The week in geek: Branagh! Josh Hartnett is not a sight for Thor eyes
Ben Child: Marvel is said to be clamouring for a familiar face to play the Norse deity. But Kenneth Branagh should remember Ben Affleck in Daredevil
Alan Moore: an extraordinary gentleman
Novelist, magician and 'guru of the graphic novel' Alan Moore talks to Steve Rose about Watchmen, the dark side of Hollywood and the morality of pornography
You review: Watchmen
Ben Child: Did you catch Zack Snyder's big-screen transfer of Alan Moore's epoch-making graphic novel? Was it a super spectacle or an almighty mess? And more importantly, did you know what you were letting yourself in for?
Watchmen
Dark wit and vivid characters abound in Watchmen but the film falls far short of the brilliance of Alan Moore's graphic novel, thinks Philip French
Watchmen’s women lose their powers
Paul MacInnes: Alan Moore's female characters are detailed, thoughtful and rounded. So why are they reduced to victims and objects in the film?
Has Watchmen solved the case of the unfilmable novel?
Alex Larman: If they can make a movie out of Alan Moore's famously complex graphic novel, surely Catcher in the Rye and The Secret History can't be far behind
What Joss Whedon did next …
Shortcuts: As a writer, director and comic-book maker, Joss Whedon - creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer - is a bit of an oddity
DC readies lesbian Batwoman for take-off
Following the apparent demise of the male caped crusader, DC is unleashing flame-haired 'succubus with a very bad attitude'
The week in geek: Watchmen hypewatch
Ben Child: Warner Bros has kickstarted its viral hype machine for what's being billed as the ultimate superhero movie
The best graphic novels
Craig Taylor: It's worth making a few general distinctions between a graphic novel and comics
Warner Bros and Fox settle Watchmen dispute
Zack Snyder's hotly-anticipated adaptation of the Alan Moore graphic novel set for release on March 6
Asterix has sold out to the Empire
Nicholas Lezard: Goscinny's stories for Uderzo's cartooning were, among other things, a satire on capitalism. Now Uderzo seems to have joined the Romans
Les Barton
Obituary: Founder member of the Cartoonists' Club of Great Britain who made comic strip character I-Spy his own
Why Fox is licking its lips over Watchmen
Phil Hoad: A Christmas Eve ruling on the disputed rights to Alan Moore's graphic novel has left Warner forlorn and the film's release date up in the air
Hollywood studios fight over Watchmen movie
Much-anticipated Hollywood version of best-selling graphic novel at centre of legal dispute