Comics and graphic novels
Spy x Family Code: White review – ingenious espionage antics with special-power family
Popular manga characters receive their first film adaptation as they seek out a villainous colonel and an elusive dessert, brought off with great style by director Takashi Katagiri
Phuong Le
22, Apr, 2024 @8:00 AM
A new start after 60: I gave up teaching, started doodling – and became a cartoonist
As retirement approached, Nancy Beiman wanted to do something creative. Before long she was sketching out the story of a very unusual blended family
Anita Chaudhuri
22, Apr, 2024 @6:00 AM
Self-Esteem and the End of the World by Luke Healy review – male anxiety hilariously meets global crisis
A painfully funny cartoon about a neurotic graphic artist deftly explores the themes of self-obsession and ecological disaster
Rachel Cooke
21, Apr, 2024 @3:00 PM
The Faber/Observer/Comica graphic short story prize 2024 – enter now!
The annual award for aspiring cartoonists offers the chance to be published in the Observer and win £1,000, with past winners landing book and film deals
Rachel Cooke
21, Apr, 2024 @3:00 PM
The Russian Detective by Carol Adlam review – exquisitely illustrated celebration of early crime fiction
This richly evocative tale – part of a project drawing on the work of long-forgotten contemporaries of Dostoevsky – bears repeated readings
Rachel Cooke
25, Mar, 2024 @9:00 AM
‘Not a parable about death’: Raymond Briggs’s notes set record straight for The Snowman
Remarks scribbled in a Finnish copy of the much-loved book, to be featured in an exhibition on the author, reveal how the story was misunderstood
Richard Brooks
23, Mar, 2024 @3:10 PM
Lee Harris obituary
Other lives: Founder of London’s first ‘headshop’ devoted to cannabis and a publisher and editor of HomeGrown magazine
Amira Harris
19, Mar, 2024 @7:41 PM
‘The little girl in Persepolis has grown up’: Marjane Satrapi on life after her hit graphic novel – and her radical new work
As a new wave of protests sweep Iran, the author explains why she has returned to drawing. Plus: an extract from her new collection of protest cartoons
Angelique Chrisafis
16, Mar, 2024 @2:00 PM
‘We wanted to invade media’: the hippies, nerds and Hollywood pros who brought The Simpsons to life
The Simpsons’ roots run deep. And as Matt Groening’s early collaborators explain, it owes its global success to a perfect storm of punk zine attitude and TV professionalism
Larry Ryan
11, Mar, 2024 @8:00 AM
Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball manga series, dies aged 68
Japanese artist remembered for his ‘unique world of creation’ including comic series that spawned films, video games and TV series
Michael Sun
08, Mar, 2024 @5:26 AM
Polar Vortex by Denise Dorrance review – hazards of a homecoming
The American cartoonist’s story of a trip to tackle her frail mother’s needs is funny, wise and magical
Rachel Cooke
26, Feb, 2024 @9:00 AM
Marvel announces Fantastic Four cast including Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby
The two actors will be joined by The Bear’s Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Stranger Things breakout Joseph Quinn
Benjamin Lee
14, Feb, 2024 @5:34 PM
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