True fantasy: when literary inventions become real locations
Luton council is to name two streets in tribute to the late Steve Dillon’s creations – joining a long line of literature that’s been put literally on the map
Aquaman: silliest superhero in comics resurfaces as a serious character
After decades as the butt of endless jokes, the famously feeble superhero is being repositioned by DC to be a serious thorn in America’s side
How we made Transformers
‘Ratchet is named after the nurse in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – and Ironhide after the old TV detective Ironside’
George Lucas’s LA museum brings new hope to art’s storytellers
The Star Wars director reinvigorated cinema with sheer storytelling panache – can he do the same for an art world obsessed with concept and abstraction?
Get ready, here I come: 20 talents set to take 2017 by storm
The singer who stunned Pharrell, the writer to rival Pynchon, the son of a stone carver making art out of his body … we choose 20 names to watch in stage, film, books, art, design, music and TV
This year’s biggest book adaptations – and which ones are worth reading first
From Margaret Atwood to Stephen King, a host of great authors will see work adapted for film and TV this year. Here’s our guide to which to read before you watch
The Abominable Mr Seabrook review – tales from a heart of darkness
Joe Ollmann’s illustrations capture the life of William Seabrook, explorer, cannibal, sadist and zombie expert
V for Vendetta is a manual for rebellion against injustice
Written in the Thatcher era, Alan Moore and David Lloyd’s story of standing up to dystopian authority has lost none of its relevance
Y: The Last Man by Brian K Vaughan and Pia Guerra – a dystopia built by women
This story about the near extinction of men demands bold defiance from its hero – and launches a new blog series about books that are challenging in all senses
Wonder Woman writer and artist dropped by DC over ‘challenging relationship’
Comics giant says that the company was concerned by criticism by husband-and-wife team Ray Dillon and Renae De Liz of other creatives
From the Moomins to Asterix, picture books help build a better world
Do we buy picture books to relive our own childhoods? Perhaps, but the best have the power to inspire both children and adults
Suicide Squad director joins Margot Robbie for female DC villains movie
Actor will reprise Harley Quinn role for film-maker David Ayer in Gotham City Sirens, inspired by recent comic about murderous women from Batman’s past
Rachel Cooke’s best graphic books of 2016
From dazzling biographies to fantastic fantasy and wry observation, the year’s graphic books would make great Christmas presents
Tom Hiddleston and Ben Wheatley to reunite for Frank Miller adaptation
High-Rise actor and director to collaborate on big-screen version of Miller and Geof Darrow’s comic Hard Boiled
How Hetain Patel shape-shifted from Spider-Man to ‘bad Obama’
He has aped superheroes, written over himself in henna and based a performance around his moustache. Now, accidental dancer Hetain Patel has imagined a post-presidential rampage