AOC as ‘Supergirl’: comic parody hits back at DC complaint
After cease and desist letter issued for portraying Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez like DC’s Wonder Woman, indie Devil’s Due pastiches another character
Clyde Fans by Seth review – a sad symphony in blue and grey
Regret and nostalgia infuse a tale of an absent father and two brothers in small-town Canada
Stan Lee: three more accused of elder abuse of Marvel creator
Joan Celia Lee files lawsuit against her father’s former manager, and two others, alleging a ‘sinister plot’ to take advantage of the ailing comics legend
Clyde Fans by Seth review – heirs to a fading Canadian dream
Ten years in the making, Seth’s saga of two brothers tied to the family firm is a masterpiece
Manga belongs in the British Museum as much as the Elgin marbles
The Japanese graphic form has contributed to modern culture for over a century, says comic-book writer David Barnett
Beware of the lions: a comedian’s guide to the Indian election
What do the Stay Awake party stand for? Could anyone vote cauliflower? And will officials in the Gir Forest get out alive? As the world’s biggest election ends, one comic reveals how it gives him a lifetime of material
Manga review – where has all the riotous fun and filth gone?
It has moments of brilliance but asking us to compare today’s graphic artists with greats of the past is misguided
Fukushima, golf and Jesus on a gap year: why no subject is now off-limits for manga
Once regarded as too niche for the west, Japan’s comic genre has become a global phenomenon, generating billions of dollars. So why is it still so misunderstood?
Manga and the art of the mass-market masterpiece
As the British Museum opens the biggest exhibition of the comic-book artform outside Japan, graphic novelist Fumio Obata celebrates its enduring appeal
Stan Lee’s business manager charged with elder abuse of Marvel creator
Keya Morgan, the memorabilia dealer who became close to the comics magnate, is accused of ‘false imprisonment, forgery and fraud’
‘I’m sucking up your IQ!’: what 90s Batman tells us about Hollywood
The dialogue is corny, the heroes moody, the fights risible, but the Batman films of Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher paved the way for today’s blockbusters
Watchmen trailer: HBO reveals first look at superhero series
The network hopes to follow the end of Game of Thrones with another blockbuster series, an adaptation of the cult graphic novel
Why are comics shops closing as superheroes make a mint?
The latest Avengers film is expected to take $1bn in its opening week, but the shops that are those characters’ natural homes are battling to stay in business
It’s a #masterpiece! What if Gauguin and Monet had been on Instagram?
Illustrator Jean-Philippe Delhomme has imagined how great painters would have fared on social media – and the trolling their work might have received
Defying Chinese censorship: a comic dedicated to nakedness
When artist Yan Cong was told he could not print any nudity in his books, he set out to produce an anthology with characters in the buff