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Luke Pearson has reconfigured his delightful Hilda series for an even younger audience as Hilda and Twig. "this cleverly told story will delight Hilda fans whatever age they are". @thatlukeperson.bsky.social @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/hilda-and-tw...

@dennismessner.bsky.social has a second Unpetables book out, and we like it as much as the first. It's all-ages mayhem. @topshelfcomix.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/the-unpetabl...

Raw and disturbing, yet graphically stimulating, Kayla E's Precious Rubbish is a remarkable memoir. @fantagraphics.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/precious-rub...

5 Captain America graphic novels reviewed today and we like Home of the Brave by Mark Waid and Chris Samnee best. "Waid and Samnee’s classic storytelling returns Captain America to his roots as a super soldier enlisted in the fight against fascism". theslingsandarrows.com/captain-amer...

"Viscerally disturbing and definitely adult in nature, but also in the best dramatic definition of the term". We've just reviewed @kamigarcia.bsky.social Joker/Harley with stunning art from Jason Badower, Mike Mayhew and Mico Suayan. theslingsandarrows.com/joker-harley...

It’s been a while since we last gave the brilliant FANSCENE archive project a plug, so let’s have a shout out for some recent editions to this growing archive of hard-to-find British comic zines! https://downthetubes.net/speakeasy-archive-grows-on-the-fanscene-archive/

In the late 1990s Tangent Comics reimagined the DC characters, retaining the names but creating very different heroes. We look at all five volumes starring that cast. theslingsandarrows.com/tangent-comi...

Hit the North!

Of course, the cross-party consensus is trans people are trash, and we must stop them existing. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Does anyone want bar work in central Hackney? My friend really needs good staff at The Globe, just off Mare Street/near Hackney Central station

Today we review two books by @simonelia.bsky.social about Fluffy, the self-aware rabbit. "An absorbing hour or two in the company of a funny, frustrating and very human protagonist who wants what we all want". @jonathancape.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/how-to-make-...

We like the Quick & Easy guides from @oni-press.bsky.social imprint Limerance, and the Guide to Relationships is now out by @mariahrosemarie.bsky.social, which concerns all sorts of relationships an individual has with the wider world. theslingsandarrows.com/a-quick-easy...

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

Every time you think the corruption in FIFA has reached its limit... www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Those first two novels are pretty special.

Bookending Jeff Noon's career so far. Our new editions of his first two novels, Vurt and Pollen, with new guest introductions and new afterwords from Jeff. His two most recent novels (with Steve Beard), Gogmagog and Ludluda. And watch out for his new novel, Moon Over Brendle, in May 2026.

Now she's out of the job, Falkner is really showing her TERF credentials.

Silver: Unearthed "establishes a gruesome situation exceptionally well, not least by the addition of a vampire to a SF action thriller". Mad plot from Michael Carroll and exceptional art from Joe Currie. @mikeowencarroll.bsky.social @2000ad.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/silver-unear...

Of course. The last thing the country needs is people with ADHD being properly diagnosed and medicated and becoming productive members of society. Fortunately, it doesn't really matter what Badenoch and the Tories say or think. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

We're now around halfway through reviewing Hiroya Oku's Gantz, and he continues to astound, both with plot twists and amazing art. Gantz/18 is a stunner. @darkhorse.com theslingsandarrows.com/gantz-18/

I realise that cycling is a green form of transport, but too many London cyclists are fucking psychopaths with no regard for their own or other people's safety. This post brought to you by once again nearly being hit whilst using a pelican crossing.

As ever, Hazel speaks the truth.

Oi! People! Alt-text!

So far as the present generation is concerned, I believe that those accustomed to hearing Homer performed by a singer and who like Homer performed by a singer will continue to listen to Homer performed by a singer whether they use the written texts or not. But how about the next generation?

"We weren't doing nuffink, officer."

game respects game, and nobody knows bribery better than fifa

"The prime minister ... said he wanted to build closer trading ties with the EU but not break Labour's post-Brexit commitments." One or the other material - you can't have both. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The award was given for an individual who has taken exceptional and extraordinary actions for the purpose of shoving thick rolls of hundred-dollar bills down Gianni Infantino's trousers. President Trump wins inaugural Fifa Peace Prize - www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

We really like @billholbrook.bsky.social and H.H. Glynn's The Phantom of the Swim Team. It's a funny young adult graphic novel looking at the school days of Dethany Dendrobia from #onthefastrack. "extremely rewarding and should be a top choice". theslingsandarrows.com/the-phantom-...

@fantagraphics.bsky.social continue issuing work by Attilio Micheluzzi never previously seen in English with a collection of his World War I adventurer Petra Chérie. Stunning art throughout and the latter stories aren't far removed from masterpieces. theslingsandarrows.com/petra-cherie/

Reprints of Jerry Siegel - yes, that Jerry Siegel - and Reg Bunn's The Spider continue with vs. Spider-Boy. Magnificent art and hugely enjoyable. @2000ad.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/the-spiders-...

Past evidence suggests that Streeting's 'evidence based approach' will involve gathering a lot of material and then ignoring anything that doesn't fit with his pre-existing ideas. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

if you genuinely want to argue that the Equality Act, when introduced, intended to make unlawful an approach to trans inclusion that has existed *since the 1970s*, I absolutely cannot take you seriously

SHAME on everyone who has pushed and paid for this. You are not feminists. You are not allies. You KNOWINGLY work with ultra-conservative and far right organisations. SHAME on you. Also, your daughters think you’re shitheads.

We are mothers, daughters, friends and colleagues who stand together in support of trans people. Not In Our Name. Read our full statement here: notinourname.org.uk/trans-exclus...

A Labour government passed the Equality Act. A Labour government was in power when the Supreme Court interpreted it to not mean what ministers at the time were clear it was intended to mean. The Labour government response should have been to legislate to fix it. Not doing so was a cowardly betrayal.

I worry about other trans-inclusive women's organisations in the face of this nonsense. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Nothing says feminism like forcing women to do something they have been vocal about not wanting to do.

The institutions most struggling are those that provide university education to the working classes. The Tories don't want an educated working class because ugh! they're working class, whilst Blue Labour don't want an educated working class because it's a betrayal of working-class roots.

Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market

I don't think they got Daniel Craig to do the voice. Which is a shame, because I bet he would have done it.

Sign this.

No reason at all.

From 2 years ago. Free MIRRORSHADES! Weirdly this epic cyberpunk antho doesn't exist as an ebook. So we turned it into a free online webpage. Happy reading, and may ye wax gnarly and punk and dirty and ecstatic and intricate and all that good shit. Happy cybermonday. rudyrucker.com/mirrorshades/

"They have to obey the law". Looks in Historian at all the rights won by *not* obeying the law. #GirlGuidingUK

If this was a decision that they really didn't want to make, there's a simple solution - don't make it. www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...

UK graphic novel of 2025? We love Matthew Dooley's Artistotle's Cuttlefish. "it’s difficult to suggest how this could have been improved in any way". @jonathancape.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/aristotles-c...