In 3 volumes Atsushi Kaneko reworks Osamu Tezuka's Dororo to create a cyberpunk masterpiece in a Soviet-style setting. Stunning art and clever plot. In English from @fantagraphics.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/search-and-d...

It's about time we took a trip to The Woods, and we can see what the fuss is about. James Tynion IV and Michael Dialynas have created a creepy young adult classic for the ages. @thewoodenking.bsky.social @jamesthefourth.bsky.social @boom-studios.com theslingsandarrows.com/the-woods-vo...

English language versions of Franck Thilliex & Yomgui Dumont's The Nightmare Brigade combine two French volumes (at smaller size). Their version of dream exploration is creative, appealing and individually drawn. @papercutzgn.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/the-nightmar...

Out this week - Captain America: Our Secret Wars, a clever continuity implant from Chip Zdarksy and Valerio Schiti about what happened between the Avengers finding Cap frozen in ice and his joining the team. theslingsandarrows.com/captain-amer...

Darywn Cooke’s The Complete Spirit: Connoisseur Edition compiles all Cooke's Spirit stories into one book, with Jeph Loeb's Batman team-up the only other writer involved. It's solid gold from start to finish. theslingsandarrows.com/darywn-cooke...

Out this week, Lost Beneath the Sea presents Uncle Scrooge stories created over 60 years ago by Carl Barks, and the magic remains. @fantagraphics.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/uncle-scroog...

In Misadventures in Midvale Sophie Campbell updates the 1970s Supergirl to good effect. "It’s fun, fun, and more fun". @mooncalfe1.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/supergirl-mi...

The obvious promotion today would be Supergirl: Woman of tomorrow, but we love Supergirl's Family Vacation by @brandontsnider.bsky.social and Sarah Leuver. "a graphic novel aimed at children that adults also ought to love". theslingsandarrows.com/supergirls-f...

Moomin Adventures Book Three is out this week from @dandq.bsky.social, combining strips by Tove Jansson and Lars Jansson starring the delightful Moomins. The quality shines through some strange editorial decisions. theslingsandarrows.com/moomin-adven...

Godzilla for all-ages? Rosie Knight and @oliverono.bsky.social ensure Monster Island Summer Camp defies your expectations. @rosiemarx.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com theslingsandarrows.com/godzilla-mon...

Suppose Joe Sacco or Guy Delisle had to fear for their health and safety when publishing journalistic truth. That's why reportage from 15 Iranian artists about the US bombing Tehran last year is published anonymously. theslingsandarrows.com/i-wont-prete...

"Gigs is sophisticated social guidance with a human heart" from @markmosedale.bsky.social and Si Smith from @topshelfcomix.bsky.social . It extrapolates the depressing future we may be drifting toward over several connected stories. theslingsandarrows.com/gigs/

@julesscheele.bsky.social has adapted and slightly reframed Virginia Woolf's Orlando and we think it's excellent. "Open-minded readers will enjoy the party". @averyhill.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/orlando/

An orc turns up at Aurora's school, and she's the only one who thinks it's strange. Three French volumes of one page gag strips combined into one by @01firstsecond.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/aurora-and-t...

We absolutely love Tor Freeman's Boss of the Underworld. theslingsandarrows.com/boss-of-the-...

In Journey to Tomioka Laurent Galandon and Michaël Crouzat mix the scene of nuclear disaster with a box on the autistic scale for an award-winning graphic novel @01firstsecond.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/journey-to-t...

The wonderfully imaginative and colourful art of Lorena Gomez is on show in the three stories combined for the Nightlights Collection. It's an all-ages delight. @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/the-nightlig...

"audacious and amazing". "You won’t read a better SF thriller this year". @taziobettin.bsky.social and Dan Abnett's Azimuth is published this week by @2000ad.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/azimuth-volu...

We've loved the previous four volumes of Somali and the Forest Spirit, and Yako Gureishi doesn't disappoint with the fifth. @comicstitan.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/somali-and-t...

Rejoice, rejoice, there's a new InvestiGATORS graphic novel out this week from @01firstsecond.bsky.social. John Patrick Green comes up trumps again with Weather or Not. @johngreenart.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/investigator...

There's a second visit to the delightful world Rowan Kingsbury creates in Avery and the Squirrel Delivery, out this week from @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social "a fully realised magical alternative to reality". @rowansugar.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/avery-and-th...

The Resistance: Uprising by J. Michael Straczynski and C.P. Smith explores a global reaction to a pandemic that's given a lot of people super powers. theslingsandarrows.com/the-resistan...

Today and tomorrow we're looking at J. Michael Straczynski's The Resistance and the graphic novels that spun from it. theslingsandarrows.com/the-resistan...

DC Finest: Batman Year One & Year Two presents one masterpiece (with original colouring) and much work by Mike W. Barr. Some is good, but Year Two isn't. theslingsandarrows.com/dc-finest-ba...

We love all five volumes of The Marquis of Anaon, 18th century historical drama with a supernatural tinge from Fabien Vehlmann and Matthieu Bonhomme. All available in English from @cinebook.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/the-marquis-...

With a greatly sympathetic character in the young Ann, Betty C. Tang's Parachute Kids tells the story of three children left to fend from themselves in 1980s USA. It's excellent. theslingsandarrows.com/parachute-ki...

