Link: http://www.eagleawards.co.uk/nominations/

First order of business, the above cartoon, nothing to do with the Eagle awards I just thought it was funny ok? - You can find Hope 'n' Change by clicking on the cartoon strip.

You may disagree with some of my nominations for The Eagle Awards this year but choices had to be made, mine were made based on what I have personally read and experienced in 2010. Fundamentally The Eagles are beautifully flawed as they allow those nominating to add to the list, this is both to it's credit and it's curse as you will see:

Some of these selections are bound to be disqualified mostly due to ineligibility, those that I feel may be marked as such will have the word FAIL written after them.

Q1: Favourite Newcomer Writer

Kieron Gillen

Newcomer writer? Really? The guy has been around longer than Old Spice but I thought, hey, why not? If Gillen hadn't been in this category the nod would've gone to Nick Spencer, I think.

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Link: http://fallenheroescomicdotcom.wordpress.com/

As if Cardiff International Comic Expo (CICE) 2011 wasn't already shaping up to be a pretty cool event now you can pick up a special numbered issue of Fallen Heroes – The Comic Adaptation #1 with exclusive artwork from Andie Tong, Leigh Gallagher and Emma Vieceli.

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So much went on at this weekend's MCM Expo at London Dockland's Excel centre that the only way to sum it up was to make some kind of list. So here are my ten most memorable thoughts/moments/things I learnt from the weekend:

1. Nearly 50,000 people went through the doors of the London MCM Expo this year; a pretty titanic effort by anyone's standards and easily making it the UK's biggest comic con, are you listening Mr Millar.

2. There are cosplayers out there for everything, from Resident Evil to Naruto to Bannanas in Pyjamas. You name it and somebody out there will dress up like it and tredge down to the Excel centre to display their chosen ploomage. Don't believe me? Fellow Sidekick, Ned will be along soon with his rundown of all the cosplay action.

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Couldn't go to Bristol Comic Expo? Well I feel bad for you because that means you will have missed a whole load of goodness but most importantly you missed out on Sidekickcast host Dan Marshall rocking the podcasters panel. Our very own Dan, Jimmy from Comic News Insider, Stacey from Small Press Big Mouth, Dave from Waiting for the Trade and Steve from Comic Book Outsiders get wrangled into talking all things comic podcasts by the awesome Emma Vieceli. Jimmy was kind enough to record the whole thing so get on over to the Comic News Insider site and listen to the panel here.