A sweeping new history of American comics traces the rise of characters caught in a Manichaean struggle between good and evil.

In a career of many flops, he laid claim to the outsized success of Marvel Comics.

The raucous francophone comic book series has been cleaned up for a new audience. Can it survive the edit?

An Afghanistan veteran reckons with growing up on G.I. Joe and growing tired of American war drums.

The brilliant and controversial writer-editor who guided the Marvel Universe into existence is dead.

The artist looks back over a legendary career in comics.

A roundtable discussion of "Avengers: Infinity War," the 19th installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Today's biggest novelists are throwbacks to a simpler time.

A new show displays the work Aline Kominsky-Crumb and Robert Crumb have made over the decades of their partnership.

Other cartoonists abhor Chick's hateful message, but find it hard not to admire his artistry.

In hijacking the amphibian character, the alt-right is defiling a great tradition of racial commentary in cartoons.

Ta-Nehisi Coates takes on one of Marvel's iconic superheroes, reinvigorating the Black Panther for a new generation.

The author’s new project uses his journalistic sensibility to reinvent an established character.

As Deadpool, Ryan Reynolds is an entitled, smarmy, and immature superhero—and he knows it.

Marvel’s latest superhero takes on the epic battle of everyday life.

Roy Crane’s Buz Sawyer comics were famous for adventurous battles against America’s cold war foes. But no one knew that the U.S. government was behind it all.

The Fantastic Four was created by quarreling duo Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Was it an artistic success, or just a commercial one?