We loved Ilya's Romo the Wolf Boy in hardback and now it's available in paperback. @selfmadehero.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/romo-the-wol...

It's been out for a while, but we would really recommend you pick up Lola: A Ghost Story. It's "evocative, compelling, gently enthralling and with a genuinely scary shock ending" from @jtorrescomics.bsky.social and Elbert Or. @oni-press.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/lola-a-ghost...

Any new series by @megcabot.bsky.social is big news, and Detective Baby is a graphic novel! The concept of Dance Team Drama is like a wacky 1960s sitcom, and #ameliaallore is a great artist in bringing it to life. @harpercollins.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/detective-ba...

Has anyone ever produced a William Blake & Bob Mortimer pastiche? Someone should. Bill in charge of MI5 and Bob a genius engineer. What could go wrong?

The best ever domestic gay comedy in comics? Tim Barela's Leonard & Larry by a country mile, and at last there's a complete collection, available in print or digitally from @rattlinggoodyarns.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/the-complete...

Stunning art and incisive commentary from @mirkoilic.bsky.social in the single page strips of Nightmares and Daydreams as he muses about the covid period. @selfmadehero.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/nightmares-a...

In the mood for a bonkers story about superheroes? Try A Ghost Arm Made of Angry Ghosts by Oliver Mertz and @alexdiotto.bsky.social. "relatively original and worth revisiting". @mertzmakesstuff.com @oni-press.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/a-ghost-arm-...

Normally explaining the world, Darryl Cunningham's sense of humour applies to conceptual superhero SF in John of the Night. By the end he’s made us care about the balance between the individual and the collective! @acmedarryl.bsky.social @averyhill.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/john-of-the-...

It's taken so long for a collection of Jess Bradley's Squid Bits, but it's here now. Oh, the imagination! @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/squid-bits-t...

Looking for an imaginative fantasy mystery graphic novel? Well, The Spire has celebrated 10 years, and it's still great from @sispurrier.bsky.social & Jeff Stokely. @boom-studios.com "The truth always comes out sometime in the future". theslingsandarrows.com/the-spire/

It's been a long wait since Scarlet Traces Volume Three, but Ian Edginton and D'Israeli continue a ripping yarn. "remains class and one of the most powerful adaptations of its source material". @2000ad.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/scarlet-trac...

Prepare to be stunned by Kozue Amano’s art on new series for children Colore Coleri Creare. The sheer beauty is breathtaking. @titanmangahq.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/colori-coler...

The Bluecoats series doesn't get the recognition it deserves in English, and Drummer Boy is a great funny tale from Raoul Cauvin and Willy Lambil. @cinebook.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/the-bluecoat...

As Brandt&Stein, Ted Brandt and Ro Stein have crafted the magnificent sitcom Worst Man. It's a five star gem out this week from @comicstitan.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/worst-man/

Onofrio Catacchio beautifully evokes 1930s England and Germany in the latest Harry Dickson translation. Plotted by Jean Ray, The Red-Eyed Vampire is a killer due to be executed, but is he solely responsible for his crimes? @cinebook.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/harry-dickso...

"Intriguing, beautifully drawn and ripe with possibility" is what we think of Lovers of the Empire's opening volume, Yudori's sharp exploration of Korea under Japanese occupation in the 1920s. @fantagraphics.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/lovers-of-th...

Today we review all five volumes of The October Faction by @steveniles.bsky.social and Damien Worm. A family of monster hunters revives the business. We like them all, but Volume 3 has an imperious sweep. @idwpublishing.com theslingsandarrows.com/the-october-...

Exposures is a book for children exploring OCD, both the effects it has on protagonist Peyton and promoting understanding in others. It's thoughtful and educational from Lily Williams. @01firstsecond.bsky.social @lwbean.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/exposures/

@campbellwhyte.bsky.social's creative young adult story Home Time is reissued this week in a new combined edition from @topshelfcomix.bsky.social "In a just world it would sit upon every library bookshelf as a world waiting to be discovered". theslingsandarrows.com/home-time-xi...

An 11th collection of short stories from Sergio Toppi is themed around war. @magneticpress.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/the-collecte...

We're overjoyed to see Ivo Milazzo and Giancarlo Berardi's Tom's Bar available in English from Epicenter Comics. Smart, understated writing combines with beautifully composed art, but why, oh why, can't the publishers provide an adequate translation? theslingsandarrows.com/toms-bar/

Mimi Pond's Do Admit, connecting her experiences with the biographies of the 20th century Mitford Sisters won an Eisner Award, so nothing we say matters, but we love it. "immensely readable and it transmits as Pond greatly enjoying herself". @dandq.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/do-admit-the...

What's life like in New York for a biracial couple. My Beloved Other reveals an upsetting truth amid a glorious family memoir from @nickabadzis.bsky.social and Angela Watson. @23rdstbooks.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/my-beloved-o...

The 3rd collection of Batgirl by @tatebrombal.bsky.social and @takmiyazawa.bsky.social is released this week, and we review War of the Shadows and the previous books, discovering we love the idea of dropping Batgirl into a samurai epic. theslingsandarrows.com/batgirl-the-...

We like Kou Narita's adaptation of Rarutori's High Elf With a Long Life, resulting in a fantasy story where the action is played down and the characters are prioritised. Out this week from @titanmangahq.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/high-elf-wit...

Most of the DC Finest collection The Hangman Never Loses hasn't been previously collected. It gathers DC's Westerns from 1970 to 1975 and includes a complete run of lost masterpiece Son of Tomahawk by Robert Kanigher and Frank Thorne. theslingsandarrows.com/dc-finest-we...

On Mickey Mouse Floyd Gottfredson plotted and drew some of the earliest adventure continuities in comics history. And thanks to @fantagraphics.bsky.social and their collections of his Sunday strip, we can see they still stand up 90 years later. theslingsandarrows.com/mickey-mouse...

We feel the I Survived series for young readers is great, but too often suffers from poor art. That's not the case for I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005, in which Alvin Epps literally draws up a storm. As ever Georgia Ball adapts the Lauren Tarshis novel. theslingsandarrows.com/i-survived-h...

In 2002 @franktieri.bsky.social kicked off an ambitious revival of the discredited Weapon X facility in Wolverine. It's a lot of run, but go for the original Return of Weapon X trade, not the Epic Collection of the same name missing the best chapters. theslingsandarrows.com/wolverine-th...

We're delighted at a third volume of Rune from Carlos Sánchez. The Tale of the Winged Sorceress is "another engaging, magical and twisting story to enthral and amaze". @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/rune-the-tal...