Robert Nixon

Obituary: Long associated with the Beano, the British children's comics illustrator and cartoonist Robert Nixon has died aged 63. By Paul Gravett.

Viz gain makes Brown feel good

3pm: James Brown's publishing company, I Feel Good, has dramatically cut its losses by taking Viz off the top shelf, writes Ciar Byrne.

A cat above the rest

Picasso and TS Eliot were fans of Krazy Kat and the dadaist feline is still more moving than many more modern creations. Roger Sabin looks at the latest comic albums and graphic novels

John Buscema

John Buscema, prolific and influential illustrator for Marvel Comics, has died of cancer aged 74.

From Hell

Peter Bradshaw: It should be called From Heck... Many of the ideas that were sophisticated in the original graphic novel by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell look shopworn on screen.

Moore’s murderer

His fans think he's a visionary, but for years his dark style has evaded Hollywood's grasp. Now Alan Moore's cult Ripper tale is finally heading to our cinema screens, reports Steve Rose

Boy wonder

Why Nicholas Lezard loves Tintin and why he is less in love with Michael Farr's Complete Companion

Pulp fiction

Neil Rennie celebrates superheroes with Comic Book Nation: The Transformation of Youth Culture In America by Bradford C Wright