Archive for March, 2011

  • Amazon.com_ The Smurfs #1_ The Purple Smurfs (9781597072069)_ Yvan Delporte, Peyo_ Books-2

    The Smurfs

    If Belgium’s two most obvious cultural contributions—a style of waffle and The Adventures of Tintin—are to be roundly applauded, what are we to say about the dubious third, the Smurfs? Although adults will be most familiar with the fad and cartoons from the 1980s, kids...

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    Druids

    A gothic thriller series set in the Age of the Saints. There is turmoil in the 5th century Celtic periphery of Europe,  an age of change at the end of the Roman Empire, and an age of conflict between peoples and religions. Oppressed by Saxons to the...

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    Titeuf

    “Titeuf lives a life that is instantly familiar to millions of French school-children. The landscape is urban – apartment blocks and grubby parks – and the cast includes extended family-members and the regular school assortment of chums, swots, bullies, teachers and attendants. He spends his time indulging...

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    Corto Maltese

    Corto Maltese is a laconic sea captain adventuring during the early 20th century . A “rogue with a heart of gold,” he is tolerant and sympathetic to the underdog. Born inValletta on July 10, 1887, he is a son of a British sailor from Cornwall and a gypsy Andalusian...

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  • Beginner: Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch or Intuos4, which Wacom tablet to choose?

    Beginner: Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch or Intuos4, which Wacom tablet to choose?

    The best I can draw is a nice sketch of my left hand or a cute rabbit face. In the hope to improve my skills, I bought the excellent ‘Drawing on the right side of the brain‘ and a Bamboo Fun pen and touch tablet....

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    Orbital

    In the 23rd century, humans and Sandjarrs are allowed to join an intergalactic multiracial organisation set up 8,000 years before. The humans are seen as a belligerent, underdeveloped race by the other members of the organisation and have been kept out of it until now....

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    Iznogoud

    Legend has it that in Baghdad the magnificent, a great and particularly dark-minded vizier, who answers to the name of Iznogoud, works on his ambition to lay claim to the throne of Caliph Haroun al Plassid. Thus his favourite saying: I want to be caliph...

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    The Bellybuttons

    The series, characterised as “chick lit in graphic novel format” by Cinebook, focuses on three girls — two glamourous and vain, and one homely and down-to-earth — who test their friendships against popularity, boys and jealousy. To each other, they are considered frenemies — at times they help...

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    Kookaburra K

    From beyond the farthest frontiers of any solar system explored by man, a destructive force is sweeping through the universe wiping Callystes, Dakoï, Lilith and Planet Earth from the stellar map. A rocket full of refugees hurtles through space with the letter “K” emblazoned on...

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