Drawing a blank with Robert Crumb
Daniel Kalder: Some of his work is pretty striking, but he's hardly worthy of his current status as a god of the literary underground
Grandville Mon Amour by Bryan Talbot – review
Rachel Cooke salutes a second outing for Bryan Talbot's brilliantly drawn steampunk badger detective
The Green Hornet looks pretty Kick-Ass
Ben Child: Michel Gondry's superhero might be creating a buzz, but haven't we heard this 'ordinary guy decides to fight crime' shtick before?
Grandville Mon Amour by Bryan Talbot – review
Michael Moorcock enters the parallel universe of Inspector LeBrock and Detective Ratzi
The Joy of Six: Football cartoons
Scott Murray: From Hot Shot Hamish to Billy the Fish, via Johnny Dexter, here are half a dozen of the most memorable
Spider-Girl: the hero we have been waiting for
A new Spider-Girl series from Marvel Comics will give us a multi-dimensional female superhero, whose power is about more than her cupsize
Zac Efron ‘to play lead in Akira remake’
High School Musical star Zac Efron lined up to play Shotaro Kaneda in Hollywood version of classic Japanese anime based on manga comic, reports say
Stephen Collins: winner of the Observer/Cape Graphic Short Story prize 2010
Stephen Collins is a newcomer to the world of comics, but his strikingly illustrated tale of listless lovers on their honeymoon proved a big hit with this year's judges of the Cape/Observer Graphic Short Story prize, writes Rachel Cooke
Pass notes No 2,872: Superman
The superhero has had a makeover for a new comic book
The 99: the Islamic superheroes fighting side by side with Batman
DC Comics' Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman are joining forces with Islamic-inspired superheroes The 99 this week. Carole Cadwalladr meets their creator, Dr Naif al-Mutawa
Ne-Yo unveils team up with Stan Lee
R&B star collaborating with comics guru on Libra Scale, a multimedia project that tells a superhero story through music videos
X’ed Out by Charles Burns – review
Tintin meets Carrie in Charles Burns's beautifully drawn dystopian mystery, says Rachel Cooke