Art Spiegelman: ‘The US needs a counter-revolution’
More than four decades after his Holocaust story Maus transformed the graphic novel genre, Art Spiegelman discusses Trump, the shadow of 9/11 and the rise of fascism in America
Death Note: The Musical review – wildly popular manga mystery is a killer night out
The multi-platform phenomenon makes its way to the stage, with all the supernatural hijinks, J-horror tropes and emotional intensity intact
The Ribbon Hero review – do-gooder princess battles giant flying earwigs in update of classic yarn
Yûki Igarashi’s adaptation of Osamu Tezuka’s influential manga is a conservative (if impressively animated) reimagining that dulls the source material’s pioneering elements
The end of Heartstopper is a bittersweet loss – it’s never felt scarier to be young and queer
The gay Netflix romance maintained a political edge despite rollbacks to queer and trans rights
Supergirl: doggy distress, frontier justice and a new direction for superhero movies – discuss with spoilers
Craig Gillespie’s far-out adventure is something of a quirky oddity compared to bigger blockbuster outings – so why is it failing to fly at the box office?
Dina Nayeri: Marjane Satrapi brought Iranian women like me out of hiding
The Persepolis author understood us and translated us for the world. We have lost our most eloquent spokesperson
Stella prize 2026: Lee Lai becomes first non-binary person and first graphic novelist to win with Cannon
Lai wins $60,000 literary award for her study of a young woman’s repression and rage as she struggles to juggle the needs of those around her
Gerry Conway obituary
Comic book writer and co-creator of Marvel’s avenging antihero the Punisher
The one change that worked: I swapped doomscrolling for reading comic books
After Donald Trump’s second election, I realised the insidious hold my phone had over my life. So I turned to something I’d loved in childhood to better occupy my attention
Critics assemble! Here’s my list of the greatest superhero movies of all time
Creating a definitive hierarchy never fails to spark endless debate – but who doesn’t want to give it a shot? Don your capes and shields, and let the arguments begin…
Modern heroes and a ravaged Earth: reboot of 1950s space comic Dan Dare has liftoff
Beloved characters reinvented in graphic novel coming later this year – just as interest rockets in all things space
Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants to Be Loved review – sword, sorcery and smartphones
Those not up to speed on the Miss Kobayashi manga may struggle with the full nuance of this dimension hopping anime, but the visuals are stunningly to look at
Tantrums, rancid meatloaf and family silver stuffed into underpants: the delicate art of the Holocaust comedy
Making light of one of the darkest horrors of the 20th century is a risky business – but a new generation is taking ownership of family histories by making space for human foibles, says an award-winning graphic novelist
Robert Crumb review – sexual deviancy elevated to an art form
Though they were created for comic books, the artist’s horny and hilarious drawings of his own neuroses, and of glamazons in thigh-high boots, are unnervingly powerful on gallery walls
Scott Adams, Dilbert creator and conservative commentator, dies aged 68
Cartoonist – who was dropped from US papers in 2023 after calling Black people a ‘hate group’ – had prostate cancer