of a

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October 2, 2020 Richard Bruton 1948 Views Cinebook, comics, Eric Giacometti, Euro Comics, Euro Reviews, Largo Winch, Philippe Francq
Comics Reviews 

Euro Reviews: Blake & Mortimer Enter The Valley Of The Immortals

Edgar P. Jacob‘s Blake and Mortimer is a Euro classic, first appearing in 1946 and going on to become a

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September 18, 2020 Richard Bruton 1666 Views Blake and Mortimer, Cinebook, Edgar P Jacobs, Euro Comics, Euro Reviews, Peter Van Dongen, Teun Berserik, The Valley Of The Immortals, Yves Sente
Comics Reviews 

Euro Reviews: It’s Lucky Luke But Not As We Know It – And That’s The Problem

Lucky Luke Volume 76 brings us the exception to the rule of these Lucky Luke adventures being fabulous things that

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August 21, 2020 Richard Bruton 2100 Views Cinebook, comics, Didier Conrad, Euro Comics, Jean Léturgie, Leturgie, Lucky Luke, Morris, Pearce, Yann Lepennetier
Comics Reviews 

Euro Reviews: ‘Alone’ Volume 11: A Brilliantly Dark Dystopian Series You Need To Read From The Beginning

Five children wake up in a mysteriously deserted city. They must learn to survive – alone. That’s the tag-line for

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July 17, 2020 Richard Bruton 1644 Views Bruno Gazzotti, Cinebook, comics, Euro Reviews, Fabien Vehlmann
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Euro Reviews: Yoko Tsuno – Intrepid Adventures Of A Fabulous Heroine

Time for another look at some of the delights of the Euro comics scene. This week, it’s the long-running series,

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July 9, 2020 Richard Bruton 1662 Views Cinebook, comics, Euro Comics, Roger Leloup, Yoko Tsuno
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Euro Reviews: ‘Spiro & Fantasio’ Is Another Euro Classic Translated For The First Time

Spiro & Fantasio, another great series from Europe, full of fun and fabulous cartooning. Yet, like Lucky Luke, you may

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June 25, 2020 Richard Bruton 2069 Views Cinebook, comics, Euro Comics, Franquin, Spirou & Fantasio
Comics 

Euro Reviews: ‘Orbital’ Brings The Epic Sci-Fi

Welcome to Orbital – a political action thriller from Sylvain Runberg and Serge Pellé. It’s a strip that’s part thoughtful

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June 15, 2020 Richard Bruton 2272 Views Cinebook, comics, Euro Comics, Jerome Saincantin, Orbital, Serge Pellé, Sylvain Runberg
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Euro Reviews: ‘Kivu’ Attempts To Tell A Worthy Tale That Needs Telling

Kivu tells a tale of Africa, one that certainly needs telling, exposing the brutality, the death, the horrors – and

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June 11, 2020 Richard Bruton 1405 Views Christophe Simon, Cinebook, Euro Reviews, Jean Van Hamme, Kivu
Comics Reviews 

Euro Reviews: ‘Authorised Happiness’ Asks, What If The Government Took Over Your Health & Happiness?

A near-future sci-fi saga begins with three dystopian visions of mundane existence that don’t seem all that far away, where

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June 10, 2020 Richard Bruton 1796 Views Cinebook, comics, Euro Comics, Griffo, Jean Van Hamme
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Euro Reviews: ‘The Bluecoats’ Gives The Civil War A Sitcom Spin

Take the US Civil War, Union vs Confederates, and turn it into a screwball comedy sitcom – and you get

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June 9, 2020 Richard Bruton 2007 Views Bluecoats, Cinebook, Euro Comics, Raoul Cauvin, Willy Lambil
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Euro Reviews: ‘Islandia Volume 2’ – Icelandic Folk Horror

A strange folk-horror Euro adventure of a young Frenchman on a quest to the heart of 17th century Iceland, a

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June 8, 2020 Richard Bruton 1747 Views book market, Cinebook, Euro Comics, Laetitia Schwendimann, Mark Vedrines
Comics 

Valerian And Laureline: When The Conclusion Of An Epic Isn’t The Epic Conclusion You Want

  If all you know of Valerian and Laureline is the 2017 Luc Besson-helmed movie Valerian and The City of

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January 16, 2018 Richard Bruton 4531 Views Cinebook, comics, Jean-Claude Mézières, Pierre Christin, Reviews, Valerian and Laureline
Comics 

There’s A Graphic Novel About The Life Of Madame Tussaud

The vast number of people who hear the name Madame Tussaud will associate the name with waxwork museums, the creepy

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August 11, 2017 Hannah Means Shannon 3010 Views Cinebook, graphic novels, Madame Tussaud, The Fascinating Madame Tussaud
Comics 

Something For The Weekend: The Valerian Vol.1 Collection

  Being German-Irish like Tom Hagen in The Godfather, or as Woltz puts it, “Kraut-Mick”, I spent many a happy

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July 28, 2017 Olly MacNamee 3649 Views Cinebook, Jean-Claude Mézières, Luc Besson, Pierre Christin, Valerian

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