Graphic short story: The Devil’s Deal

Dominic Linton and Fred Morris, along with Jessika Green, are runners-up in the Observer/Cape/Comica graphic short story prize 2019. This is their entry

Meet Simone Lia, cartoonist and champion of the humble worm

The Observer’s comic-strip artist on her new children’s book and her obsession with invertebrates

What does Colin Farrell’s casting as the Penguin tell us about The Batman?

In a departure from tradition, the actor rumoured to have waddled into the frame as the villain in Matt Reeves’ forthcoming film has leading-man looks

A spirit the Nazis couldn’t erase: Charlotte Salomon: Life? or Theatre? review

Discovered after her death at Auschwitz, the artist’s graphic record of her life unfolds in startlingly poignant scenes, from her mother’s graveside to her lover’s bed

Meet Adrenaline: Asterix gets first female hero in 60-year history

Asterix and the Chieftain’s Daughter, released on Thursday, stars a rebellious teenage Gaul who keeps Asterix and Obelix on their toes

President Supervillain: behind the alarmingly accurate Trump-Marvel mashup

The popular Twitter account, which puts Trump speeches into the mouth of Red Skull, is so convincing that the creator had to clarify that the president isn’t quoting the supervillain

Auteurs assemble! What caused the superhero backlash?

They’ve conquered the box office. Now it’s payback time. As they are attacked by film-makers like Martin Scorsese, are TV and movie superheroes fighting a losing battle against reality?

Rain by Mary and Bryan Talbot review – climate-crisis graphic novel

Passionately political, this tale of a budding relationship between two women set against the 2015 floods in the north of England is an inspiring cry of protest

Regina King on fighting white supremacists in Watchmen: ‘My community is living this story’

The Oscar-winner is playing a cape-swishing superhero in HBO’s revamp of the epic comic book. She talks wage gaps, wardrobe woes and her dreams of becoming a dentist

A Puff of Smoke by Sarah Lippett review – growing pains

Sarah Lippett’s wonderfully drawn memoir of a serious childhood illness is moving and inspiring

Rusty Brown by Chris Ware review – a treasure trove of invention

With its awe-inspiring exploration of regret and ageing, anxiety and ennui, Ware’s latest graphic novel poses essential questions about the formation of character

Joker – the incels, the incitement, the ending: discuss with spoilers

Joaquin Phoenix’s cackling baddie is unleashed today – here’s your chance to talk about whether Todd Phillips is trolling us, or if his film deserves all the Oscars it can get

Wuthering depths: the Brontë country graphic novel about floods and fracking

Yorkshire’s under threat – from extreme weather, extreme pollution and extreme grouse-shooting. The Costa-winning duo behind graphic novel Rain talk us through its deeper meanings

‘I envy writers who suffer from no self‑doubts’: inside the world of graphic novelist Chris Ware

The mind behind Jimmy Corrigan on casting himself as a ‘jerk’ in his new book Rusty Brown, childhood nostalgia and discovering his distinctive style

Bringing back Robert Downey Jr’s Iron Man for the Black Widow movie is cheating

Ellen Ripley and Gandalf have staged comebacks, but making Marvel fans watch their heroes die, then blithely return, is a big ask emotionally