Before Watchmen: DC Comics publisher defends prequels
Dan DiDio says Watchmen prequels are a 'love letter' to Alan Moore's creation, as graphic novel's co-creator continues to censure the project
Drawn in by children’s comic annuals
Imogen Russell Williams: Whether it was Rupert Bear's reassuring Nutwood or the preteen perils of Mandy and Bunty, a Christmas comic annual would keep me engrossed for hours
Make way for the female comic geeks
Kapow! is a comic convention run by sisters – but will women ever be welcomed by the boys' club?
The talking penguin’s guide to climate change
Darryl Cunningham is using the graphic novel format to address the most serious issues in science and to fight disinformation, writes Killian Fox
The post-Moebius upholders of a proud French comic book tradition
Daniel Kalder: The work of Nicolas de Crecy and David B shows that the Gallic graphic novel is in safe hands despite the death of Jean Giraud
Avengers Assemble – review
Joss Whedon proves himself a master plate-spinner at drawing together the meaty backstories of a half-dozen superheroes, writes Henry Barnes
Please God, Find Me a Husband! by Simone Lia – review
Simone Lia's neat and expressive drawings tell the tale of her divine quest for love with humour and sincerity, writes Rachel Cooke
Jean Giraud obituary
French comic book artist internationally known by his pen names Moebius and Gir
Doonesbury strip on Texas abortion law dropped by some US newspapers
Several papers decline to use cartoon strip, which depicts state-required sonograms as Republican-approved rape
Blue toon: Dr Seuss’s book of nudes reveals his adult side
The good doctor's reworking of the Lady Godiva myth shows a genius cartoonist stretching himself – and realising his limits
Archie gay marriage comic sells out in face of boycott call
Conservative lobby One Million Moms' campaign for Toys R Us to withdraw wedding issue from sale falls flat
Batman named greatest comic hero
Caped Crusader bests Spider-Man and Superman in Comic Heroes magazine's ranking
The House That Groaned by Karrie Fransman – review
A house's oddball occupants jump off the page in Karrie Fransman's bleak yet beautiful graphic novel, writes Rachel Cooke
2000AD at 35: A future you can still look forward to
The first issues of the great comic seemed impossibly futuristic. The eponymous year may be gone, but it hasn't dated
Buffy drives home an important issue for women
The Vampire Slayer's difficult choice matters because it raises a rarely-aired question about many real pregnancies
Buffy’s choice: Joss Whedon gets political
With Planned Parenthood controversy 'a hot button issue', Vampire Slayer torn over pregnancy
Western canon to be rewritten as three-volume graphic novel
Robert Crumb and Will Eisner among 130 illustrators contributing to 1,344-page condensation of every great book
Watchmen prequels: A hard act to precede
The Watchmen prequels' back-story excursions don't have many illustrious precedents – but there are some seriously classy exceptions
Fox goes into battle with Batman and Superman
DC Comics' superheroes come under attack in news report with echoes of 50s witchhunt
Labyrinth gets graphic novel prequel
Illustrator Brian Froud, who worked on the cult children's fantasy film, will oversee character design
Ronald Searle, St Trinian’s creator, dies aged 91
Artist who created the anarchic girls' school and drew the ever-popular illustrations for the Molesworth books
Ker-pow! Women kick back against comic-book sexism
UK-made, female-driven anthology Bayou Arcana is causing a stir for more than just its haunting images and storylines
Joe Simon obituary
He created Captain America during the golden age of US comic book superheroes
What became of illustrations in fiction?
Darragh McManus: In the 19th century, some kind of graphic component enhanced many novels, and our prosy era is missing out
Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy to become very graphic novel
DC Comics signs Glaswegian crime writer Denise Mina to adapt Girl with the Dragon Tattoo novels for comic format
From stage to page: why aren’t more plays turned into graphic novels?
Kelly Nestruck: Everyone knows reading a play isn't as good as seeing it performed. But a colourful comic-book adaptation of Robert Lepage's The Blue Dragon may have changed all that
1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die edited by Paul Gravett – review
An essential collection for serious comics fans, argues Michel Faber
‘Watchmen 2′ prequel rumours divide readers
Reports of further Watchmen books, written without creator Alan Moore's involvement, are rousing strong feelings among fans
Alan Moore attacks Frank Miller in comic book war of words
Moore condemns Miller's work as misogynistic, homophobic and misguided after Sin City creator's attack on Occupy movement
Alan Moore v Frank Miller: comics legends clash
Moore criticises 'unpleasant sensibility' of 'completely misguided' Miller after Sin City author's tirade against the Occupy movement
A comic look at superhero sexism
Alison Flood: Kevin Bolk has brilliantly subjected the male Avengers to kind of 'gaze' normally trained on their female counterparts. It's a very different picture