The Master Chocolatier, v1: “The Boutique” – Chocolate and Belgium!
If Lifetime made their next romance movie of the week in Belgium in the chocolate scene, but then threw in a street thug who owes money to the wrong people, you’d get this book.
Authorised Happiness v2
The “perfect” world of Griffo and Van Hamme’s “Authorised Happiness” is seen from the point of view of the politicians and the civil servants who enforce the laws.
Authorised Happiness v1 – Like Totalitarian Twilight Zone
When the government goes to far to make everyone equal, what happens to the people who rebel? This book tells three short stories showing how wrong things have gone.
Asgard, Book 1: “Ironfoot”
Picture “Jaws” set in the fjords of Norway. An outcast with specific skills must return to the fishing community to save the fisherman from a giant sea monster.
Glorious Summers v4: “The Runaway”
The Falderault famly has some tough decisions to make, but first they’ll have a trip to France. It’s 1979, the kids are older, and things go awry…
What’s Going On With Lion Forge and Oni Press, Anyway?
Lion Forge and Oni Press are merging, but it has nothing to do with publishing. Welcome to modern comics business, where Hollywood dictates all the terms.
Spirou for Beginners: “Spirou in Berlin”
Spirou and Fantasio travel to East Berlin near the end of the Cold War to save their friend, The Count. It’s high adventure tinged with a dose of politics, and it’s great.
Presenting The Asterix Agenda: A Pipeline Portal
Introducing The Asterix Agenda: A Pipeline Portal, a collection of all my reviews of all the books in the Asterix series, and then some.
Spellbound, Book 3
Blanche has committed an atrocity so great it alienates her from her own kingdom, so she is forced to raise an army to fight back. It’s a motley group…They are unlikely soldiers.
Spellbound, Book 2
Things go from bad to worse. Blanche has been betrayed, and that puts a chip on her shoulder. A kingdom in chaos, with power struggles a plenty!