Beanotown: an imaginary world filled with menaces, minxes and dodgers
Jonathan Jones: The Southbank Centre's Festival of Neighbourhood pays homage to Dennis and Gnasher, the Bash St Kids and the comic-book geniuses who created them
Webchat: Neil Gaiman
The multiple award-winning novelist and comic writer Neil Gaiman will be joining us for a live webchat on Friday 14 June 2013. Post your questions now
009 Re: Cyborg – review
Chris Michael: A team of ethnically stereotyped cyborgs fight for justice in a post-9/11 world but get bogged down in metaphysical blather
Benicio del Toro to appear in Guardians of the Galaxy
Studio Marvel, owned by Disney, is to continue its series of successful comic book adaptations; Del Toro joins a stellar cast
Beano exhibition brings a sense of Menace to London’s Southbank Centre
Beanotown recreates the fictional home of children's comic characters such as Dennis the Menace and Minnie the Minx
Blue Is the Warmest Colour translation hurried into print after Cannes victory
Publication of graphic novel's English version brought forward in wake of film version's film festival triumph
Anti-superhero Zenith returns to print
David Barnett: After protracted legal wrangles, Grant Morrison's famously shallow fictional pin-up will soon be available again - at a price
Top 10 cultural hotspots in Portland, Oregon
With comic-book stores, indie cinema, live gigs, theatre, cutting-edge galleries – and great coffee of course – Portland punches way above its weight for a city of its size, say culture bloggers Aaron Rayburn and Ben Vickery
The science of webcomics
Do webcomics use an 'emergent system'? Dean Burnett talks to the authors/artists/web gurus behind webcomic, Exterminatus Now
Iron Man 3 proves its box-office mettle after passing $1bn mark
Marvel hero's latest outing becomes the second most successful comic-book film in history after outstripping The Dark Knight
Cape/Observer/Comica graphic short story prize – entries open
Make your mark on the world of comics and join our extremely talented winners – and runners-up – of the past, writes Rachel Cooke
The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil by Stephen Collins – review
A man's beard troubles the authorities in the excellent first book by Stephen Collins, a former winner of the Cape/Observer graphic prize, writes Rachel Cooke
Iron Man 3 makes second-biggest US debut of all time
Marvel Studios' latest Tony Stark instalment opens with colossal $175.3m, putting it second only to 2012's The Avengers
The Etherington Brothers’ top tips for creating a comic book
The Etherington Brothers, creators of Monkey Nuts and contributors to Star Wars, Transformers, the Dandy and Wallace and Gromit, share their expert tips for creating an awesome comic