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 After a succ...
As retirement approached, Nancy Beiman wanted to do something creative. Before long she was sketching out the story of a very unusual blended family SIGN UP FOR WELL ACTUALLY: A FREE WEEKLY NEWSL...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/apr/22/new-start-after-60-nancy-beiman-furbabies
A painfully funny cartoon about a neurotic graphic artist deftly explores the themes of self-obsession and ecological disaster Enter the Faber/Observer/Graphica graphic short story prize 2024 ...
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 Calling all aspiring graphic novelists...
This richly evocative tale – part of a project drawing on the work of long-forgotten contemporaries of Dostoevsky – bears repeated readings Everyone knows – even if they haven’t actuall...
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 It is Raymond Briggs ’s most loved book, notc...
My father, Lee Harris, who has died aged 87, ran what is believed to have been London’s first “headshop”, selling cannabis-related accoutrements. He established the business in the early 19...
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/19/lee-harris-obituary
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 When Marjane Satrapi began drawing again,...
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 In an early epis...
Japanese artist remembered for his ‘unique world of creation’ including comic series that spawned films, video games and TV series Akira Toriyama, the influential Japanese manga artist who ...
The American cartoonist’s story of a trip to tackle her frail mother’s needs is funny, wise and magical Denise Dorrance’s graphic memoir, Polar Vortex, is enchanting, every page lovely to...
The two actors will be joined by The Bear’s Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Stranger Things breakout Joseph Quinn Marvel has announced the cast for its much-anticipated reboot of Fantastic Four: Pedro...
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/feb/14/marvel-fantastic-four-cast-pedro-pascal-vanessa-kirby
The market for bédé visual storytelling almost doubled over the course of the pandemic, but can the birthplace of Asterix continue to nurture creators? Like thousands of French people, Sylvie...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/feb/06/france-comic-book-tradition-is-hitting-new-heights
The latest instalment in Abouet’s brilliantly illustrated series about the lives of three friends in Abidjan is as funny and sharp as ever The Aya story began two decades ago, when Marguerite...
A sublime score from Hiromi Uehara drives this coming-of-age-anime, which brings three young jazz musicians to life with spectacular imagery Is jazz dead? Yuzuru Tachikawa’s Blue Giant certai...
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/jan/29/blue-giant-review-anime-jazz-hiromi-uehara
Award marks first time a British artist and author has won Grand Prix at International Comics festival in Angoulême The graphic novelist Posy Simmonds has won the Grand Prix at France’s Ang...
The record price was set by one of only two copies rated near mint/mint in an auction alongside issues of Superman No 1 and All-Star Comics No 8 which featured Wonder Woman’s first appearance ...
The Canadian actor has allowed the sci-fi novelist to adapt his BRZRKR comic series about a warrior on a journey to understand immortality Canadian actor Keanu Reeves will publish his first nov...
The Abyss of Forgetting chronicles a woman’s struggle to find remains of her father who was murdered after civil war At the beginning of the new Spanish graphic novel El abismo del olvido (Th...
The musician, activist and writer’s lo-fi superhero drama I’m A Virgo is so radical it’s the epitome of anti-Marvel. He talks mental health, battling Amazon from within and keeping it ‘ja...
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/dec/26/boots-riley-on-strikes-sedition-and-sex