comic bits online: Cinebook Ltd Newsletter 137

Dear Reader,

First, we'd like to offer a huge thank you to everyone who stopped by our stand at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival this month. It was a lot of fun - and we hope you enjoyed what you saw!

Now - is the news bringing you down? Is the state of the world too much to handle at times? Do you need something to let you escape for a little while - a good pick me up?

Well, then, we have exactly what you need! Starting with a new collection of tremendously funny disasters caused by everyone's favourite loafer/inventor. The office, the holidays, air traffic ... No one is safe! Enjoy as Gomer Goof reaches new heights in goofiness!

Yoko Tsuno, on the other hand, bids you come along as she dives deep below the surface of Vinea's oceans. There's a mystery there, a vanished city, missing children ... There are also people, including some with strange abilities - some even say 'supernatural'. Who are the angels, and who are the demons?

Finally, our old friend Thorgal returns in a tale that reads like the end of a saga. The reluctant Viking is in bad shape, his family at the end of their rope; and while they still have friends in high places, they also have enemies higher still. It may be time for Jolan to step up and save his father ...

May with Cinebook: up or down, here we go!

On May 18, Lucky Luke's new writer Jul was invited to the opening of the brand new Statue of Liberty Museum in New York City. Jul wrote A Cowboy in Paris (as well as The Promised Land - volumes 71 and 66 respectively), which revolves around Lady Liberty's trials on both sides of the Atlantic - a connection that earned the book a place in the permanent exhibition, and Jul an evening with stars!

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Franquin
The Goof is Out There

Nothing is ever simple with Gomer. Between his deplorable sense of timing, his absent-mindedness and his never-ending quest for new ways to avoid work, he causes a lot of fuses to blow ... Read more

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Rosinski & Van Hamme
The Sacrifice

Thorgal's family is once again reunited, but the future is bleak. The hero is unconscious, dying, and his wife and children are exhausted and starving. Aaricia's prayers bring her some hope: the goddess Frigg is willing to save Thorgal... Read more

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Leloup
The Archangels of Vinea

When a suspended animation pod with a child inside washes ashore on an isolated island of Vinea, Khany is dispatched to investigate - and takes Yoko along with her. The trail leads to a strange tower that emerges from the water at regular intervals, and on which Khany lands. But by the time Yoko follows suit, Khany has disappeared... Read more