Iznogoud Book 8: Rockets to Stardom
Iznogoud Book 8: Rockets to Stardom, by Rene Goscinny & Jean Tabary, Cinebook
ANOTHER IZNOGOUD collection of the caliph who wants to be caliph instead of the caliph aet in old Baghdad and beyond that’ll have you raising a smirk or two, if not bursting out with laughter at its classically corny absurdities.
The cover featured Rockets to Stardom is is actually the weakest strip in the collection, indeed the strips get better as you work yourself through the collection; and the fact that it’s a book you can dip into as and when you can spare a few minutes is a great plus for those with limited free time available – including the kids around the world this collection dating back from 1969 was originally intended for and who’ve no doubt bought subsequent collections not only for their own kids, but grandchildren too.
The Tartar’s Talisman is reminiscent of a previous Iznogoud, but its incessant absurdity keeps you reading, while Dark Designs has Goscinny and Tabary playing with time and space again in such a way you know they were putting speculative scientific facts through their creative blender to make them comedic readings that actually stimulate our minds, well the few brain cells that are left in mine anyway.
That this book has come out after Jean Tabrary’s passing, while Goscinny left this mortal coil a good few years ago, reminds us of what talents they were – producing work so prolifically, and enjoyed by millions, and it will continue to do so.
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