Today we look at five of Kayla Miller's all-ages graphic novels starring Olive Branche. Stuck is the most recent and typifies the sensible guidance amid a compelling and charmingly drawn story. @kayke.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/stuck/

Today we look at Jed MacKay's run on Black Cat. It starts sweetly with Grand Theft Marvel. Would you break into Doctor Strange's place or the Baxter Building? theslingsandarrows.com/black-cat-gr...

There. Are. No. Women. Aged. 15. Girls. You mean girls. Racists keep trying to spin declining child abuse and the resultant teen pregnancy as a bad thing. It's not.

To be clear: any outlet that reports "Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz" without reporting "because they explicitly said the ceasefire must include Lebanon and Israel is continuing to bomb Lebanon" is an outlet you cannot trust.

We're really impressed with Graveyard of Empires. A thoughtful horror story set during the US invasion of Afghanistan. by @marksable.bsky.social and Paul Azaceta from @imagecomics.com theslingsandarrows.com/graveyard-of...

A bleak cover represents a bleak series, but Jeong Ji-hun (or JH) also supplies magnificence over three volumes of two children struggling in times of war and plague. @izepress.com theslingsandarrows.com/the-horizon-1/

As far as we know Jason Wilson has only ever produced the single graphic novel. Him & Her's Smuggling Vacation mixes a good sitcom plot with polished European style cartooning. Still available cheap online. theslingsandarrows.com/him-hers-smu...

friendly reminder: lots of people don't have this weekend off, specifically so you can enjoy your weekend off, be very fucking nice to pub and restaurant and retail staff we are Not Having A Good Time and do not have a four day break coming up

This week Sarah Soe and Tim Fraser deliver another delightful Juniper Mae book. "another enjoyable adventure in a worthwhile series". @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/juniper-mae-...

Marcello Quintanilha's The Lights of Niterói is out in English this week from @fantagraphics.bsky.social and earns our highest rating. "It prompts a range of conflicting feelings and will take English language readers somewhere they’ve never been". theslingsandarrows.com/the-lights-o...

Like a number of other people - more than I would have dreamed possible when I first met Rachel Pollack and the GLF TS/TV/DQ group 55 years ago this September- I'm having my contribution to the community recognised today. #TDOV

Spider-Boy's just for youngsters, right? Wrong! The Dragon's Challenge is just so much fun from @danslott.bsky.social and Paco Medina. theslingsandarrows.com/spider-boy-t...

@andreachalupa.bsky.social & @elrevel.bsky.social's Mrs Orwell is published this week, "a bright spotlight on someone whose primary place in history is either behind the scenes". Deep research and excellent art make this an essential buy. @23rdstbooks.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/mrs-orwell/

Personally, I recommend a whip-round for a leaving card. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formul...

Fun fact about the IOC's one time only, all or nothing, SRY gene test 'to identify men'. It's entirely possible to test positive after being pregnant with a boy. Fetal DNA can cross the placental barrier and linger in the maternal bloodstream for decades.

"The IOC already tried mandatory sex testing. For decades, every female Olympic athlete was screened. In all those years, it never caught a single person deliberately misrepresenting their sex. What it did was destroy the careers & lives of women with intersex conditions they didn’t know they had."

To celebrate the 75th anniversary of Peanuts, @abramscomicarts.bsky.social issue a compilation of 75 pivotal strips with commentary along with a wealth of bonus material. 5 stars. As essential as the title tells you. theslingsandarrows.com/the-essentia...

instead of watching the new harry potter trailer, why not pick up some horror books by trans and nb writers for the trans rights readathon?? there are so many good options. For example, check out some of these writers:

Out this week from @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social is the 2nd Pandora in Puzzlevale, an inventive selection of story puzzles for young readers. We love it. Paul Duffield writes, Siobhan McKenna designs and draws and @poqu.bsky.social supplies the town of Puzzlevale. theslingsandarrows.com/pandora-in-p...

This is your regular reminder that when a British journalist is transphobic it won’t be long before they are many other sorts of awful as well. So if you had listened to trans people earlier you could have put a stop to the nonsense earlier.

The cover doesn't give much away, but Miki Makasu and Benoit Bourget's Live Memorium deals with the transformative power of altering memory. We like it a lot. @magneticpress.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/live-memorium/

What do superheroes do when all threats are dealt with? @mathieubablet.bsky.social and Guillaume Singelin supply the answer in Shin Zero from @magneticpress.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/shin-zero/

🚨What you won't read in the British media: on X, journalist @twelves.bsky.social has looked at Matt Goodwin's new book, Suicide of a Nation, and found that is packed full of fake quotes and material that appears to have been made up by AI.

We really rate The Power of Welcome. @adajusic.bsky.social tells five stories of refugees explaining to young readers the horrors forcing them to leave their homelands. "sadly a very necessary book in the 2020s". @scholasticuk.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/the-power-of...

