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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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
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: ‘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
Read moreEuro 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
Read moreEuro Reviews: When The Animals Start Talking, A World Shifts In ‘Eden’
Now, Eden really is a fascinating one, a meditation on our natures, our relationships with the animals, our cruelty and
Read moreEuro Reviews: The Magnificent Entertainment Continues In ‘Cutting Edge: The Siren’s Song Book 2’
Okay then, a little while ago I told you about Cutting Edge – The Siren’s Song book one from writer Francesco
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: Giant Is A Love Story (Of Sorts) High In The Growing New York Skyline
A short graphic novel of 122 pages, Giant is nonetheless an entrancing thing, set against the spectacular and changing 1930s
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: ‘750cc Down Lincoln Highway’ – An Escapist Journey Across America
A runner on the start line of the NY marathon gets a ‘dear John’ text, the words, ‘We’re finished,’ stopping
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: ‘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
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: ‘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
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
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