Preacher season one: when Tarantino met Breaking Bad, plus cow farts
The first season of Preacher is done and dusted, and its plethora of violent set pieces and morality tales made for a shocking, gleeful show
Alan Moore uses nine-year-old’s fan letter on new book’s cover
Young fan’s endorsement of ‘the greatest author in human history’ welcomed by the comics legend, who uses it to adorn new novel Jerusalem
Wonder Woman artist Frank Cho quits in row over ‘vulgar’ covers
Commissioned to produce 24 variant covers for the superhero series, Cho has pulled out after six, citing attempts to ‘censor’ work for ‘showing too much skin’
Are comic book movies actually fascist?
Die Hard director John McTiernan claims superhero films are ‘made by fascists’, pointing to Captain America as exhibit A. But the truth is a lot less definitive
Will we ever see a black Iron Man, Asian Hulk or female Thor on the big screen?
Expect more diverse superheroes not only in Marvel’s comic but also in cinemas. It’s about time
Borinqueña: Puerto Rico’s new superhero fights crime – and a political crisis
Artist Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez has designed a comic book character who combines superpowers and activism on the troubled island
The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia, and The Last Communard review – the best model for the left
A graphic biography about a saintly feminist who fought on the barricades of the French Commune and the story of an unlikely revolutionary icon point to new socialist futures
Captain Britain would fight to remain in EU, says superhero’s creator
Chris Claremont claims Marvel character ‘sees the bigger picture’ and would vote against Brexit in the EU referendum
The comic book where disabled heroes save the world
Marvel’s Stan Lee backs UK dad’s superhero team created for daughter with spina bifida
Why it’s time for the X-Men franchise to mutate
A gay mutant? A female Wolverine? They’ve both already happened in print – and after the success of Deadpool, studios have no excuse to keep playing it safe with the diversity of their superheroes
Dennis the Menace to get CGI makeover as Beano targets YouTube generation
New TV series and movie in the pipeline as 78-year-old magazine launches digital hub for seven- to-10-year-olds
Triumphant Warcraft puts Ninja Turtles in the shadows at UK box office
Half-term crowds help propel family-friendly action-thrillers to the top, as Anthony Hopkins/Al Pacino turkey gobbles up just £97
Walking Dead creator: ‘Optimism doesn’t always show in my work’
Robert Kirkman on the enduring attraction of zombies, why exorcism fascinates - and how he doesn’t let social media chatter drive him crazy
Brie Larson is frontrunner to play Captain Marvel
The Oscar-winning actor is in early talks to take the lead in Marvel’s first standalone female superhero film
Lisa Hanawalt: BoJack cartoonist gets personal in Hot Dog Taste Test
The illustrator’s new book of comics, like BoJack Horseman, balances the somber and the playful, mixing food experiments with family trips to Buenos Aires