Tintin’s 3D adventures to land in 2011
Steven Spielberg's 3D adaptation of Tintin will take two years in post-production before it hits cinema screens, says producer Peter Jackson
Astro Boy is a Japanese superhero whose backside fires bullets. How cool is that?
A phenomenon in Japan, could Astro Boy be about to go global in the wake of a new Hollywood film, writes Sam Leith
Pictures of health: a thriving indie comics scene on display
Jess Holland: Comica Comiket at the ICA was buzzing with invention and ideas
Josette Baujot obituary
Belgian artist who brought colour to Hergé's adventures of Tintin for 25 years
Viz’s Roger Mellie to curate Tate Britain exhibition
The cartoon's team will take charge of their own section of the Tate as part of a season on social satire
Viz exhibition: swear it’s at
Media Monkey: Channel Five press supremo bumps into Roger Mellie cut-out at Cartoon Museum
In praise of… Asterix
Editorial: Part of the appeal lies in the gentle prodding of European national stereotypes: the fondue- and cuckoo-clock-obsessed Swiss, the milky-tea-drinking British and beer-swilling Belgians
Asterix the underdog
Jessica Reed: France may not be what it once was. But on the eve of his 50th birthday, Asterix reminds us of national traits we can be proud of
Essential reading: the 42 essential third act twists
Alison Flood: From peripeteia to anagnorisis, web comic Dresden Kodak has drawn up an unmissable guide
‘Comic’ retells Honduran coup and Manuel Zelaya arrest
Graphic history frames overthrow of president in relation to century of US skullduggery in central America
Getting graphic with Ian Rankin
There's little to praise in Ian Rankin's graphic novel Dark Entries, but at least it draws attention to the criminally neglected world of John Constantine
Warner Bros sets up dedicated superhero division
News: A week after Disney's Marvel takeover, the Dark Knight studio sets up DC Entertainment branch to streamline its own comic book adaptations
Disney buys Marvel Entertainment
The Walt Disney empire has secured Marvel's superheroes for $4bn
Comic-Con: revenge of the nerds
It's the biggest pop-culture convention in the world. Now Comic-Con, once dismissed as a playground for super- geeks, is attracting Hollywood's star players. Anna Pickard reports