Psst! People Are Talking About Me!

 

Interesting. I posted that last item and 30 minutes later I get an email from an Indie comic publisher in the United States and 45 minutes after from someone in comics from Europe (let's be vague).  

The American fella asked whether I was joking about not making money with CBO because "You got a world wide audience and it don't even get you sales of your own books?"  Yeah, t6hat about sums it up😄  He then added that at a recent con he was talking to others in comics and they were checking CBO  and they all decided that I was joking about making no money. The opinion they shared was that they would all kill to get the audience CBO has. No, don't kill. Peace and love, man. Just work daily for over two decades and you'll get there! 😅 

The fella from Germany (oops! Mystery lost) had the same opinion but told me I was obviously in the wrong country. Yeah, I guessed that years ago. Apparently people talk about CBO and Black Tower Comics (ahem; don't talk -buy!!) and the amount of German comic history I have covered that they did not even know about -including Second World War German comics.  It's what I do.  

Nice to know people are talking about me and CBO and far more positively than in the UK and I would love to attend European comic cons at some point before I croak!

I Make A Few Grand Each Year From CBO...I'm Told

 A few things I want to get off my chest. Ignore me.... you do read these posts, right?   

I have again been told how much money I must be making from CBO. Can someone explain to me HOW I am making money? I started CBO in 1997 and it has moved through various platforms after those were  ended or sold on.  

I heavily promoted the Bristol International Comics Expo each and every year.  The belief that I was being funded to do this is unfounded and looking back at it now I wish I had been paid. As soon as the new organisers took over and destroyed it in the first year I was, I was told, not welcome??  

I also promoted other UK comic events and again never paid to promote but asking to book a table event organiser after event organiser told me "none available" -basically because the UK comic bully boys scared them.  Now, if you do not get reciprocal support from people then you drop them and I made the decision a few years ago that I was no longer promoting UK events. But the long and the  short of it is that no money was made.  

Reviews make me money. How?  I did try for several years to get the companies whose books I was promoting to take out paying ads or even sponsor CBO but they all had excuses. 

If you were around in the early 2000s I was heavily promoting Archie Comics and even went to UK stores to try to get them to stock the titles. Daily news, reviews and promos and they were happy with that. Then, Archie Comics became "cool" and I was dropped like a hot stone. No more review books, no more promo material and the interviews planned to follow up after the first few....silence. That is the sort of "thank you" you get in comics. No money. 

The video reviews I did.... no money.   The Indie music...no money.  

Someone suggested Adsense. No. I did have adsense at one time and made £120.  Then I got a message that one of the ads put up led to a porn site. I checked. It did. About 30 minutes later Adsense sent a message to say my account had been suspended due to "suspicious activity". I asked what suspicious activity and I was told that I had clicked on an ad. I said yes I had and sent them the message I had received about a porn site. I had "admitted" to suspicious activity and the money made so far was withdrawn. At the same time two other bloggers had exactly the same thing happen. Suspicious?

You might think that having gone over 10 million views and with 2-3k views from around the world that someone might want to take advantage of that -paying ads, promos or whatever. No.  

The thing is that people refuse to accept in their little minds that I am not paid for all the time and effort put into CBO.  "Hey, my company is producing a new series of titles and we'd like to take advantage of all your audience" does not even happen. It's almost a joke. 

So if you see on any UK comic forum the claim that I say I make no money but I make a few grand each year ask for the proof. Seriously, if I am making a couple or a few grand each year I want to know where it is!

