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Friday 27 April 2018

Cinebook the 9th Art: Newsletter 124 - April 2018

Dear Reader,
April is here, and it brings a parade of great books with it.
Let's start with one you've been clamouring for: volume four of The Complete Valerian. We can't thank you enough for your support with our first foray into hardback collections – except of course by continuing to deliver great books in great formats! This one contains perhaps the four best titles of the series, and certainly its pivotal moment: Châtelet Station, Brooklyn Line, The Ghosts of Inverloch and The Wrath of Hypsis. A volume that no true fan can miss, with some material not even found in the French extras!
Next we have the concluding volume of The Last Templar's second cycle, and the further adventures of FBI Agent Reilly and his archaeologist partner Tess Chaykin. A thrilling chase through Cappadocia, both today and in the 14th century, by one of the masters of the genre.
Lucky Luke is next, with the (almost) true story of how the first bridge over the Mississippi in St Louis was built. Adventure! Laughs! Alligators! Everything we love from the Lonesome Cowboy, with a sneaky dose of educational value too – how is that not perfect?
Finally, also building bridges albeit in a more metaphorical way, Yoko Tsunoreturns for an outer-space adventure to a literal frozen hell. Investigating strange lights on a distant moon where every chemical and radioactive waste the Vineans ever produced was stockpiled millions of years ago – what could possibly go wrong, hmm?
April with Cinebook – no troubled waters here!


Lucky Luke 68 
Morris & Léturgie and Fauche
Bridge over the Mississippi
1874, President Grant authorises the construction of a bridge over the Mississippi. Until then, passage between St. Louis and East St. Louis was only possible on ferries. But the ferry company is owned by two brothers who have been getting rich by forcing passengers to wait in the hotels and restaurants they own on both sides of the river...Read more

The Last Templar 6 
Rocco & Khoury
The One-armed Knight
Reilly has tracked down the fake Professor Sharafi to Turkey. But the man is crafty, and not only does he manage to escape, he also recaptures Tess along the way. A chase begins across the hills of Cappadocia, with the FBI agent hunting down his enemy while Tess, in order to survive, does her best to follow the trail of Knight Templar Conrad...Read more

Valerian 
Mézières & Christin
The Complete Collection 4
This volume contains books 9 to 12 — two unmissable two-parters that represent a turning point in the story of our agents, and which are widely considered by critics and readers alike to be the pinnacle of the series. Characterised by a return to 20th century Earth, these two stories are suffused with incredible melancholy and poetic charm, and force Valerian, the action man, to face his limitations... Read more

Yoko Tsuno 13 
Roger Leloup
The Light of Ixo
On one of the moons of their stellar system, the Vineans have detected a mysterious light source that only appears every five years. Its point of origin matches the location of an ancient depot where every dangerous industrial, chemical and radioactive waste ever produced on Vinea was once stockpiled... Read more

1 comment:

  1. I love that the Laureline and Valerian series has continued. This is my favourite era of their saga. I have the complete set in French and perhaps, one of these days, I might actually be able to afford them in English! For those that can, this is a brilliant series and a perfect marriage of text and art. Laureline is a star made in heaven and Valerian is her . . well, he's Valerian, her sometimes ept fellow time agent. Characters that were somewhat and surprisingly let down by the recent film.

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