King of King Court by Travis Dandro review – childhood drawn from a boy’s perspective
This affecting account of family life features dreams of monsters, classroom japes – and a father hooked on heroin
Sensible Footwear by Kate Charlesworth review – an instant classic
This joyous personal history of British LGBTQ life leaves no stone unturned
Art Spiegelman’s Marvel essay ‘refused publication for Orange Skull Trump dig’
Maus author says he was told the comics giant – whose chairman is a prominent Trump supporter – was trying to remain apolitical
Generation Rent: a writer living in a shed on the best books on the housing crisis
From Knut Hamsun’s Hunger to Richard McGuire’s profound graphic novel Here, Homesick author Catrina Davies picks her favourites
Thor! Blade! Picard! The 10 biggest surprises from Comic-Con 2019
San Diego’s annual pop culture gathering saw a big reveal of trailers, stars and release dates, including some major Marvel news
How I Tried to Be a Good Person by Ulli Lust – review
A memoir of a menage a trois reveals the power of desire – and the pain when jealousy rears its head
Goodbye, Alan Moore: the king of comics bows out
The pioneer of serious superheroes – who is retiring – has transformed the genre over 40 years of rebellious invention
Okko’s Inn review – come for the story, stay for the quirky characters
A traumatised child gets into the innkeeping business – with the help of some benevolent phantoms – in a perky tale from a former Studio Ghibli animator
‘Hentai is brilliant’: Countdown contestant clocks risque winner
Marwan Riach unearths six-letter word describing sexually explicit anime or manga
The Sandman, Catch-22, Cloud Atlas … is there such thing as an ‘unfilmable’ book?
Books by authors like Neil Gaiman and Gabriel García Márquez have been dismissed as too difficult to adapt. With Netflix offering both time and cash, is that true anymore?
Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman is green lit by Netflix
After several attempts to film Gaiman’s acclaimed comic book series, the streaming giant has picked it up in a ‘massive’ deal with Warner Bros
The problem with Flash Gordon is racism – and animation won’t fix it
Born in an era of ‘yellow peril’ paranoia, the dagger at the heart of this story is hard to get past – a challenge Taika Waititi must overcome in the space hero’s next project
Rocky of the Rovers: success of Roy’s sister a sign of changing times
Rocky’s adventures at the Women’s World Cup have unfolded in real time, with readers voting on where the story goes
The Jonathan Cape/Observer/Comica graphic short story prize 2019 – enter now!
The annual award for aspiring cartoonists offers the chance to be published and win a cheque for £1,000
Pepe the Frog creator wins $15,000 settlement against Infowars
Victory is latest in a string of legal actions by Matt Furie, who is seeking to halt the co-option of his cartoon by the far right