Comics and graphic novels
Blue Lock the Movie: Episode Nagi review – football anime gets the battle royale treatment
From Terminator-eyed strikers to flame-wreathed shots on goal, no bombast is too much in this feature-length extrapolation of Muneyuki Kaneshiro’s popular series
‘He was greater than Bob Marley’: the shocking tale of Jamaican ska pioneer Don Drummond
Graphic novel of the month
George Sand: True Genius, True Woman review – a pleasure and an education
The Crow review – Brandon Lee’s heavy metal horror is a potent goth fantasy
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two by Emil Ferris review – fantastic beasts
Haikyuu!!: The Dumpster Battle review – huge anime hit goes deep into high school volleyball
Emil Ferris: ‘We can’t enter a future without our humanity’
Graphic novel of the month
So Long Sad Love by Mirion Malle review – an irresistible celebration of female courage
Spy x Family Code: White review – ingenious espionage antics with special-power family
A new start after 60
A new start after 60: I gave up teaching, started doodling – and became a cartoonistGraphic novel of the month
Self-Esteem and the End of the World by Luke Healy review – male anxiety hilariously meets global crisisObserver/Faber graphic short story prize
The Faber/Observer/Comica graphic short story prize 2024 – enter now!
Graphic novel of the month
The Russian Detective by Carol Adlam review – exquisitely illustrated celebration of early crime fiction‘Not a parable about death’: Raymond Briggs’s notes set record straight for The Snowman
Other lives
Lee Harris obituary‘The little girl in Persepolis has grown up’: Marjane Satrapi on life after her hit graphic novel – and her radical new work
‘We wanted to invade media’: the hippies, nerds and Hollywood pros who brought The Simpsons to life
Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball manga series, dies aged 68
Graphic novel of the month
Polar Vortex by Denise Dorrance review – hazards of a homecomingThe American cartoonist’s story of a trip to tackle her frail mother’s needs is funny, wise and magical
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