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Cinebook Ltd Newsletter 196 - April 2024

 

Dear Reader, How would you like to go back in time? Follow in H.G. Wells’s footsteps and visit earlier eras and famous historical periods? Well, you’re in luck! First, let us take you back to the Old West to pay our old friend Lucky Luke a visit. Except this time, Luke’s outing is written and drawn by a legend of French comics, holder of many prestigious awards including the Angoulême Festival Grand Prix: Blutch! Get ready for a crazy adventure in the man’s inimitable style, yet still very much starring the same cowboy we know and love, in this new volume of the homage series Lucky Luke by … Side note: do you know how Christian Hinker came to choose his pen name? Because he looks a lot like one Corporal Blutch from The Bluecoats! Next, we go back to immediately after the second World War to meet with an old friend: Kathy Austin, MI6 agent, reluctant specialist in unexplained phenomena and alien footholds, and heroine of two previous series, Kenya and Namibia. This time, the mystery crops up in South America, so let’s follow her to Amazonia! Finally, Yoko Tsuno returns, and in her case, time travel is extremely literal! A four-hundred-year-old painting featuring our electronics engineer sends her on the trail of a mysterious astrologist, a pact with the Devil and the spectre of the Black Death … in 16th century Bruges! April with Cinebook : a blast from the past ! Amazonia 1 Bertrand Marchal, Leo & Rodolphe Episode 1 Brazil, 1949. A photographer crawls into a mission deep in the Amazonian rainforest and dies. On one of his films is an extraordinary shot: a man with skin white as snow and an elongated cranium. Deformed human … or extra-terrestrial being? … Read more Lucky Luke by … Blutch Blutch Untamed Lucky Luke enters a small town to drop off at the sheriff’s office a young man who tried to steal Jolly Jumper. A few miles down the road, in the middle of nowhere, he suddenly finds himself threatened … by a little girl! … Read more Yoko Tsuno 19 Roger Leloup The Astrologist of Bruges Yoko goes to Bruges, Belgium. She’s been invited there by a local artist, Van Laet, who wants to show her portrait of her he supposedly painted. Taking in the sights before their appointment, the young woman learns that the man has an unpleasant reputation … Read more Emilie’s Inheritance 1 The Hatcliff Estate XIII Mystery 3 Little Jones XIII Mystery 4 Colonel Amos North-American readers, to locate a comic book shop near you that stocks or can order these titles and many more, use this handy Read more   Or, if you're a retailer yourself, please go to: Read more Amazonia 1 Episode 1 Rin Tin Can 2 The Godfather

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Cinebook Ltd: BILLY & BUDDY 9 - SYMPHONY IN BUDDY MAJOR

 

Authors: By Christophe Cazenove, illustrated by Jean Bastide
Age: 8 years and up
Size: 21.7 x 28.7 cm
Number of pages: 48 colour pages
Publication: March 2024

ISBN: 9781800441293

£8.99 incl VAT

https://www.cinebook.co.uk/billy-buddy-9-symphony-in-buddy-major-p-4543.html?osCsid=mqqggmbjluu30v75ijoa493j56

Music soothes the wild beast – it’s a well-known fact. Though you have to admit it very much depends on the music. Dad’s bagpipes tend to give people murderous ideas, Billy’s flute is torture on all delicate ears … and as for Buddy’s various artistic forays, they generate far more noise than harmony. When all’s said and done, though, there’s nothing like a family jam session to have jolly good fun!

Well, I saw this and thought "Oh...how long ago was the last book out?!" In fact volume 8 was out in 2022. Then I realised that it doesn't matter. Why? In December 2022 I wrote that:

"With a book like this having to wait between volumes is no problem as they are all self contained stories. The style is close enough to Roba that unless you pay VERY close attention you will not notice the difference.

The art is lively and the colour work of Luc Perdriset and Jean Bastide make it even more so. "Maybe I shouldn't have asked Buddy to help me put my toys away?" sums it all up. This is fun and I think we all need a fun read these days in between checking if the UK has another new Prime Minister yet.  Supposedly for youngsters this series is also a treat for adults of an immature mindset!"  

