Bobby Joseph becomes first person of colour appointed UK comics laureate
Comic book author and graphic novelist wants to spend time in the role tackling industry’s lack of diversity
‘Insulting’: Beano fans pour scorn on UK government advert
Anger at ‘created in London’ tagline on poster of Dennis the Menace, who was made by a cartoonist in Dundee
Roaming by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki review – a blissful ode to female friendship and New York
The award-winning cousins beautifully capture the magic and misery of the Big Apple through the tumultuous experiences of three young women
‘Used as dartboards’: rare British war comic art rescued from bins, skips and floods
Original drawings and paintings from 60s and 70s comics such as Hotspur and Commando will feature in an exhibition in Oxfordshire
‘It’s a sickness’: Chuck D on his new graphic novel and the ‘madness’ of US gun culture
The Public Enemy frontman talks about why he returned to his first love of art to create a book about the violence dividing his country
The Killer review – terrific David Fincher thriller about a philosophising hitman
Michael Fassbender is perfect in the main role of a yoga-loving assassin who discourses on everything from morality to the Smiths
The First Slam Dunk review – basketball is the universe in resplendent hit anime
Takehiko Inoue’s classic manga spinoff has magnificent on-court scenes, but doesn’t quite sink the backstory
A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll review – haunting gothic tale with a heady whiff of Daphne du Maurier
The award-winning Canadian graphic novelist’s account of a young woman whose widower husband has a dark secret about his first wife is vividly drawn and masterfully plotted
Blistering barnacles! Tintin mystery in Brussels after bust of Hergé vanishes
The disappearance of a bust of the comic book artist in his Belgian birthplace was thought to be an act of decolonisation
The Guardian view on Heartstopper: a phenomenon that defines a generation
Editorial: Alice Oseman’s tale of queer romance is a global success story built on fans who want to feel good about themselves in tough times
Tributes pour in after Spanish cartoonist Francisco Ibáñez Talavera dies aged 87
The wildly popular author of the Mortadelo and Filemón books, which started life in 1958 and went on to entertain millions of children, continued working until soon before his death
Juliette by Camille Jourdy review – an exquisite story of love and loss in rural France
This gorgeous graphic novel about a woman escaping the pressures of Paris for her home town, and the complications that follow, is a masterpiece
‘The real deal’: young UK graphic artist nominated for five ‘comic book Oscars’
Unflinchingly depicting her battles with depression, Zoe Thorogood, a 24-year-old from Bradford, has scooped most nominations for this week’s Eisner Awards
Alison Bechdel: ‘The Bechdel test was a joke… I didn’t intend for it to become a real gauge’
The US graphic novelist on having her comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, turned into an audio series, growing up in a funeral home, and her famous women-in-film test
Disney+ documentary reignites anger over Marvel Comics’ cult of Stan Lee
Families of artists Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby, and broadcaster Jonathan Ross, say pair were at forefront of creating Marvel characters