Marvel announces first gay Captain America
Aaron Fischer, a gay teenager, will take on the mantle in The United States of Captain America, marking the character’s 80th anniversary
Beano hero: Dennis the Menace turns 70
The perennial naughty schoolboy is entering his eighth decade as youthful as ever, with help from YouTube star Joe Sugg and a panel of young readers
On my radar: Aidan Moffat’s cultural highlights
The Arab Strap vocalist on late-night horror chats with his mum, spending time with Alan Partridge, and bingeing on Succession
Hergé’s heirs sue artist over his Tintin/Edward Hopper mashups
Xavier Marabout has been accused in a French court of ‘taking advantage of the reputation of a character to immerse him in an erotic universe’
Parenthesis by Élodie Durand review – gripping graphic memoir about the joy of recovery
The French artist deftly evokes the fog and fear of illness and the thrill of getting better
Todo Bajo el Sol: Spanish graphic novel explores history of mass tourism
Ana Penyas’s book tells story of three generations of a family whose lives reflect Spain’s socioeconomic transformation
Drawing comfort: the sketchbooks that got Chris Riddell through 2020
For the Observer’s cartoonist, keeping a daily pictorial record of events was the only way to make sense of last year. A new book was the result
My wife rolls her eyes at a grown man reading comics in bed. But I think it’s sexy
I pull out my graphic novel and wait for an inevitable raised eyebrow – she doesn’t realise how cool I’m being
Why do video games matter? 20 books every player should read
Why do we play? How do games work? From games philosophy to sci-fi, here are 20 delightful and essential reads for gamers
Bill Titcombe obituary
Other Lives: Cartoonist who drew scores of characters for magazines, including Scooby-Doo and Tom and Jerry
Marvel removes antisemitic trope from Immortal Hulk comic
Panel showing character visiting ‘Jewery’ shop was an ‘honest but terrible mistake’, says artist Joe Bennett but the publisher has withdrawn the illustration
Bring me a dream: why I’m excited about The Sandman coming to Netflix
A thoughtful list of actors is an early sign that this adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s DC Comics series is in good hands
The Grande Odalisque by Jérôme Mulot, Florent Ruppert and Bastien Vivès review – escapist fun
A ‘Houellebecquian manifesto on art’ will transport you across the world in the company of three sassy female criminals
Tintin cover art sells for record-breaking €3.2m
Hergé’s original artwork for Le Lotus Bleu was rejected as too expensive to reproduce in 1936 and given to editor’s son, who kept it in a drawer for decades
Captain America creator’s son hits out at Capitol mob’s use of superhero imagery
Neal Kirby says he was appalled to see symbols of the patriotic action man among the crowds as ‘Captain America is the antithesis of Donald Trump’