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With Only Five Plums books 1-3
By Terry Eisele & Jonathon Riddle (CreateSpace) ISBNs: 978-1-48399-114-6, 978-1-48399-123-8 and 978-1-48399-127-6 As any long-time reader will attest, I’m a huge advocate of doing it yourself when...
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Usagi Yojimbo book 6: Circles
By Stan Sakai (Fantagraphics Books) ISBN: 978-1-56097-146-0 Wandering rabbit bodyguard Miyamoto Usagi started life as a background character in Stan Sakai’s anthropomorphic comedy The Adventures of...
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Wolfsmund volume 3
By Mitsuhisa Kuji, translated by Ko Ransom (Vertical) ISBN: 978-1935654-96-4 Pseudonymous woman of mystery Mitsuhisa Kuji steps up the pace in this third volume (originally seen in Japanese...
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Usagi Yojimbo book 7: Gen’s Story
By Stan Sakai (Fantagraphics) ISBN: 978-1-56097-304-1 Usagi Yojimbo (which translates as “rabbit bodyguard”) first appeared as a background character in Stan Sakai’s anthropomorphic comedy The...
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Papyrus volume 3: Tutankhamun, the Assassinated Pharaoh
By Lucien De Geiter, coloured by G. Vloeberghs & translated by Luke Spear (Cinebook) ISBN: 978-1- 905460-84-7 British and European comics have always been happier with historical strips than our...
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World War One: 1914-1918
By Alan Cowsill, Lalit Kumar Sharma, Jagdish Kumar & various (Campfire) ISBN: 978-93-80741-86-4 In 1914 following thirty years of empire building and politicking by wealthy nations, Europe was a...
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Phantoms of the Louvre
By Enki Bilal translated by Joe Johnson (NBM ComicsLit/Louvre: Musée du Louvre Éditions) ISBN: 978-1-56163-841-3 A few years ago the legendary Louvre Museum in Paris began an intriguing and extremely...
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Usagi Yojimbo book 8: Shades of Death
By Stan Sakai (Dark Horse Comics) ISBN: 978-1-56971-259-7 Usagi Yojimbo (which translates as “rabbit bodyguard”) first appeared as a background character in anthropomorphic comedy The Adventures of...
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Papyrus volume 4: The Evil Mummies
By Lucien De Geiter, coloured by Georges Vloeberghs & translated by Luke Spear (Cinebook) ISBN: 978-1- 905460-84-000000 Papyrus is the masterfully evocative magnum opus of Belgian cartoonist...
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Long John Silver volume 1: Lady Vivian Hastings
By Xavier Dorison & Mathieu Lauffray, translated by Jerome Saincantin (Cinebook) ISBN: 978-1-84918-062-7 British and European comics have always been much more comfortable and imaginative with...
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Papyrus volume 5: The Anger of the Great Sphinx
By Lucien De Geiter, coloured by Georges Vloeberghs & translated by Erica Jeffrey (Cinebook) ISBN: 978-1-84918-115-0 Papyrus is the rapturously beguiling masterwork of Belgian cartoonist Lucien de...
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Usagi Yojimbo book 9: Daisho
By Stan Sakai (Dark Horse Comics) ISBN: 978-1-56971-259-7 Despite changing publishers a few times the Roaming Rabbit has been in continuous publication since 1987, with more than 30 collections and...
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The Bluecoats volume 3: The Skyriders
By Willy Lambil & Raoul Cauvin, translated by Erica Jeffrey (Cinebook) ISBN: 978-1-84918-014-6 The glamour of the American Experience has fascinated Europeans virtually since the actual days of...
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The Loxleys and the War of 1812 (second edition)
By Alan Grant, Claude St. Aubin, Lovern Kindzierski, Todd Klein & Mark Zuehlke (Renegade Arts Entertainment) ISBN: 978-0-9921508-0-8 Win’s Christmas Gift Recommendation: Beautiful, Educational and...
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Redcoats-ish: Jeff Martin’s War of 1812
By Jeff Martin (Renegade Arts Entertainment) ISBN: 978-0-9921-5086-0 Win’s Christmas Gift Recommendation: Perfect for Making History Fun… 8/10 In recent years there seems to have been a glorious...
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Robbie Burns: Witch Hunter
By Gordon Rennie, Emma Beeby, Tiernen Trevallion, Jim Campbell & Jerry Brannigan (Renegade Arts Entertainment) ISBN: 978-0-99215-085-3 Win’s Christmas Gift Recommendation: a graphic joy beyond...
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Thorgal volume 1: Child of the Stars/Aaricia
By Rosiński & Van Hamme, translated by Luke Spear (Cinebook) ISBN: 978-1-905460-23-6 One of the best and most celebrated adventure series of all time, Thorgal manages the ultimate magic trick of...
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Usagi Yojimbo book 10: The Brink of Life and Death
By Stan Sakai (Dark Horse Comics) ISBN: 978-1-56971-259-7 Usagi Yojimbo (“rabbit bodyguard”) first appeared as a background character in Stan Sakai’s The Adventures of Nilson Groundthumper and Hermy,...
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Zorro – the Complete Classic Adventures volumes One & Two
By Alex Toth & anonymous (Eclipse Books) ISBNs: 0-913035-41-6 and 0-913035-51-3 Alex Toth was a master of graphic communication who shaped two different art-forms and is largely unknown in both of...
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Long John Silver volume II: Neptune
By Xavier Dorison & Mathieu Lauffray, translated by Jerome Saincantin (Cinebook) ISBN: 978-1-84918-072-6 British and European comics have always been far more comfortable with period-piece strips...
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