"A calming salve in turbulent political times" - as put in this new review by the International Journal of Comic Art, 2025's #TheCompleatAngler by Gareth Brookes might be a good way to start off your 2026!
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"A landscape of cruelty and plenty in a meditative book of subtle carp, malicious frogs and dainty eels."
We're extremely proud to share that #TheCompleatAngler by Gareth Brookes has been named among the best graphic novels of 2025 by James Smart of @theguardian.com!
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"Brookes’ art in this graphic adaptation seems to be perfectly adapted to his subject matter, existing as an item of beauty in its own right..."
Thank you to Bookmunch for the new review of @garethbrookes.bsky.social's #TheCompleatAngler!
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Our fourth and final book released this Spring: @garethbrookes.bsky.social's #TheCompleatAngler!
"The Compleat Angler is a delight, an absolute delight." — The Slings and Arrows
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Did you know? @garethbrookes.bsky.social's #TheDancingPlague helped inspire the album Dance Fever by Florence and the Machine!
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"To disconnect and dwell in nature, and have time to yourself that can’t be measured as value. It’s something that humans require on a visceral level." - @garethbrookes.bsky.social interviewed in @comicbookyeti.com!
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@keepingitgeekly.bsky.social sat down with Gareth Brookes for @comicbookyeti.com to discuss #TheCompleatAngler, out now as a graphic novel from @selfmadehero.bsky.social. Check out this English language classic today!
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"The Compleat Angler is a delight, an absolute delight." - @sandagnguide.bsky.social
@garethbrookes.bsky.social's #TheCompleatAngler is OUT NOW!
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#TheCompleatAngler "is full of strangeness, it is esoteric and eccentric, it is full of folklore.”
@garethbrookes.bsky.social, interviewed by Dan Carrier in the Islington Tribune!
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UK readers still have to wait two more days, but in North America #TheCompleatAngler is OUT NOW!
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@garethbrookes.bsky.social's #TheCompleatAngler is only 2 WEEKS AWAY - but don't worry, it's more finished than these videos make it look!
UK: June 19th!
North America: June 19th!
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#TheCompleatAngler - a behind-the-scenes look courtesy of @garethbrookes.bsky.social, showing how hand-made linocut carvings are turned into prints before being turned into pages!
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The Compleat Angler arrives on June 19th in the UK, and June 17th in North America!
Want a sneak peek at @garethbrookes.bsky.social's #TheCompleatAngler? Check out this exclusive excerpt in SOLRAD!
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#TheCompleatAngler by @garethbrookes.bsky.social arrives in 2 WEEKS!
Here's another peek at the by-hand linocut process that serves as one of the two main mediums Brookes used to create this unequalled graphic novel!
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Thank you to everyone for joining us at the Century Club and @goshcomics.bsky.social this weekend to celebrate #LOW: Bowie's Berlin Years!
Next up is @garethbrookes.bsky.social's mixed-media masterwork #TheCompleatAngler!
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Frog vs Fish 🐸🐟🎣
#TheCompleatAngler - Izaak Walton's best-selling 17th-century environmentalist classic, back as a graphic novel by Gareth Brookes!
🇬🇧 June 19th!
🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇸 June 17th!
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🎣📜 Casting into History: British River Fish & The Compleat Angler 🎶🐟
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From #TheDancingPlague creator @garethbrookes.bsky.social, #TheCompleatAngler connects today’s politically divided and ecologically endangered England to that of the 17th century.
🇬🇧: June 19th
🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦: June 17th
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You know those huge chapters of Moby Dick that present nothing less than the biology of whales.
Well #thecompleatangler by #isaacwalton does much the same for course fishing. It's mesmerising even though I have interest in angling.