Maria and Peter Hoey's The Shadower is out next week from @topshelfcomix.bsky.social "Spies, double agents and political activism makes for a potent brew and that’s excellently exploited in a memorable graphic novel." @coinophoey.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/the-shadower/

We've now reviewed all six volumes of Skullkickers by @jimzub.bsky.social & Edwin Huang and it's a series that just keeps improving as two talents rapidly learn on the job. The best is saved until last. @ironpinky.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/skullkickers...

Spirou bought by a billionaire? In the Clutches of the Viper presents the unfortunate circumstances. From Fabien Vehlmann, Yoann and @cinebook.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/spirou-and-f...

With Tiffany's Griffon Magnolia Porter Siddell and Maddi Gonzalez give us a "Consistently creative and beautifully drawn" young adult graphic novel. What happens when a fangirl could be the Chosen One to save a fantasy world? @01firstsecond.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/tiffanys-gri...

Phil Earle's When the Sky Falls has been magnificently adapted by Fred Fordham. A boy is evacuated to London during WWII and cared for by a woman who also runs a zoo. theslingsandarrows.com/when-the-sky...

The answer, of course, is Trump would rather it were German, or Canadian, or Australian, or British frigates that get sunk in the Straits rather than the US Navy. Because, let's be clear, if warships are sent into the Straits, at least some of them are going to the bottom.

@garius.bsky.social And this is a thread with further thoughts by me, and Hal finding Buchanan (who is, in general, a bucket full of spanners).

@garius.bsky.social This is Hal's original post, to which I replied a few comments down.

The last of these features me.

The Art of the Fantastic Four is more properly Jack Kirby's Art of the Fantastic Four, "consumer-friendly look at the work of The King, perfect for finding out just how Jack Kirby earned that title". @darkhorse.com #jackkirby theslingsandarrows.com/the-art-of-f...

Of Swamp and Sea's Second print volume is issued this week. "The characters are so well defined that it’ll be a contrary reader indeed not awaiting Volume 3". By Mia Jay Boulton and Laurel Boulton. @theratgoblin.bsky.social @01firstsecond.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/of-swamp-and...

Benjamin sees an egotistical SF novelist back from the dead. Why? Ben H. Winters and Leomacs ensure "Imagination rules, intelligence is compulsory and the fun is had". @oni-press.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/benjamin/

We love Takehiko Inoue's Vagabond and review another five volumes today. Vol. 13 is the last to feature Miyamoto Musashi for some while. @viz.com theslingsandarrows.com/vagabond-vol...

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Tomorrow Wes Streeting will remove trans minors ability to access, and doctors to prescribe, cross-sex hormones. Try as it might Labour will never eradicate trans people. They cannot, and should not, change who they are. All Labour will do is make trans lives harder - with more harm and more death.

You wouldn't know it from the title, but in Skating Wilder Brandon Dumais and AJ Dungo present the history of skateboarding coupled with their own experiences. "a book the creators themselves would have worshipped at fourteen" @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/skating-wild...

We're looking at Westerns today and love Redemption by @christafaust.bsky.social & Mike Deodato. "Creatively violent with a point to make, Redemption is a first class Western". theslingsandarrows.com/redemption/

Dear Shabana, Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

"A Better World is Possible is one step towards a 2050 where climate justice prevailed". @meerasub.bsky.social & Danica Novgorodoff explain climate change via the experiences of young activists. @abetterworldbook.bsky.social @firstsecond.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/a-better-wor...

Yay! A fourth Agents of S.U.I.T. book out this week, spotlighting Septipus. More hilarity from @johngreenart.bsky.social @drhastings.bsky.social and @patnlewis.bsky.social @01firstsecond.bsky.social "Sides will once again split with laughter across the globe!" theslingsandarrows.com/agents-of-s-...

Out from 2000AD this week is a new volume of Brink by Dan Abnett and I.N.J. Culbard. We love how it so quietly deals with the earth-shattering, and it's the best volume to date. @2000ad.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/brink-book-s...

Can @danslott.bsky.social freshen Superman? On the basis of Superman Unlimited the answer is resoundingly "yes". Good call on unconventional art from Rafael Albuquerque as well. Kryptonite Kingdom is out this week. theslingsandarrows.com/superman-unl...

@alangratz.bsky.social adapts his own novel Refugee with artist @sydfini.bsky.social and by telling three personal stories from different eras it thoroughly explains to a young audience what a refugee is and what they're fleeing from. theslingsandarrows.com/refugee-the-...

Is it an illustrated book? Is it a graphic novel? What we do know for sure is that it's a treat for children. We love Sunny and Stormy by @sarahhollidayart.bsky.social. @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/sunny-and-st...