Scottish writers and artists play a huge role in the stories of American heroes.

A comic book convention is to boast links to a 1980s graphic novel which has been adapted for Hollywood.

Comedian Lee Hurst denies smashing a mobile phone belonging to an audience member at one of his stand-up gigs in Surrey.

Work doesn't have to be a chore. For the fourth, and last, in our series on dream children's careers, Lucy Rodgers meets a woman who as a child fell in love with reading comics - and now draws them.

Seventy-five years before the Spice Girls coined the term girl power, Betty Boop struck a blow for just such a cause. Ever since, cartoons and animations have challenged our traditional perceptions of femininity.

Comedian Jasper Carrott is honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the British Comedy Awards.

A Burmese dissident comedian jailed for 59 years is moved to a prison in the remote north of the country, say his family.

The actor Simon Pegg is to be presented with an honorary fellowship from the University of Gloucestershire.

Stand up comics hope audiences will turn to live comedy to find relief from the economic downturn.

Batman's alter ego Bruce Wayne is killed off in the latest issue of the long-running comic book story.

Batman fans are set to discover whether the Caped Crusader is going to be killed off in his latest comic issue.

Comic Angus Deayton is named as the new host of this year's Comedy Awards after Jonathan Ross stepped down.

Popular Burmese comedian and activist Zarganar is sentenced to 45 years in jail in the latest of a string of imprisonments.

The son of comedian Roy "Chubby" Brown is charged following a series of drugs raids on Teesside.

First Minister Alex Salmond appears on BBC Scotland's Children in Need in the guise of famous comic misanthrope the Reverend I M Jolly.

Comedian and film star Robin Williams makes a triumphant return to the UK stage for Prince Charles's 60th birthday show.

The George Bush presidency has been rich pickings for those in one line of work - comedy. But with Barack Obama's election win steeped in historical significance, America's new leader seems, for the moment, to be beyond comic reproach, says John O'Farrell.

Jonathan Ross' BBC One chat show is to be replaced by the stand-up comedy series Live at the Apollo.

A teenager changes his birth name by deed poll to incorporate several comic book superheroes.

A Japanese vampire comic inspired a suspect in the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, an Italian prosecutor says.