And I stand by that.  The art is lovely and the colour work by Luc Perdriset and Jean Bastide really makes the art stand out even more and that colour work really "makes the eye smile" as someone once wrote (it sounds so dumb it may well have been me).  It just gives you that buzz of innocence from when you were a kid and picked up a comic and it was all new and escapism from the every day greyness of a working class life (ooh, hark at me getting all artsy!).

But for sheer fun and joy and smiles I do recxommend this book...or series!

Hexagon Comics: Guardian of Senegal

 Story: Mouhamadou Moustapha Sy - Art: Narotam

Cover: Narotam

Editor: Jean-Marc Lofficier

7x10 squarebound comic, 

52 pages b&w

ISBN-13: 978-1-64932-269-2. 

$12.95

https://www.hexagoncomics.com/shop-the-guardian-of-senegal.html

Kanta, the Guardian of Senegal, made his first appearance in The Partisans #2, a story that took place in 1942, pitting him against Nazis and emissaries of the evil god Set, and aided by Baroud, the amazon Antales and a young Tanka. However, his origins were not detailed until now.

it took two years to put together the authentic Senegalese writer-artist team who produced this issue. Writer M. M. is the author of Sapiens Vampiris, a novel published in 2021 to critical acclaim. Artist Narotam works as a political cartoonist for the Senegalese newspaper, Le Politicien.

The story spans the period between 1914 and 1938 and features the Senegalese Tirailleurs (“Riflemen”), a corps of infantry created in 1857 who fought courageously during World War I.

The artwork may not be polished Marvel or DC artwork but then even those two companies fail to maintain that standard. This is an art style I have seen before and mainly in Independent comics where creators are given a chance to show off what they can do. As someone who basically draws satirical cartoons for a newspaper Narotam has not done a bad job. The grey tones work and it will be interesting to se how he develops his style.  The story written by Sy works well and it was enjoyable.

To give more background here is the press piece I did back in January:

THE GUARDIAN OF SENEGAL

 

Story: Mouhamadou Moustapha Sy

Art & Cover: Narotam

Adapted into English by Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier

The Guardian of Senegal, made his first appearance in The Partisans #2, a story that took place in 1942. Jean-Marc Lofficier, EIC of Hexagon Comics, had wanted to include an authentic African hero rising from the ashes of the French Western African colonial empire.

However, Lofficier felt that the degree of authenticity that he sought would be better served if a Senegalese artistic team could craft his origins.

“I should state that I do not agree, in principle, with the notion that only writers of a certain ethnicity or origin can or should write characters of that same ethnicity, etc.” said Lofficier. “I think talent, research and an open mind can be adequate substitutes. Nevertheless, I can see the wisdom of entrusting Black American heroes such as Luke Cage or Black Lightning to talented Black-American creators, and the results have certainly more than justified that choice.

“However, I confess that I fail to see how the same applies to Black Panther, a character from a fictional Eastern African country. To me, the versions of that character crafted by Don McGregor, Peter Gillis and Jonathan Maberry are just as noteworthy as those produced by Christopher Priest, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Nnedi Okorafor, but still a product of American culture. In my opinion, it would have been more interesting to see what might have happened if Marvel had looked for creators from Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zambia, or South Africa. It took me two years to put together a Senegalese writer-artist team to produce this issue.”

Writer M M Sy is a young Senegalese engineer who first wrote fanfiction before being published professionally. His first novel, Sapiens Vampiris, was published in France in 2021 to critical acclaim. Artist Narotam works as a cartoonist for a Senegalese newspaper.

The story spans a period ranging from 1914 to 1938 and draws on the history of the Senegalese Riflemen who fought during World War I, 30,000 of whom were killed in battle. The keystone is a tragic friendly fire incident that happened at Chateau-Thierry on June 1st ,1918,” explains Lofficier. “American machine gunners mistakenly fired on what they believed to be a night attack by German troops. Instead, they were soldiers of the French 10th Colonial division from Senegal, who had been trying to get back across the river.”

There, now you know as much as I do but...you need to buy the book to catch up with me. 

