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
Women speak out about Warren Ellis: ‘Full and informed consent was impossible’
Scores of women are publishing details of their relationships with the Transmetropolitan writer, who they say offered mentorship in exchange for sexual contact. But they don’t want him cancelled - they want a conversation