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Sunday 1 July 2012

Cinebook The 9th Art: Billy & Buddy 3: Friends First



Authors: Jean Roba

Billy & Buddy – Friends First
Paperback
Full colour
48 pages
Size: 21.7 x 28.7 cm
Age: 8 years and up
Publication: June 2012
ISBN: 9781849181242
Price: £5.99 inc. VAT

Billy’s got a good life with Mum and Dad. Plenty of play, a little homework, and a smart, loving dog. Of course there’s the occasional hitch: that nosy, bossy old maid of a neighbour—and her Siamese cat—or the cheeky beat cop Agent 22. But it’s never too serious, and even Dad’s occasional embarrassing blunders can’t spoil things for long. After all, as long as you have friends, everything will be all right in the end!

These one pagers have that lovely clean style that, combined with the colour work, gives you a slightly warm and fuzzy feeling (if it’s just me gets that it’ll be the meds then).  It’s all rather deceptive because some of these pages are sheer slap-stick while others are rather gentle in their humour.   Roba never disappoints here.

I just sit back and think that the current generation of youngsters starting out reading comics have nothing that can be recommended from UK publishers but have a new Golden Age all of their own thanks to Cinebook.  At a time when literacy is not great Cinebook is producing titles a parent can buy for their kids to encourage early learning through fun (then the parents can read the books!).

I am certainly going to pass these along to my…erm…great nephew Leo (yes, unbelievably I’m a Great Uncle!) and his soon-to-be kid brother.


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