Ace Hart and Korgo5 (EP 1948) and Ace Hart (EP 1984)

 Ace Hart of EP (Earth Parallel) 1948 and Korgo 5

Yes, I know my very old camera is crap

Ace Hart EP 1984. This costume is based on the one from Ben Dilworth's Ace Hart The Atomic Man series and I am planning to work on a conversion to make an Ace Hart in original costume.

Cinebook Ltd：熊牙 6 - SILBERVOGEL

 

作者：  Yann 和 Alain Henriet
年龄：  12 岁及以上
尺寸：  21.7 x 28.7 厘米
页数：  64 彩页
出版日期：  2024 年 1 月

ISBN: 9781800440883 有库存 

£11.99 含税增值税

一切都已就位。无线电制导中继器已启动，  Silbervogel洲际轰炸机已投入使用，安娜已准备好将其飞往美国——这是一次自杀式任务。至于维尔纳，他似乎无法完成他的任务并杀死美丽的试飞员，他仍然在她身上看到了他儿时的朋友。苏联军队的到来，加上少数囚犯和游击队员的勇气，将为他们俩提供最后一次做正确事情的机会……他们能抓住这个机会吗？

七年前……这就是从那时开始的。我很难记起第五卷之前发生的事情，所以第一卷？！无论如何，我在 CBO 上进行了深入搜索，花了一段时间，因为这些帖子太靠前了，Blogger 不会在搜索中显示它们，以下是第 1-5 卷的评论：

2018年

第一卷  https://hoopercomicart.blogspot.com/2018/03/cinebook-9th-art-bears-tooth-1-max.html

第2卷  https://hoopercomicart.blogspot.com/2018/10/bears-tooth-2-hanna_32.html

2019年

卷。 3   https://hoopercomicart.blogspot.com/2019/02/cinebook-9th-art-bears-tooth-3-werner.html

2023年

卷。 4   https://hoopercomicart.blogspot.com/2023/09/cinebook-ltd-bears-tooth-4-amerika.html

2024年

卷。 5

https://hoopercomicart.blogspot.com/2024/03/cinebook-ltd-bears-tooth-5-eva.html

我知道你在问什么——“结果如何？”你想要那么大的剧透吗？离开这里！！我想说的关于这本书的所有内容都包含在所有其他评论中。艺术非常精彩，制服、车辆和场景都非常到位，历史也不是虚构的（现在我发现很难区分它们）。艺术品无可挑剔。

故事呢？好吧，正如你所预料的那样，其中有一些情节曲折，一些事情发生在你没有预料到的地方，并且有一些非常好的曲折让你不断猜测。我确实很喜欢一位名叫克拉布的海军潜水员的触摸，如果你想知道为什么这引起了我的注意，那么请查看  莱昂内尔·肯尼思·菲利普·克拉布中尉 的神秘面纱，  OBE，  GM  （1909年1月28日 - 推定死亡 于1956年4月19日），已知饰演 巴斯特·克拉布 (Buster Crabb)，一名 皇家海军蛙人 和潜水员，  1956 年在军情六处执行一艘 停泊在朴茨茅斯造船厂的苏联巡洋舰 周围的侦察 任务  时 失踪 。我的过去在记忆中追上了我。 

你可能会说这个系列的结局“很好”，但很难放弃任何东西，但现在你可以购买已完成的第 1-6 卷，我会推荐它。如果您喜欢战争漫画，特别推荐 - 这里有三重交叉特工 Zigzag 的元素 -爱德华·阿诺德·查普曼 和十字弓行动（乔治·佩帕德在 1965 年拍摄了一部名为《十字弓行动》的电影，克里斯托弗·普卢默在 1966 年的电影中扮演查普曼）三重十字）。

受到推崇的

六边形漫画：陌生人起源 -Tanka

 

