| RASL | |
|---|---|
 Cover of the first issue. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Cartoon Books (self-published) |
| Schedule | Bimonthly, originally 3 issues annually, typically delayed |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | SciFi, Noir |
| Publication date | February 2008 – August 2012 |
| No. of issues | 15 |
| Main character(s) | RASL Miles Riley Maya Riley |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Jeff Smith |
| Written by | Jeff Smith |
| Artist(s) | Jeff Smith |
| Collected editions | |
| Volume 1: The Drift | ISBN 978-1-888963-20-5 |
| Volume 2: Fire of St. George | ISBN 9781888963229 |
| Volume 3: Romance at the Speed of Light | ISBN 9781888963335 |
| Volume 4: The Lost Journals of Nikola Tesla | ISBN 978-1-888-96332-8 |
| RASL color collected edition | ISBN 978-1-888963-37-3 |
RASL is a 2013 graphic novel by cartoonist Jeff Smith. A sci-fi noir, it is the story of RASL (Dr. Robert Joseph Johnson), an art thief who jumps to parallel universes in attempts to steal famous paintings, but runs into danger as he is pursued by the government.
RASL draws influences from real-life events, people, and places, including Nikola Tesla, Southwestern Native American culture, and hardboiled crime fiction. The book's central storyline is narrated extensively through the protagonist's thoughts, aided by the use of flashbacks to tell the story of his past. Smith's art style is high-contrast black-and-white, and is notably more detailed and "human" than his previous work Bone.
RASL originally appeared in serial form in an independently published black-and-white comic book published from 2008 to 2012.