Graphic artist Art Spiegelman on Maus, politics and ‘drawing badly’
Forty years on from ‘the first masterpiece in comic-book history’, the Pulitzer-winning cartoonist talks fame, switching styles and why he doesn’t want to draw Trump
The Contradictions by Sophie Yanow review – on the road with a raging bore
This funny story of a student’s trip abroad with her new anarchist friend will resonate with anyone who has been a fresher
Akira review – apocalyptic anime’s startling message of global annihilation
The landmark Japanese cyberpunk animation from 1988 re-emerges as a deeply strange nightmare about destruction and rebirth
Rejected Tintin artwork to be auctioned with estimate of €3m
Hergé’s original cover for The Blue Lotus auctioned 80 years after it was deemed too colourful
Welcome to the New World: Waking Up in Trump’s America – review
Jake Halpern and Michael Sloan’s story of a Syrian family trying to resettle in America is powerful and moving
I love Spider-Man – but would my son? How I learned a hard lesson about heroes
He’s my all-time favourite comic character. But do the real heroes still wear spandex?
Top 10 goddesses in fiction
In ancient myth – and novels by authors from Neil Gaiman to Toni Morrison – these ambiguous figures are sometimes repressive, sometimes inspiring
The New Mutants review – troubled kids add hit of horror to X-Men saga
The superhero franchise is refreshed with a thoughtful study of childhood trauma before noisy CGI battles come to the fore
What is it like to be a middle-aged woman? A son asked his mother – then wrote a comic
South Korean cartoonist Yeong-shin Ma asked his mother to fill out a notebook detailing her life. Her brutally honest response lead to his graphic novel Moms
How we made Flash Gordon – by Brian Blessed and Mike Hodges
‘I told them if they offered the part of Vultan to anyone else, I’d strangle the bastard’
The Jonathan Cape/Observer/Comica graphic short story prize 2020 – enter now!
The annual award for aspiring cartoonists offers the chance to be published and win a cheque for £1,000, with past winners going on to land film and book deals
The Flapper Queens by Trina Robbins review – a luscious curation
The jazz age is brought to vivid life in this showcase of six dazzling female cartoonists
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist review – Adrian Tomine’s memoir of a life in art
With wit and brutal honesty, Tomine examines the absurdity of the comic-book industry and his own fragile ego
Adrian Tomine: ‘Cartoons seemed like the surest path to being a hermit’
It’s safe to say the US cartoonist is ambivalent about his own success. His latest book charts the everyday humiliations of his trade in hilarious detail
Wendy, Master of Art review – witty graphic novel unleashes hipster hell
Time for Lacanian sculpture and the semiotics of string in this third outing for Walter Scott’s winningly messy heroine