X-Men’s Deadpool to fight his way back to the big screen after footage leak
Ben Child: X-men character gets green light following positive response to leaked footage online, with Ryan Reynolds tipped to play the anti-hero
Alan Moore takes cult horror comic Crossed into the future
Series creator Garth Ennis says it’s like Jimi Hendrix ‘wants to sing my songs’, as Moore signs up to write six issues of Crossed set in a future world, writes Alison Flood
Big Hero 6 first footage: a comic-book movie that kids and grownup kids will enjoy
Ben Child: Disney’s forthcoming film adaption of Marvel’s comic about a boy superhero and his robot friend reinvents the kid-sidekick trope – and could mark a new direction for comic-book movies
Cartoonist Alison Bechdel ‘in shock’ after winning $625,000 ‘genius’ grant
The graphic memoirist is among 21 recipients of this year’s MacArthur Foundation no-strings-attached stipend, writes Alison Flood
Tom Hiddleston to swing on to King Kong ‘origins’ film Skull Island
British actor popular from Thor and Avengers movies to take key role in giant-ape yarn, while Jordan Vogt-Roberts takes on directing duties
Fatherland review – an absorbing account of a Serbian fanatic
Nina Bunjevac tackles exile and the horrors of nationalism in this vivid and timely memoir, writes Rachel Cooke
Dredd sequel: he ought to be sent back where he came from
If the cult hit Dredd is to get a sequel, it should be an adaptation of the outlandish comic-book story Origins, in which the hero journeys into mutant-strewn badlands in search of his father, writes Ben Child
Alan Moore finishes million-word novel Jerusalem
Watchmen and V for Vendetta author has previously said ‘I have doubted that people will even be able to pick it up’
Al Murray: Why I love Marvel comics
The comic Pub Landlord still carries his teenage passion for the superhero comics filled with complex stories and masterful illustrations
Gotham state of mind: what do comics tell us about cities?
Raised in New York, fed by newspapers and nourished by urban life, comics tell the secrets of cities … and of those of us who live in them, writes Pascal Wyse
Online comics: just as much fun as their folding forebears
With the advent of independent presses, delving into online comics can be just as much fun as burrowing through your local comic shop used to be, writes James Bridle
A sick joke: the NHS in 2024, as seen by GP and graphic novelist Ian Williams
In his book The Bad Doctor, Ian Williams explored the life of a troubled family physician. Here, in an exclusive strip for the Guardian, he imagines the future of the NHS ...
Superman’s debut, Action Comics No 1, sells for $3m
1938 edition regarded as the holy grail of comic books and started superhero industry fetches record price on eBay