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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 6h

Florence Magnan's Emilie's Inheritance becomes weirder by the volume, and yet everything is cleverly tied up with beautiful art in The Arcana. @cinebook.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/emilies-inhe...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

We're really impressed with the realism Yugo Kobayashi brings to Ao Ashi, about a talented young football player starting his career. Great art as well. @comicstitan.bsky.social @titanmangahq.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/ao-ashi-2/

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Absolute Green Lantern? We should say so. @alewingpromotes.bsky.social and @jahnoyl.bsky.social knock this reboot out of the park. theslingsandarrows.com/absolute-gre...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

@neillcameron.bsky.social has a third Donut Squad book out, and Destiny of the Donuts is every bit as compelling for kids and adults. Beware Chocky Plops! @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/donut-squad-...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

LaughalongaJoe? This week @fantagraphics.bsky.social release a collection of Joe Matt's autobiographical Peepshow. Great cartooning, appalling behaviour and a lot of laughs. theslingsandarrows.com/peepshow/

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ryoichiro Kezuka’s second volume of Record Journey matches the first for delightful stories about how people experienced music before the digital era. Neatly drawn and imaginative, it's out this week from @comicstitan.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/record-journ...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A new story about a design icon? Blake & Mortimer: The Last Swordfish comes up trumps from Jean Van Hamme, Teun Beserik and Peter Van Dongen. "one of the most satisfying entries in this series to date". @cinebook.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/the-adventur...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We're happy to see @2000ad.bsky.social re-issue Brass Sun, and as Volume 1 suggesting more to come. It's creative SF from Ian Edginton and I.N.J. Culbard. "it’s the journey to be treasured, not the destination". theslingsandarrows.com/brass-sun-vo...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Very relevant today is a now primitive AI developed to play chess. In 1997 could a computer beat chess champion Gary Kasparov? Steve Sheinkin and Maurice Ashley tell the compelling story and Thien Pham's neat cartooning enlivens it. @thiendog.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/mind-vs-mach...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Seen The Summer Hikaru Died? We'd recommend all volumes to date exploring a remote mountainside town with a supernatural secret through the eyes of teenagers, one of them dead. Mokumokuren sets a great atmosphere. @yenpress.com theslingsandarrows.com/the-summer-h...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Most people reading this post won't know Scottish artist and writer Will Tempest, but they ought to. He's great. Two volumes of his Short Sword collections are available through his own website, and we'd recommend them both. theslingsandarrows.com/short-sword-...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We thoroughly recommend John Ridley and Stefano Raffaele's Ministry of Compliance as a thoughtful action thriller with an SF twist. theslingsandarrows.com/the-ministry...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Eko Eko Azarak Reborn features a witch to whom even demons defer in a series of scary short stories elegantly adapted by J-ta Yamada, who varies the art from story to story. @titanmangahq.bsky.social @comicstitan.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/eko-eko-azar...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

To Life is Jewish cartoonist Joann Sfar's attempt to make sense of something where little sense exists and it’s thought-provoking from start to finish. @23rdstbooks.bsky.social @firstsecond.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/to-life-a-ca...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A second very welcome outing for Skull Cat arrives this week, now dealing with the problem of the vampire's amulet. Norman Shurtliff delivers another bundle of all-ages joy. @topshelfcomix.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/skull-cat-an...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We love that @jaredcullum.bsky.social has taken into account readers of his first Kodi book are now 6 years older. A Place to Call Home is longer, better and features art that's even more beautiful. @topshelfcomix.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/kodi-a-place...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

@boxbrown.bsky.social returns as Brian Box Brown with Forevr, a smart domestic comedy about the near future with the dead able to survive in the cloud. Is he warning about the future or embracing it? @topshelfcomix.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/forevr/

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The 4th volume of Florent Maudoux's astonishingly creative take on a school for superheroes is out this week from @magneticpress.bsky.social "visually amazing and brilliantly achieved". theslingsandarrows.com/freaks-squee...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Rodolphe, Leo and Bartrand Marchal's Amazonia Episode 5 concludes Kathy Austin's time in Brazil. It ties up everything well and looks great, but keeps some mysteries for next series Scotland. @cinebook.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/amazonia-epi...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

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...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

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...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

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...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

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?

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

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...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

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...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

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-...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

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-...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

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...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

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/

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

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...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

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...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

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...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

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/

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

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...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

"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...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

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-...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

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/

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

@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...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

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

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

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/

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

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...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

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...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

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-...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

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...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

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...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

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...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

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...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

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...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

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...

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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

David Wilson's Soulmates is out this week from Roaring Book and we think it's excellent. "Whether considering Soulmates as teen drama, supernatural thriller or plain romance, it works on every level". @downpourdw.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/soulmates/

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