MAY 2012
The Broons Notebook.
Waverley Books ISBN 978-1849342346, 7 May 2012, 144pp, £6.99 [£5.17 from
Amazon].
A 144-page stationery item notebook from Scotland's favourite family,
with illustrations, sayings and moments captured from
The Sunday Post's
long-running (75 years) comic strip. Notebook pages are printed pale
cream with light blue lines. Details from cells from the comic strip
appear on corners and tail edges of the pages. A must-have item for
every Broons fan. 'The Broons' comic strip was launched in 1936 in
The
Sunday Post in Scotland, and is still going strong with a readership
covering all generations. The Broons are undoubtedly Scotland's 'First
Family' and the 'Nation's Favourites
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Doctor Who: The Crimson Hand by Dan McDaild, Martin Geraghty, Mike Collins, Rob Davis, Sean Longcroft, David A Roach and Paul Grist.
Panini UK ISBN 978-1846534515, 7 May 2012, 260pp, £15.99.
In this third and final volume of comic strips collecting the Tenth
Doctor's complete adventures as seen in the pages of Doctor Who
Magazine, the famous Time Lord joins forces with Ms Majenta Pryce and
embarks on his most remarkable series of journeys yet - travels that
ultimately lead him to a terrifying encounter with The Crimson Hand!
__Note: Originally announced for 4
May 2010, Crimson Hand was cancelled due to "contractual difficulties" and subsequently re-listed for
publication on 6 October 2011, then November 2011, then late Spring 2012.
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Hugo Tate by Nick Abadzis.
Blank Slate ISBN 978-1906653262, May 2012, 192pp, £13.99. [£9.09 from
Amazon]
After 15 years of clamouring from fans, the Hugo Tate series is finally collected in a single volume. Beginning his life in print as a stick-man in a figuratively drawn world, readers witness the eponymous Hugo visually develop alongside the comic itself. Originally conceived as an acerbic humour strip, Hugo rapidly developed into a British equivalent to Love & Rockets — filled with a richly developed cast and a branching web of stories of life in London. Includes commentary from Nick Abadzis and a foreword by Gareth Ennis.
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Judge Dredd: Complete Case Files Vol.19 by Grant Morrison, Garth Ennis, Mark Millar, Carlos Ezquerra et al.
Rebellion ISBN 978-1907992964, 10 May 2012, 320pp, £21.99. [£14.29 from
Amazon]
Mega-City One: the future metropolis bustling with life and every crime
imaginable. Keeping order are the Judges, a stern police force acting as
judge, jury and executioner. Toughest of all is Judge Dredd. He is the
law and these are his stories. Volume 19 in this best-selling series
collects together more old school Dredd from the pages of 2000 AD and
The Judge Dredd Megazine, including legendary comic writer, Grant
Morrison’s first Judge Dredd story,
Inferno.
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Judge Dredd: The Day the Law Died by John Wagner, Brian Bolland, Mike McMahon and Dave Gibbons.
Rebellion ISBN 978-1781080092, 11 May 2012, 160pp, £6.99. [£5.17 from
Amazon]
It is a dark time in the history of Mega-City One. Having employed
blackmail and coercion in order to topple the balance of power within
the Justice Department, the tyrannical head of the Special Judicial
Squad – Judge Cal – has managed to secure the position of Chief Judge.
The crazed Cal has enlisted the help of an army of reptilian alien
mercenaries known as the Kleggs, appointed his pet goldfish as deputy
Chief Judge and framed Judge Dredd for murder in order to maintain
power.
__But Dredd is the kind of Judge who doesn’t go down too easily
and together with a rebel army made up of other Judges and citizens,
prepares to fight back. Can Judge Dredd succeed against all odds and
defeat Judge Cal before he destroys the entire population of Mega-City
One?
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The Oor Wullie Funbooks: Rare!.
Waverley Books ISBN 978-1849341066, 6 May 2012, 96pp, £3.99. [£2.99 from
Amazon]
A follow-up series of four books to the best-selling first four Oor
Wullie Funbooks. Oor Wullie, Scotland's best-known comic character, is
at large in this accessible, easy-to-read series. A set of four books,
available as individual titles, full of puzzles, cartoons, games and
jokes aimed at the 8+ age group. Oor Wullie is joined by his pals Fat
Bob, Wee Eck, and Soapy Soutar. Each book has 96 pages of facts,
anagrams, colouring-in pictures, jokes, join the dots, knockknock jokes,
word games and spot the difference
.
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The Oor Wullie Funbooks: Smashin'!.
Waverley Books ISBN 978-1849341080, 6 May 2012, 96pp, £3.99. [£2.99 from
Amazon]
See above.
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The Oor Wullie Funbooks: Michty Me!.
Waverley Books ISBN 978-1849341073, 6 May 2012, 96pp, £3.99.
See above.
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The Oor Wullie Funbooks: The Very Dab!.
Waverley Books ISBN 978-1849341097, 6 May 2012, 96pp, £3.99.
See above.
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A change of pace today as we present an abridgment of Anthony Hope's sequel to The Prisoner of Zenda, Rupert of Hentzau, originally published in 1898 and adapted in World of Wonder in 1971. I posted this back in March 2010 but we've now caught up with the series through the World of Wonder galleries that I've been featuring on Bear Alley these past few months. It deserves a second outing, so here's the first episode. You can rediscover the rest by clicking this link.
(* Artwork © Look and Learn Ltd. Reprinted by permission.)
