SelfMadeHero’s Spring 2023 Titles Announced: New Graphic Biographies Of Frida Kahlo, Thomas Girtin And More
SelfMadeHero have announced their new slate of titles for Spring 2023, including work from Reinhard Kleist, Mary & Bryan Talbot,
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Euro Comics
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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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)
Read morePreview: ‘Canciones of Federico Garcia Lorca’ Is A Fitting Tribute To Tobias Tak
Coming from NBM Graphic Novels in August, a fitting tribute to the late Tobias Tak, the Canciones of Federico Garcia
Read moreEuro Comics Preview: A Very Different Kind Of Marsupilami Coming In ‘The Beast’
Andre Franquin‘s weird creature with the leopard-spots and the ridiculously long prehensile tail returns in The Beast by Zidrou and
Read moreEuro Reviews: ‘Route 66 List’ – A New Euro-Thriller Just Too Light On The Thrills
Éric Stalner‘s noir spy thriller set in JFK’s America follows a father and son travelling state to state in search
Read moreEuro Reviews: ‘Zátopek’ – When You Can’t Keep Going, Go Faster!
The man who changed running, that’s what they call Emil Zátopek, one of the greatest Olympic champions of all time,
Read moreEuro 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
Read moreEuro 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
Read moreEuro Reviews: ‘Cutting Edge’ Volume 1 – There’s Nothing Wrong With Basic Entertaining Page-Turning Fun
Cutting Edge: The Siren’s Song is an absolutely wonderful piece of nonsense of a comic from writer Francesco Dimitri and artist Mario
Read moreEuro 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
Read moreEuro Reviews: ‘The Summer Of Her Life’ – A Thoughtful Reflection On Age And On Life
A beautiful, thoughtful look back at a life, beginning to end, a study on choices made and roads not taken
Read moreEuro 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
Read moreEuro Reviews – ‘Wine: A Graphic History’ Is A Full-Bodied, Complex & Deep Look At The History Of The Grape
As Wine – A Graphic History so neatly puts it – ‘The history of wine is nothing less than the
Read moreEuro 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
Read moreEuro Reviews: Love, Love, Love – It’s Actually, ‘Just Love’
Everything you always wanted to know about love and relationships but were afraid to ask! That’s what Margreet de Heer
Read moreEuro Reviews: ‘Medicine – A Graphic History’ Is Part Historical Journey & Part Anecdotal Insight
In Medicine: A Graphic History, surgeon and professor of medical history, Jean-Noël Fabiani, together with artist Philippe Bercovici attempt to
Read moreEuro 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,
Read moreEuro Reviews: ‘Cat & Cat’ – Making Simply Funny Look Effortless
The adventures of Cat and her cat, Sushi. It’s nothing more than a cat doing the cat thing and profoundly
Read moreEuro Reviews: Because It’s There – ‘Altitude’ Takes Us To The Heights Of Climbing
Climbing meets art as Jean-Marc Rochette (Snowpiercer) and co-writer Olivier Bocquet slowly but surely craft a tale that captures the
Read moreEuro 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
Read moreEuro 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
Read moreEuro Reviews: It’s Lucky Luke, The Man Who Shoots Faster Than His Own Shadow
Lucky Luke, a classic name, a classic look, yet you may not have ever read one. Well, here’s where we
Read moreEuro 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
Read moreEuro 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
Read moreEuro 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
Read moreWill Margaux Motin’s Plate Tectonics Be The Book Of 2019? Could Be!
As we come to the end of 2018, it’s time to look forward, to share some of the books I’m
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