Watchmen watch: March release date still stands
The preliminary injunction sought by Fox over Warner Bros concerning film rights to Alan Moore's graphic novel has been refused by a US judge
The tribes of art
Scott McCloud has a fascinating typology of four, fundamentally different types of art - and artists. But how distinct are they?
The Beano: still menacing society at 70
For encouraging generations of children to read - and rebel - the comic deserves more credit than it usually gets
In praise of … Dennis the Menace
Editorial: It is easy to forget that youthful rebellion can also be a positive and lovable thing
Cinema stole my favourite books
Blog: I expended time and imagination to absorb these stories. Why should people be entitled to think they know them without putting in any effort?
Comics for cash
The Observer's Graphic Short Story prize is a golden opportunity for Britain's practitioners of the widely underrated genre
Danny Fingeroth’s top 10 graphic novels
Danny Fingeroth is an American comic book writer and editor, and an expert on superheroes. Author of Superman on the Couch, his latest book is The Rough Guide to Graphic Novels
Blood, sweat and ink
Phill Jupitus has loved comic strips all his life. Would their creators live up to his expectations?
Moore confessions: Dad’s favourite comic
The new DFC comic is a work of art, conceived with the noblest intentions - to entertain children without trying to sell them anything
The inspired comics of 50s America
MAD magazine inspired 60s underground comics, Terry Gilliam and the Simpsons - and its cartoonist Will Elder was America's Peter Sellers
Translating my prose into pictures
I've always enjoyed graphic novels, but written the regular variety. Now I've tried writing with images, I want to do it again
Readers should get game-literate
Far from spelling the end of proper storytelling, video games point towards its future
Brilliantly drawn girls
Comics never used to be much fun for their rare female characters, but with more women in the industry, kick-ass heroines are taking over, writes Kira Cochrane
Spider-Man’s problems weren’t created by the devil
Preposterous continuity isn't the issue with Spider-Man. It's bad writing