Sunday, 28 April 2024

Cinebook Ltd: BILLY & BUDDY 9 - SYMPHONY IN BUDDY MAJOR

 


Authors: By Christophe Cazenove, illustrated by Jean Bastide
Age: 8 years and up
Size: 21.7 x 28.7 cm
Number of pages: 48 colour pages
Publication: March 2024

ISBN: 9781800441293

£8.99 incl VAT

https://www.cinebook.co.uk/billy-buddy-9-symphony-in-buddy-major-p-4543.html?osCsid=mqqggmbjluu30v75ijoa493j56


Music soothes the wild beast – it’s a well-known fact. Though you have to admit it very much depends on the music. Dad’s bagpipes tend to give people murderous ideas, Billy’s flute is torture on all delicate ears … and as for Buddy’s various artistic forays, they generate far more noise than harmony. When all’s said and done, though, there’s nothing like a family jam session to have jolly good fun!

Well, I saw this and thought "Oh...how long ago was the last book out?!" In fact volume 8 was out in 2022. Then I realised that it doesn't matter. Why? In December 2022 I wrote that:

"With a book like this having to wait between volumes is no problem as they are all self contained stories. The style is close enough to Roba that unless you pay VERY close attention you will not notice the difference.

The art is lively and the colour work of Luc Perdriset and Jean Bastide make it even more so. "Maybe I shouldn't have asked Buddy to help me put my toys away?" sums it all up. This is fun and I think we all need a fun read these days in between checking if the UK has another new Prime Minister yet.  Supposedly for youngsters this series is also a treat for adults of an immature mindset!"  

And I stand by that.  The art is lovely and the colour work by Luc Perdriset and Jean Bastide really makes the art stand out even more and that colour work really "makes the eye smile" as someone once wrote (it sounds so dumb it may well have been me).  It just gives you that buzz of innocence from when you were a kid and picked up a comic and it was all new and escapism from the every day greyness of a working class life (ooh, hark at me getting all artsy!).

But for sheer fun and joy and smiles I do recxommend this book...or series!

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