I Ate the Whole World to Find You by Rachel Ang review – an unforgettable graphic novel

In their darkly comic story, the Melbourne artist leans into the possibilities of the graphic novel, charting a young woman’s frustrated attempts to be understood

Paul Auster’s The New York Trilogy review – a classic that will be read for decades to come

Sketched in cinematic black and white, this illustrated interpretation of the late author’s postmodern detective novel is a ‘stone-cold masterpiece’

The Faber/Observer/Comica graphic short story prize 2025 – enter now!

The annual award for aspiring cartoonists – which now boasts its own evening event – offers the chance to be published in the Observer and win £1,000, with past winners landing book and film deals

‘Blood-pumping’, ‘outstanding’, ‘urgent and essential’: the best Australian books out in April

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

‘Something magical is happening’: sales boom for children’s comics creating young readers of the future

Publishers and analysts say popularity of genres like manga and superhero comics is a gateway into reading

The Electric State review – Millie Bobby Brown’s bot war yarn is soulless digital content

Brown, Chris Pratt and Stanley Tucci head the human cast of this muddled and derivative adaptation of a book by Swedish sci-fi artist Simon Stålenhag

Branching out or nipped in the bud? Could Groot be getting a solo Marvel movie?

Vin Diesel is excited by the possibility of the talking tree in its own movie – but with only three words to play with, the chances of a whole film set on Planet X are stick thin

DC Comics pull Neil Gaiman title while Amazon Prime series set to go ahead

The Sandman spin-off Death: DC Compact Comics Edition was due to be released later this year

Neil Gaiman dropped by US comics publisher after sexual misconduct allegations

Dark Horse Comics has cancelled the Anansi Boys series after seven issues, following accusations of misconduct made against the author by multiple women

This Beautiful, Ridiculous City review – New York state of mind

Kay Sohini’s account of leaving Kolkata and sadness behind to build a life in the Big Apple is a stirring tribute to the place that saved her

Jules Feiffer obituary

American cartoonist and writer who portrayed angst-ridden New Yorkers and exposed the hypocrisy of government

Merrily Harpur obituary

Cartoonist whose work appeared in newspapers and magazines, including the Guardian and Punch

Here review – Hanks and Wright add folksy charm to Robert Zemeckis single-place drama

Set in the same spot – from prehistory onwards – Zemeckis’s sentimental drama is an odd combination of cosmic ambition and domestic intimacy

Learning to read in a foreign language has taught me to embrace ambiguity – one sentence at a time

In striving to understand Japanese books and comics, I’ve adopted the habits of a weightlifter: I find my comfort zone then push beyond it

Rachel Cooke’s best graphic novels of 2024

From Aimée de Jongh’s contemporary reworking of a William Golding classic to an extraterrestrial tale from Charles Burns, here are the best titles of the year