故事和艺术由 Yves Mondet 创作；斯蒂芬·R·比塞特 (Stephen R. Bissette) 的封面。

1. 圣甲虫
2. 翡翠帝国
7x10 方形漫画， 

84页 

黑白
ISBN-13：待定

20 世纪 40 年代末，在战后动荡不安的时期，西赤道非洲卡伦达州的丛林中崛起了一位新的捍卫者，他们保护当地人免受掠夺性入侵者的侵害，营救那些需要帮助的人，并为所有人伸张正义。 。

在本期中，我们将带您了解最初于 1967 年 4 月出版的 Tanka 的第一部冒险：圣甲虫之墓，其中年轻的丛林领主挫败了盗墓者的计划。

Tanka 由流行艺术家 Yves Mondet 创建，在 2000 年代初开始的新一届陌生人乐队中最终成为陌生人乐队的领导者，并在 20 世纪 60 年代和 70 年代继续了漫长的职业生涯。但这就是一切的开始！

我的副本上有《陌生人起源》，网页上没有关于封面价格 - 12.99 美元的信息，但没有 ISBN，所以我稍后会更新，您可以直接订购这本书 https://www.hexagoncomics.com/shop-陌生人-起源-tanka-1-the-sacred-scarab.html

啊，小说、通俗小说和电影中的丛林领主时代从 19 世纪末一直持续到 1970 年代。很高兴地说，人们对泰山这样的大人物的兴趣略有复苏。斯蒂芬·比塞特的封面非常引人注目，当然，Tanka 被描绘成金发，而在最初的漫画中，蒙代使用这种技术来展示一个棕色头发的角色，但我认为这并不重要，因为这个角色是从丛林跳到现代世界和读过六角漫画的人都会知道作为陌生人团队负责人的那些冒险经历。

这个故事可能被称为“标准丛林动作”，但这是一个法国以外的大多数人都一无所知的角色——就像 德国汉斯鲁迪·瓦舍尔（ Akim – Herr des Dschungels）的丛林英雄（Akim – Herr des Dschungels）一样。所以这是一个很好的起点，从过去的经验中我确实知道有些漫画收藏家只或主要对丛林动作类型感兴趣。在我第一次制作泰坦图书《泰山》合集多年后，这些帖子仍然吸引了很多关注。

艺术很好，充满了动作和角色，很高兴有机会看到一个老角色的完整冒险，除非你有相当多的钱并且能读懂法语，否则通常是不可能的。我（某处！）有空间容纳六角漫画，否则这会出现在人猿泰山的书架上！

有趣——这才是漫画该有的样子！

泰坦图书：特勤局 - 金斯曼

 

特勤局 - 王牌特工

米勒和沃恩

艺术：戴夫·吉本斯

全彩

160页

美国贸易规模

ISBN： 9781781167038
£9.99   
2014 年 4 月 1 日上市

http://titanbooks.com/the-secret-service-kingsman-6985/

加里的生活毫无进展。他和母亲住在公共住房里，晚上和朋友们一起狂欢。但加里的杰克叔叔却走了一条不同的充满魅力、危险和神秘的道路。 

当杰克必须帮助他的侄子摆脱困境时，他们的生活将以他们都无法预见的方式交叉。来自马克·米勒（《海扁王》）和戴夫·吉本斯（《守望者》）。

很快就会成为一部大片！

我想非常明确地表明，我因邮递员将另一本书猛烈地塞进信箱而被绞死的行为与这本书完全无关。

首先，不管你读到了什么，加罗特需要一段时间，而且可能有点吵。奶酪丝是最好的。快速而安静。博客上写的东西都不能作为证据吧？

现在书......

