Japan gives Harry Potter the manga treatment
Characters from JK Rowling’s books are being turned into Manga characters in a country which appears obsessed with the Hogwarts and the wizard world
On my radar: Leanne Shapton’s cultural highlights
The Canadian writer and illustrator on her love of Ellsworth Kelly, her passion for proper doughnuts, and the wonders of King William Island
Thunder & Lightning: Weather Past, Present, Future review – graphic storytelling reinvented
Lauren Redniss’s stunning cultural history of the weather is thrillingly original
Comix Creatrix: where women artists and stories are the big draw
From 18th-century caricature to today’s graphic novels, women have always been at the heart of comic art – as a new showcase of 100 artists illustrates
Preacher’s AMC makeover gives fans reason to hope
Seth Rogen gave fans more clues about the direction he is taking Preacher, but will too many ‘surprises’ spoil to tale of God and some guy called Arseface
On my radar: Julie Hesmondhalgh’s cultural highlights
The actor on Oldham Street, Manchester, the magic of Slow Club, a friend’s brilliant memoir, British feature film Radiator and Lemn Sissay’s poetry
The not-so-secret history of comics drawn by women
The head of the festival that awards comics’ most prestigious prize – the Grand Prix – claimed that women don’t appear in the history of comics. He’s wrong
Alan Moore’s early comic Monster to be republished
Written in the 1980s, tale of a man who grew up locked in an attic before going on a murder rampage will be collected in a 190-page book in July. See original panels from the series below
Comic-book festival bows to pressure over all-male award shortlist
Angoulême says it will add female nominees after Daniel Clowes, Joann Sfar and Riad Sattouf pull out in protest
Social media mocks DC Comics for note saying Pakistan language is ‘Pakistanian’
The US publisher’s latest annual features an editor’s note describing text ‘translated from Pakistanian’, setting social media alight with derision
Martin Scorsese’s Vinyl, Zoolander 2 and Drake – our critics’ tips for 2016
2016 brings a show by Citizenfour director Laura Poitras, a film by sketch show master Jordan Peele, two new museums in San Francisco and much more
Wonder Woman gets back to her BDSM roots in 2016
A new Wonder Woman comic book by Grant Morrison and Yanick Paquette has had prudish reviewers complaining – but bondage is part of the character’s DNA
Readers suggest the 10 best vicars
Recently we brought you our 10 best vicars. Here are your suggestions as to who should have made the list
Picture books grow up for an older audience
Illustrated books for an audience beyond the youngest readers are a welcome growth area in publishing, renewing the worth of paper books
Snoopin’ on Snoopy: exploring Santa Rosa, Charles Schulz’s hometown
Charlie Brown and Snoopy live on in the new Peanuts movie. And the spirit of the comic strip’s creator, Charles Schulz, survives in a museum in Santa Rosa, California – exactly the sort of town you’d expect to find these all-American heroes