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

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