Midnight feasts make you grow antlers

Winsor McCay's pioneering weekly comic strip, Daydreams and Nightmares, was devoted to exploring the visions thought to be brought on by rich food.

Down with the kids

Christopher Priest tries to connect with Charles Burns's graphic novel of teenage angst, Black Hole.

When directors attack

Alan Parker's new book of cartoons, rustled up over the past 20-odd years, savages some of the biggest names in film. Isn't he worried about burning his bridges, asks Xan Brooks.

Big players tap into mobile manga market

Japan's obsession with manga is about to take on a new dimension as firms prepare to woo mobile phone users with hundreds of comic-book titles that can be read on 3G handsets. By Justin McCurry.

The dreamer lives on

Ho Che Anderson exploits the advantages of the graphic form in his 'interpretive' biography of Martin Luther King, says David Thompson.

Luvvie Darling, you’re hired!

Theatre: The Fat Slags and Shakespeare might seem an unlikely combination. But here Simon Thorp, co-editor of Viz, explains why the comic has teamed up with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Enter stage right, the Fat Slags and Desdemona

It must rank as one of the most unlikely artistic collaborations of all time. The creative trio behind the cult comic Viz are in talks with the Royal Shakespeare Company about joining forces with the aim of bringing the Bard to a wider audience.

New take on life in Bradford

Forget Superman. The new kid on the block from one of America's "big two" comic publishers is a teenage Muslim from Bradford, where his father runs a successful chain of corner shops.

All in the worst possible taste

From tiny beginnings, Viz went on to sell a million copies - and made characters such as the Fat Slags, Spoilt Bastard and Roger Mellie household names. William Cook looks at the Geordie comic, 25 years old this month.