Bear Alley: World Book Day: 1 March 2012

ROLLING NEWS

29 May. The announcement of the winners of the Eagle Awards 2012 has been overshadowed somewhat by the news that the awards handed out on Friday (25th May) would be the last Eagles to be awarded in association with the MCM Expo, who are launching their own awards in October. A story hinting at problems between Eagle Awards founder Mike Conroy and MCM Expo organisers had surfaced a week earlier. Neither Mike nor his daughter, Cassandra (Awards chair), attended the awards ceremony.
25 May. Comic Book Resources has a 47-page preview (not 48 as advertised) of the revamped CLiNT, which has just relaunched with three new strips, including the much-anticipated "Secret Service" by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons.
21 May. Neil Gaiman is amongst this year's Nebula winner's, for his hugely popular Doctor Who episode, "The Doctor's Wife".
20 May. The Last Days of Mars is an upcoming movie currently in pre-production that will be shot in Jordan and at Shepperton Studios from next month. The film is adapted by Clive Dawson from a short story by Sydney J. Bounds.
20 May. Lew Stringer has revealed a few details of a new digital comic announced yesterday (Saturday 19 May) at the Kapow! Comic Convention in London. Behind the new project is David Lloyd and contributors will include Kyle Baker, John McCrea, Yishin Li, Mark Wheatley, David Hitchcock, Billy Tucci, Colleen Doran, David Leach and many others. The digital comic will debut in July and will run in volumes of seven issues, each volume costing £6.99 / $10.00 (or roughly £1 per issue).
20 May. Beryl the Peril (drawn in the classic style of Davy Law by artist Steve Bright) and Bully Beed and Chips (given a modern makeover by Wayne Thompson) return to the pages of The Dandy.
16 May. Interview: Nick Abadzis.
14 May. What's Viz co-founder Simon Donald up to these days?
12 May. Neil Gaiman remembers Maurice Sendak.
10 May. Interview: Dave McKean discusses his film The Gospel of Life (podcast).
7 May. Interview: Garen Ewing.
30 April. Interview: John Higgins (podcast).
27 April. Alex Fitch's Panel Borders has been running a series of shows about British comics, starting with Comic Stamp, interviewing people about the recent Royal Mail releases; subsequent shows have included The art of Tom Gauld, Depicting the Personal with Simone Lia nad Josephine King, and Young graphic artists, Spring 2012 with Warwick Johnson Cadwell and Jennie Gyllblad.
27 April. A panel discuss the works of and working with Warren Ellis (podcast). You might also want to check out an earlier broadcast at Reality Check on Modern childrens comics, recorded at last year's Sci-Fi London Festival.
26 April. Interview: Nick Abadzis is interviewed on the Comics Are Great podcast.
22 April. Interview: Darryl Cunningham.
15 April. Interview: Jamie Hewlett.
10 February. John Freeman has been running a series of mini-tributes from creators celebrating the upcoming birthday of 2000AD. Those participating have so far included Alan Grant, Garth Ennis, Arthur Ranson, Andy Diggle, Rufus Dayglo, Gordon Rennie, Simon Guerrier, Jon Haward, Michael Carroll, Kev Hopgood, Richard Starkings, Paul Scott, Garen Ewing, Chris Denton, Dave Taylor, David Bishop and Martin Baines.
Continued... Matthew Badham, Steve White, Richard Elson, Patrick Brown, Gibson Quarter, Keith Page, John Higgins, Alwyn Talbot, Cy Dethan, Paul Rainey, Boo Cook, Smuzz, Richmond Clements, Martin Geraghty, Paul Eldridge, Kev F Sutherland, Paul O'Connell, Jim Campbell, Conor Boyle, Rodrigo Diaz Ricci, Jeremy Briggs, Benjamin Dixon, Dan Goldman, Owen Watts, Scott Montgomery, Ant Mercer, Mo Ali, Graeme Neil Reid, Nigel Dobbyn, James Swallow, Paul Cornell and Rob Davis.
Continued... Paul H. Birch, Stephen Walsh, Ade Salmon, Jonathan Edwards, Paul Harrison-Davies, Al Ewing, Neill Cameron, Mike Perkins, Simon Wyatt, Malcolm Kirk and Davod Baillie.
10 February. Graham Kibble-White, author of The Ultimate Book of British Comics, appeared on a not-for-TV edition of the BBC quiz Pointless - possibly the first comics-related appearance on a quiz show since David Bishop appeared on The Weakest Link, which was broadcast way back in May 2008. (Not counting Jonathan Ross...)
3 February. J. Michael Straczynski discusses the ethics of writing a prequel to Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen,
3 February. Interview: Frank Quitely talks Star Wars.
3 February. Interview: Alec Worley.
3 February. Alex Fitch's Book List podcast on children's illustrators includes an interview with Dave McKean and an extract from his presentation at Foyles for the launch of The Magic of Reality.