Spa by Erik Svetoft review – how the other half dies
An oozing discharge in the corridors of a five-star hotel symbolises the corruption of the rich in the Swedish artist’s mordant gothic debut
We’re All Just Fine by Ana Penyas review – home truths in a tyrant’s reign
Rich in detail, this award-winning debut explores the evolution of Spanish womanhood through drudgery, dictatorship and liberation
‘He created something magical’: Calvin and Hobbes fans rejoice as creator plans first work in decades
Bill Watterson to publish a sombre ‘fable for grown-ups’ after disappearing from public eye in 1995
Maus Now: Selected Writing, edited by Hillary Chute review – the Maus that made history
While Philip Pullman and Adam Gopnik illuminate Art Spiegelman’s towering graphic novel, few others in this collection succeed in capturing its spark and sophistication
Sword Art Online Progressive: Scherzo of Deep Night review – dungeon-crawler drama
The latest outing from the multimedia franchise finds its heroes still trapped inside an RPG, where they learn lessons about cooperation
Why Don’t You Love Me? by Paul B Rainey – a marriage made in hell veers into the unknown
In this clever and savage tale about a horribly miserable couple, redemption comes with a sci-fi twist
Your Wish Is My Command by Deena Mohamed review – a spellbinding fantasy from Egypt
The young author’s debut graphic novel brings magic to modern Cairo in an imaginative story of grief, faith and urban life
That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond review – high-spirited anime
This playful tale about an ogre samurai, a poisoned queen and a demonic pool of talking slime has a lot of confusing lore for the uninitiated to catch up on
Graphic novelist Deena Mohamed: ‘People seem to love how Egyptian my work is’
The author of the hit Cairo-set novel – set to be a future classic – on going viral with her first web comic and growing up reading Enid Blyton and Agatha Christie
Artist by Yeong-shin Ma – middle-aged men behaving badly
This darkly comic tale of three hapless and macho males fixes a boldly satirical eye on Korean society
The Quintessential Quintuplets review – sisters compete for love in charming anime
The premise of a high-school tutor forced to choose which of his students to marry could have been disastrous but this romantic fantasy film avoids ickiness
Terror in the Antarctic: graphic novels revisit the horror of the ‘worst journey in the world’
A century on from the publication of Cherry Apsley-Garrard’s classic book about Scott’s doomed Antarctic expedition, a new graphic novel version revisits his terrible tale
The best comics and graphic novels of 2022
A pandemic stream-of‑consciousness, an artist in the making and a bird society on the moon are among this year’s favourites
Graphic short story: Midnight Feast by Rebecca Jones
Rebecca Jones has been named winner in the Observer/Faber graphic short story prize 2022. This is her entry
Graphic short story: Autumn 2014 by Michael Lightfoot
Michael Lightfoot has been named joint runner-up in the Observer/Faber graphic short story prize 2022. This is his entry