While we have all probably had quite a few history lessons about the seventeenth century and the Dutch Golden Age, the Japanese history of this era is a completely blank canvas for most of us. The new... Read More »
Even now, in heated debates the crusades are still mentioned, as to how brutal Christianity was centuries ago, and that these barbaric practices were always defended as they were for a so-called ‘ri... Read More »
Kuifje in het Land van de Sovjets is the first album of Tintin ever written by Hergé. It was published for the first time in 1930, a time when the Soviet Union was still fairly young. Published in Le... Read More »
Spinoffs and remakes seem to be a thing these days when it comes to movies, TV series or games, but also comic books are no exception. We already reviewed the fourth issue of Alex Senator, a spinoff o... Read More »
When going on a city trip, it’s always interesting to see how cities like London or Paris combine beautiful heritage with hypermodern buildings. These cities have so much history already, but just i... Read More »
Last winter we had fun with the tenth issue of Nestor Burma, the rather scruffy and nonchalant detective, who lived out his adventurous days during the second World War. The biggest cities of France u... Read More »
The previous issue of The Cambridge Five ended with a blast, quite literally. Kim Philby and several fellow journalists writing for influential magazines and newspapers were attacked in Spain by an ai... Read More »
England’s history is so colorful that, no matter where your story is set, it is bound to be entertaining. Het Bloed van Lafaards is set in the seventeenth century, at a time where Oliver Cromwell’... Read More »
Within a fairly short period of time we have reviewed a fair amount of comic books, many different genres and even different sizes and shapes. Nonetheless, sometimes there are a few titles you can’t... Read More »
Easter Island is an island in the Atlantic that speaks to the imagination of many. The famous Moai statues are interesting just by themselves, but the culture of the natives is even more interesting a... Read More »