Terror in the Antarctic: graphic novels revisit the horror of the ‘worst journey in the world’

A century on from the publication of Cherry Apsley-Garrard’s classic book about Scott’s doomed Antarctic expedition, a new graphic novel version revisits his terrible tale

The best comics and graphic novels of 2022

A pandemic stream-of‑consciousness, an artist in the making and a bird society on the moon are among this year’s favourites

Graphic short story: Midnight Feast by Rebecca Jones

Rebecca Jones has been named winner in the Observer/Faber graphic short story prize 2022. This is her entry

Graphic short story: Autumn 2014 by Michael Lightfoot

Michael Lightfoot has been named joint runner-up in the Observer/Faber graphic short story prize 2022. This is his entry

Graphic short story: The Lift by Ed Firth

Ed Firth has been named joint runner-up in the Observer/Faber graphic short story prize 2022. This is his entry

‘What will I spend the money on? Pens’: the winner of our graphic short story prize 2022

It was seventh time lucky for Rebecca Jones in this year’s Observer/Faber award for emerging cartoonists with her story of three girls camping out in a suburban garden

Heartstopper author Alice Oseman: ‘If you don’t have sex and romance, you feel like you haven’t achieved’

The writer and illustrator on turning her ‘weird hobby’ into a bestselling YA series and Netflix hit, the importance of asexual representation and lessons from her fans on love bites

Pow! Why female writers are a top draw in the world of comics

As 15,000 fans gather in Yorkshire this weekend, authors tell how the male domination of the genre was broken

Ever had a weirdly intense friendship? Tommi Parrish’s latest book is for you

The Australian artist and author spent three years hand-painting Men I Trust, a graphic novel about a relationship that becomes uncomfortably ambiguous

‘Remarkable’, ‘gorgeous’, ‘entertaining’: the best Australian books out in November

Each month, Guardian Australia editors and critics pick out the upcoming titles they’ve already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

Ghouls, demon slayers and socially anxious students: how manga conquered the world

They range from science fiction epics to high-school romance and are selling faster than publishers can print them. But what has driven this new appetite for Japanese comics?

Eternal Spring review – animated inquisition into Falun Gong’s Chinese media hijack

The story of a TV protest by the Falun Gong movement, and its painful aftermath, is told through the eyes of exiled Chinese comic-book artist Daxiong

Illuminations by Alan Moore review – a savaging of the superhero industry

A short-story collection from the Watchmen creator takes aim at the comics industry and populist fascism in America

Je Ne Sais Quoi by Lucie Arnoux review – the loneliness of a Frenchwoman in London

The Anglophile cartoonist’s account of her new life in the capital is charming and insightful

Protesters in Iran are ‘beautiful and inspiring’, says Persepolis creator

‘What I have lived, the youth is living now,’ says Marjane Satrapi, whose graphic novel depicted girl’s life in 1979 Islamic revolution