"The Compleat Angler is a delight, an absolute delight."

"Almost a philosophical manual of R & R."

"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."

"The Compleat Angler is, truly, a gorgeous object. It's no exaggeration to say that, barring the publisher's details on its dust jacket, every single page of this book would sit handsomely on a gallery wall. But it's also a seductive treatise on reflection - a call, one might say, to inaction, from a slower, more contented past."

"It captures Walton's warm and holistic approach to angling, rivers and waterlife. Walton opens a window on a long-lost England, a world yet to be blighted by industrial capitalism, a natural environment whose beneficence is exploited by those who live off the land to fill supper plates."

"The Compleat Angler sets linocut prints and inky drawings alongside Walton's poetic prose, conjuring a landscape of cruelty and plenty in a meditative book of subtle carp, malicious frogs and dainty eels."

"As a work of art, the comic is stunning... a calming salve in turbulent political times."