PIPELINECOMICS
European Comics.
North American Perspective.
Things get darker. Polza gets in deeper trouble. Cold weather and a tough beat force him out of the woods and back to civilization. Then he meets Jacky… Manu Larcenet’s one man band of a book continues on its increasingly disturbing way…
Manu Larcenet begins his magnum opus, “Blast,” with a mentally ill man recalling the events of his life that led to a crime being committed. It’s a literary success that’s a fascinating read.
Ever read a comic that focuses on a boat race? That’s the biggest and best part of this second volume, as Esteban gets caught in the Captain’s feud.
Esteban is a boy without a family who joins the crew of a whaling ship with an affable captain and a gruff crew that he needs to get to accept him. Matthieu Bonhomme’s story is well drawn and exciting.
I hope you’re a hopeless romantic. This book is a love story of a couple who sacrificed everything to be with each other, despite their families.
Melusine the Witch celebrates Halloween in some strange ways. The scares are not always obvious, and the monsters are legion. But the lack of set-up hurts the book.
I’m Like a Panda; I Want More Bamboo! Bamboo is not part of the Europe Comics collective, unfortunately. From what I can tell, they’re not big into translating their stuff into English on their own. NBM’s Papercutz division has the North American license for a few of their titles, such as “Dance Club” and “The…
A boy makes a move on a girl. She screams. The movie stops. The Soviet propaganda machine is not happy. The dominos begin to fall.
When the witch and the demonic vampire/werewolf join forces to outwit the ex-wife’s lover, you just know the monster theme part is in danger. Wait, what?!?
Blutch reinterprets pages from classic BD books, drawing them in his own style and adjusting their storytelling as he goes. It’s an artistic exercise.