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The Best American Series 2010 -Worth Checking Out.

The Best American Comics 2010 ISBN-13/EAN: 9780547241777 ; ISBN-10: 0547241771 Hardcover, Paper over boards ; 352 pages Publication Date: 5th October,2010 Trim Size: 7.00 x 9.00 $23.00     The Best American Comics showcases the work of both established and up-and-coming contributors. Editor Neil Gaiman–one of the top writers in modern comics and the award-winning [...]

Classics Illustrated Moby Dick

48pp Full colour US Comic size [B4] £3.25 check CBOs blogroll for CI to order online. The film with Gregory Peck and the great Richard Basehart is a classic though the actual whaling footage is where I look away for a while. This comic book adaption is tamer but still puts across its message and [...]

WASTED no.3

WASTED no.3  Bad Press Ltd 68pp B&w A4 £3.25 + 75p Postage Age 18 Adult Humour   First thing you notice,of course,is the Bisley colour cover.  That has to set the tone for what’s inside.  Notice how I surreptitiously inserted “colour” and then “tone”?  Why?  Well,to be honest,I thought I was being very clever and [...]

Tintin Anialwch Yr

Tintin: Anialwch yr Aur Du    Author: Hergé    Welsh adaptation: Dafydd Jones   Published: 19 October 2009 paperback 295mm x 215mm  Number pages 64pp  Price: £6.99   ISBN: 978-1-906587-09-3  Comic strip for readers of all ages     Tintin’s adventures take him back to the Middle East, and an explosive start to the story [...]

DALEN Books

Druids : The Ogham Sacrifice  Authors: Jean-Luc Istin, Thierry Jigourel, Jacques Lamontagne  English adaptation: Lannig Treseizh Number pages 98pp, paperback, 190mm x 260mm  Published: Autumn 2009 Historical whodunnit for adolescents and adults Price: £9.99 ISBN: 978-1-906587-11-6 The first volume of a gothic thriller series set in the Age of the Saints. There is turmoil in [...]

Move Over Harry Potter It’s…Salem Brownstone!

Salem Brownstone: All Along the Watchtowers By John Harris Dunning, Nikhil Singh Publication details: Format: Hardback ISBN: 9781406320527 Published: 05 Oct 2009 Price: £15.00   Size: 300 x 230mm Pages: 96 For readers aged: 12+   A sumptuous and rich gothic fantasy following the adventure of Salem Brownstone as he falls into a strange and magical [...]

Classical Comics -Romeo & Juliet:Another Winner!

ROMEO & JULIET Classical Comics   Okay,let’s get the technical side of things out of the way first.  Pen and paper ready? Deep breath and:   British English Language Versions (Cover price £9.99)   UK Pub Date: September 2009 Original Text Version ISBN: 978-1-906332-19-8   Order from:   amazon.co.uk  Plain Text Version ISBN: 978-1-906332-20-4   [...]

Mr T in HMV

I’d like to put a cover illo here but there’s only a pdf one available and even my Adobe won’t let me convert it to a jpeg.  PLEASE if you want your press release with an illo send a jpeg. MR. T GRAPHIC NOVEL FLIES INTO HMV UK’S LEADING HOME ENTERTAINMENT CHAIN OPENS ITS DOORS [...]

Jim ANTHONY -Super Detective!

Absolutely brilliant cover and if you  are interested here’s the press release! HE’S BACK!! Airship 27 Productions and Cornerstone Book Publishers are thrilled to present the all new adventures of one of pulpdom’s most cherished two-fisted action heroes, Jim Anthony – Super Detective.  Half Irish, half Comanche and all American, Jim Anthony is the near [...]

The Best American Comics 2008

   In July I received an email from Ana Lopez,at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in New York.  The mail read:  “This upcoming fall, the newest addition to the Best American Series promises to include an exciting mix of both established and up-and-coming cartoonists. Editors Lynda Barry, and brand new series editors Jessica Abel and Matt Madden, [...]