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Monica by Daniel Clowes review – pitch-perfect portraits of an ever scarier US

A prickly misfit connects nine dark tales in this sad and sharply funny new book from the author of Ghost World

Pratchett power: from lost stories to new adaptations, how the late Discworld author lives on

It’s 40 years since The Colour of Magic hit the shelves. As newly unearthed short stories are published, fans and friends celebrate the late author’s enduring legacy

Monica by Daniel Clowes review – a thrilling kaleidoscopic journey

A woman sets out to uncover the truth about her mother’s disappearance in this genre-hopping celebration of visual storytelling

A murdered Argentinian writer’s comic finds a new audience – and far-right haters

Héctor Oesterheld and his family were murdered under the military dictatorship. As Netflix adapts his beloved El Eternauta, his literary legacy is dragged into the culture wars

Bobby Joseph becomes first person of colour appointed UK comics laureate

Comic book author and graphic novelist wants to spend time in the role tackling industry’s lack of diversity

‘Insulting’: Beano fans pour scorn on UK government advert

Anger at ‘created in London’ tagline on poster of Dennis the Menace, who was made by a cartoonist in Dundee

Roaming by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki review – a blissful ode to female friendship and New York

The award-winning cousins beautifully capture the magic and misery of the Big Apple through the tumultuous experiences of three young women

‘Used as dartboards’: rare British war comic art rescued from bins, skips and floods

Original drawings and paintings from 60s and 70s comics such as Hotspur and Commando will feature in an exhibition in Oxfordshire

‘It’s a sickness’: Chuck D on his new graphic novel and the ‘madness’ of US gun culture

The Public Enemy frontman talks about why he returned to his first love of art to create a book about the violence dividing his country

The Killer review – terrific David Fincher thriller about a philosophising hitman

Michael Fassbender is perfect in the main role of a yoga-loving assassin who discourses on everything from morality to the Smiths

The First Slam Dunk review – basketball is the universe in resplendent hit anime

Takehiko Inoue’s classic manga spinoff has magnificent on-court scenes, but doesn’t quite sink the backstory

A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll review – haunting gothic tale with a heady whiff of Daphne du Maurier

The award-winning Canadian graphic novelist’s account of a young woman whose widower husband has a dark secret about his first wife is vividly drawn and masterfully plotted

Blistering barnacles! Tintin mystery in Brussels after bust of Hergé vanishes

The disappearance of a bust of the comic book artist in his Belgian birthplace was thought to be an act of decolonisation

The Guardian view on Heartstopper: a phenomenon that defines a generation

Editorial: Alice Oseman’s tale of queer romance is a global success story built on fans who want to feel good about themselves in tough times

Tributes pour in after Spanish cartoonist Francisco Ibáñez Talavera dies aged 87

The wildly popular author of the Mortadelo and Filemón books, which started life in 1958 and went on to entertain millions of children, continued working until soon before his death

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  • The Hunt for Gollum is being criticised for its all-white cast. Blaming Tolkien is the wrong answer
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  • Worry Doll by Laura McPhee-Browne review – a sensual, sinister novel about the horrors of desire
  • Rebecca Perry wins Waterstones debut fiction prize for ‘delicious and dream-like’ novel
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  • Juliet Gardiner obituary
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  • The Art of Opposition by Courttia Newland review – piercing essays on culture and creativity
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