好吧，我看到“马克·米勒”并想“发誓发誓发誓毫无意义的暴力 - 还是老样子！”这本书唯一吸引我的是戴夫·吉本斯。大多数漫画读者只会从超级英雄漫画中认识吉本斯，尽管他的多才多艺。他也是一个很好的人，并且很有幽默感。

所以，我们有一位伟大的特勤局叔叔，他从艰难的议会庄园招募了他的侄子——我想大多数读者可能会认识到吉本斯在书中描绘的“粗糙地区”与他们认识的人之间的相似之处。

我知道这首先发表在《克林特》杂志上（我从未读过），所以一本合集是一件很棒的事情，宝贝。泰坦图书公司的制作质量非常好，当我收到这本书时，我想我可能会对它不屑一顾，即使吉本斯也参与其中。所以？好吧，我浏览了一下，然后意识到我正在直接读这本书……然后再回去检查一下。 

现在，我一般都会浏览一本书。把它放下来，稍后再看。我坐下来一口气读完了这本书，这对这个故事和伟大的艺术来说意义重大，我真的不能忽视他——安格斯·麦基的色彩作品非常棒。

我不会透露任何剧透。我什至必须选择页面以确保没有任何内容被泄露。这可能是——记住现在只是三月——今年迄今为止我收到的最好的英语书籍之一。  

非常推荐。

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Hexagon Comics: Strangers Origin -Tanka

 

Story & art by Yves Mondet; cover by Stephen R. Bissette.

1. THE SACRED SCARAB
2. THE EMERALD EMPIRE
7x10 squarebound comic, 

84 pages 

b&w
ISBN-13: TBA

During the late 1940s, in the troubled, immediate post-war period, a new champion arose in the jungles of the western equatorial African state of Karunda to protect the locals from predatory invaders, rescue those in need of help, and administer justice to all.

In this issue, discover the first adventure of Tanka originally published in April 1967: The Tomb of the Sacred Scarab, in which the young jungle lord foils the plans of a tomb raider.

Created by popular artist Yves Mondet, Tanka went on to have a long career in the 1960s and 70s, before eventually becoming the leader of the Strangers in a new incarnation that started in the early 2000s. But this is where it all started!

My copy has Strangers Origins on it and there is no information about the cover price -$12.99 on the web page but no ISBN so I will update that later and you can order the book direct https://www.hexagoncomics.com/shop-strangers-origins-tanka-1-the-sacred-scarab.html

Ah, for the era of the jungle lords which in novels, pulps and movies lasted from the late 19th century up until the 1970s. Glad to say that there is a slight resurgence of interest in the big names such as Tarzan.  The Stephen Bissette cover is quite striking and of course Tanka is depicted as blond whereas in the original strip Mondet uses the technique to show a character has brownish hair but I don't think that really matters since the character was to jump from the jungle into the modern world and those who have read Hexagon Comics will know about those adventures as head of the Strangers team.

The story might be called "standard jungle action" but this is a character most people outside of France will know nothing about -rather like Hansrudi Wascher's jungle hero (Akim – Herr des Dschungels) in Germany. So this is a good starting off point and I do know from past experience that there are comic collectors who are only or mainly interested in the jungle action genre. Years after I first did Titan Books Tarzan collections those posts still attract a lot of attention.

The art is good and full of action and character and it is good to get a chance to see a full adventure of an old character which, unless you have a fair bit of money and can read French is usually not possible. I have space (somewhere!) for Hexagon Comics or else this would go on the Tarzan shelf!

Fun -which is what comics should be!

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Cinebook Ltd: BEAR'S TOOTH 6 - SILBERVOGEL

 

Authors: Yann & Alain Henriet
Age: 12 years and up
Size: 21.7 x 28.7 cm
Number of pages: 64 colour pages
Publication: January 2024

ISBN: 9781800440883 IN STOCK 

£11.99 inc. VAT

Everything is in place. The radio guidance relays are active, the Silbervogel, the intercontinental bomber, is operational, and Anna is ready to fly it to America – a suicide mission. As for Werner, he seems incapable of fulfilling his mission and killing the beautiful test pilot, in whom he still sees his childhood friend. The arrival of Soviet forces, along with the courage of a handful of prisoners and partisans, will give them both one last chance to do the right thing … Can they seize it?