Does the idea of writing reviews for the Slings and Arrows Guide appeal? You'll not make a lot of money, but there's satisfaction in being part of the world's largest independent graphic novel review site. Take a look here. theslingsandarrows.com/contribute/

John Ryan's Harris Tweed collection is difficult to find, but worth tracking down. theslingsandarrows.com/harris-tweed...

Deadpool Classic Vol. 22 - three stories from three different writers, three different artists, and one sequel. Two very good. theslingsandarrows.com/deadpool-cla...

Fury: My War Gone By - is this Garth Ennis' greatest achievement? Post WWII US overseas intervention personified in a career of continuing failure, featuring thoughtful art with brilliant character design from Goran Parlov. theslingsandarrows.com/fury-my-war-...

Fumiko Takano's Miss Ruki is beloved in Japan as an insightful accumulation of details about two different working women in the late 1980s. You have to slow down and take your time with it. Out now from New York REview Comics. theslingsandarrows.com/miss-ruki/

This week @magneticpress.bsky.social release the concluding part of The Beast. Zidrou and Frank Pé re-imagine cheery cartoon character the marsupilami as a real creature loose in 1950s Belgium. Both parts are magnificent and the art is to die for. theslingsandarrows.com/the-beast-pa...

Globetrotters details the 1889-90 attempt to cross the world in less than 80 days. Julian Voloj & @julierocheleau.bsky.social treat us to Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's extraordinary journeys. Brings home the joys and trials of such a trip in the 1890s". theslingsandarrows.com/globetrotter...

Gumshoe by @brennathummler.bsky.social has been out for a while, but it's worth your time as a wacky coming of age story of a group tracking a mail thief. It's touching, funny and charming. theslingsandarrows.com/gumshoe/

Noisy Valley by @myfanwytristram.bsky.social is out this week from @selfmadehero.bsky.social This anecdotal history of protest is "a useful source of information, and reminder that if no-one stands up our way of life will keep being eroded". theslingsandarrows.com/noisy-valley...

Ryoichiro Kezuka's Record Journey is "a touching and well considered collection" of stories about what music means to people, and how they experienced it at points from the mid-20th century. @comicstitan.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/record-journ...

We really enjoy each new volume of The Books of Clash, and @geneluenyang.bsky.social and @kendallgoode.com come up trumps again with Vol. 7. @01firstsecond.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/the-books-of...

One of the greatest manga mystery thrillers has been re-released in English this year. Old Boy has someone investigating why they were imprisoned for ten years, and eight slim paperbacks have now been combined into two Deluxe Editions by @darkhorse.com theslingsandarrows.com/old-boy-delu...

Savage Sword of Conan Vol. 4 from @comicstitan.bsky.social? Stunning art from Doug Braithwaite, Mirko Colak, Gabriel Rodriguez and @liamsharp.bsky.social. @grcomics.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/the-savage-s...

A masterpiece is again available in English as @fantagraphics.bsky.social reissue Corto Maltese: Fable of Venice. theslingsandarrows.com/corto-maltes...

We're enjoying Chihiro Yoshioka's Viking saga Farewell My Odin. "what seemed a straightforward series about a warrior in Viking times here develops a complexity". Two volumes out now from @comicstitan.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/farewell-my-...

We bless @fantagraphics.bsky.social for rescuing Riad Sattouf's astonishing Arab of the Future and ensuring the remaining volumes see print in English. Out this week The End of the Arab of the Future Vol. 1. theslingsandarrows.com/the-end-of-t...

"a hopeful story about a better world" is what we think about The Marsh Fellows by Anna-Laura Sullivan. It's a delightful all-ages graphic novel out this week from @topshelfcomix.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/the-marsh-fe...

Is there mileage in Deadpool killing the Marvel universe yet again? Surprisingly, yes! @cullenbunn.bsky.social and Dalibor Talajić come up trumps. theslingsandarrows.com/deadpool-kil...

In Star Trek the security folk in red shirts always die, right? So why do they sign up? Christopher Cantwell and @meganlevens.bsky.social explain amid an ever-escalating situation on a remote planet. It's a page-turner. @idwpublishing.com theslingsandarrows.com/star-trek-re...

Chang Sheng brings his SF/Superhero/action thriller to a close with Vol. 3, out this week from @comicstitan.bsky.social. Excellent art as always, the conclusion is novel, unpredictable and told in the comics equivalent of slo-mo! theslingsandarrows.com/yan-vol-3/

Out today: Spectors by @shannondenton.bsky.social and David Hartman. It's a monster hunting story of wrongs satisfyingly avenged, establishing a old-fashioned kick-ass team and keeping enough hidden to set up them for future appearances. @comicstitan.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/spectors/

#OsamuTezuka's Adolf is the War and Peace of comics, a period masterpiece that should be ranked among the medium's gold standard material, yet it remains puzzlingly obscure. Still available as 5 paperbacks or as Message to Adolf in two hardbacks. theslingsandarrows.com/adolf-a-tale...

We've really enjoyed every one of the 13 volumes to date of Masami Yuuki and Tetsuro Kasahara's Atom: The Beginning, looking at the creation of Astro Boy. 13 ends with a cliffhanger worthy of Tezuka himself. @comicstitan.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/atom-the-beg...

Godi and Zidrou's Ducoboo strip could easily slip into the Beano with its single page inventive strips about Ducoboo always trying to copy answers in class. Surreal moments are great and the cartooning excellent. @cinebook.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/ducoboo-5-lo...