Jordan Peterson ‘shocked’ by Captain America villain Red Skull espousing ‘10 rules for life’
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s new comic sees Red Skull mobilising young men against ‘the feminist trap’ and other Petersonian targets
‘It was her story’: Riad Sattouf on the real girl behind his Esther comics
When the graphic novelist met an unusually chatty nine-year-old, he was so struck by her talk that he began putting it into cartoons, which have been a hit in France
Esther’s Notebooks by Riad Sattouf review – fantastically daring
The French cartoonist’s funny, well-observed stories about the life of a young girl in Paris read like an illustrated version of the TV series Up
Captain Underpants author withdraws book over ‘passive racism’
Publisher Scholastic says it will no longer distribute The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future
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