Seven years ago... That's when this started. I had trouble remembering what had gone on before when it came to volume 5 so volume 1?!  Anyway, I did a deep search on CBO and it took a while since the posts were that far back Blogger will not show them in searches and here are the reviews from volumes 1-5:

2018

vol.1  https://hoopercomicart.blogspot.com/2018/03/cinebook-9th-art-bears-tooth-1-max.html

vol.2  https://hoopercomicart.blogspot.com/2018/10/bears-tooth-2-hanna_32.html

2019

vol. 3  https://hoopercomicart.blogspot.com/2019/02/cinebook-9th-art-bears-tooth-3-werner.html

2023

vol. 4  https://hoopercomicart.blogspot.com/2023/09/cinebook-ltd-bears-tooth-4-amerika.html

2024

vol. 5

https://hoopercomicart.blogspot.com/2024/03/cinebook-ltd-bears-tooth-5-eva.html

I know what you are asking -"How did it end?" You want that big a spoiler?!  Get out of here!! Everything I would want to say about this book is covered in all the other reviews. The art is wonderful and the uniforms, vehicles and settings are all spot on as is the history where it isn't fiction (these days I find it hard to tell them apart). The artwork cannot be faulted.

And the story? Well, as you might expect there are plot twists, things happen you were not expecting and there are some very nice twists that keep you guessing. I did love the touch of a naval diver named  Crabb and if you wonder why that caught my attention then look up the mystery of  Lieutenant-Commander Lionel Kenneth Phillip Crabb, OBE, GM (28 January 1909 – presumed dead 19 April 1956), known as Buster Crabb,  a Royal Navy frogman and diver who vanished during a reconnaissance mission for MI6 around a Soviet cruiser berthed at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1956.  My past catching up with me memory-wise.

The series ended "well" you might say but it is difficult to give anything away but now that you can buy volume 1-6 completed I would recommend it. Recommended especially if you are into war comics -there are elements here of triple cross agent Zigzag -Edward Arnold Chapman and Operation Crossbow (there was a film with George Peppard based on and titled Operation Crossbow in 1965 and Christopher Plummer played Chapman in the 1966 film Triple Cross).

Recommended

Watchmen - 1950's Super Panavision 70

The Art of Jumbo Machinder Collector Tom Franck

Ace Hart The Atomic Man....

 ...has let himself go a bit

But he is from another parallel Earth so...

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Cinebook Ltd: YOKO TSUNO 19 - THE ASTROLOGIST OF BRUGES

 

Author: Roger Leloup
Age: 8 years and up
Size: 21.7 x 28.7 cm
Number of pages: 48 colour pages
Publication: April 2024

£8.99 incl VAT

ISBN: 9781800441309

Yoko goes to Bruges, Belgium. She’s been invited there by a local artist, Van Laet, who wants to show the portrait of her he supposedly painted. Taking in the sights before their appointment, the young woman learns that the man has an unpleasant reputation – it is said he made a deal with the devil. 

When they finally meet, the painter produces the portrait and claims that Yoko posed for it … in the 16th century! 

Whooh!  "Come and see your portrait I painted -do you mind syringes or guns?"  We have all been there (or is it just me?)  Yes, Yoko and her pals go back in time to sort out the mystery and as you might expect get into other trouble. But with time travel there are consequences despite what you might see on Dr Who.

The art as always is lovely and detailed and the architecture in particular is finely detailed and well worth checking out panels individually. I believe it was Gil Kane (I know it was) who when asked why he never put backgrounds in the early Green Lantern comics responded that no one was interested in backgrounds just the fights. Well I am glad Leloup never had that attitude!

For a series I started out thinking was going to be a "kiddies comic" I soon found out that it is good story-telling, action and adventure with plenty of science fiction. Always recommended.