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UK’s oldest comic The Dandy faces closure

Home of Desperate Dan has suffered circulation decline from 2m in its heyday to below 8,000

Batman comic delayed after Aurora shootings

DC Comics holds back Batman Inc #3 owing to content 'too close for comfort' after The Dark Knight Rises shootings in Colorado

Simon’s Cat: from ballpoint doodle to Cartoon Museum star

Simon Tofield's animated invention has now been viewed 269m times on YouTube

Does the modern mythology of Batman inflict a sick universe on its fans?

Jonathan Jones: Gotham's caped crusader inhabits a strange fictional world, one that has veered from Dark Knight to high camp and back again

Paperback Q&A: Grant Morrison on Supergods

Comic-book writer Grant Morrison on locking himself in a room with 70 years' worth of comics

In praise of … Batman

Editorial: The essence of Batman's appeal is that he is a superhero without superpowers

Comic-Con 2012 draws to an end, and Whedon whets the appetite

Rory Carroll: The Con defies any overarching narrative, so I've simply picked out some favourite moments – and it'd be great to hear yours

Joe Cornish to direct graphic novel adaptation Rust

Attack the Block director is set to adapt Royden Lepp's comic-book robot adventure for 20th Century Fox

Will Brooker’s top 10 comic book-classic mashups

Will Brooker: Literary characters – from James Bond to Fanny Hill – and authors themselves often pop up in comics and graphic novels. Here's a personal list of favourites

Coldplay to launch Mylo Xyloto comics

The world of Coldplay's album will be explored in a six-part series to be unveiled at Comic-Con this week

The Amazing Spider-Man – review

Jason Solomons finds a touch of high school sweetness in the latest spin on Spidey's adventures

Cape/Observer/Comica graphic short story prize – entries open

Rachel Cooke: What are we after? Only the best comic ever. The standard of entries is always amazingly high but if you think you could create something that good, you could be the winner we're looking for

I have Total Recall of the original – and it was better

Ben Child: New remakes of Total Recall and Spider-Man fail to add anything original or interesting to the preceding films – except a sense of deja vu. Come on Hollywood, try harder

Alan Moore to write first work for screen

The comic book creator is to team up with director Mitch Jenkins to work on a series of 'occult, noir flecked' short films

Is the Amazing Spider-Man really a superhero film ‘for women’?

Does this movie have the potential to mop up the fanboy brigade as well as appealing to the female teen romance crowd, wonders Ben Child

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