Greetings comics fans! I am Aub Driver - The new PR Coordinator. I come from the music industry world and am ready to do battle for Dark Horse. 

Jim Gibbons, your usual "Dark Horse in the Headlines" host, has moved up to Editorial! A big congratulations to him! Be on the lookout for good things from our friend Jim in the near future. You will learn much about my eccentricities over the coming weeks, but for now - we move on to the news!

Welcome to the Dark Horse blog! Let's see what Dark Horse news has been populating the interwebs in this week's "Dark Horse in the Headlines!"

The Eagle Awards
Bleeding Cool has posted the nominees for the 2011 Eagle Awards. Dark Horse is proud to announce its nominees.

Favourite Writer/Artist:Gabriel Ba with Fabio Moon & Mike Mignola
Favourite Artist: Pencils: Mike Mignola
Favourite Artist: Inks: Mike Mignola
Favourite Colourist: Dave Stewart
Favourite Editor: Scott Allie (ABSOLUTELY)
Favourite Publisher: Dark Horse (Duh, #WINNING)
Favourite American Comicbook: Colour: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight & Hellboy by Mike Mignola
Favourite Manga: Berserk by Kenatro Miura
Favourite European Comicbook: Blacksad by Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido
Favourite Web-Based Comic: Axe Cop by Malachai and Ethan Nicolle
Favourite Continued Story: Hellboy #47-49: The Storm by Mike Mignola and Duncan Fegredo
Favourite 2010 Cover: Axe Cop: Vol 1 by Ethan Nicolle

This is GREAT news. Congratulations to all! Please note that in Europe, we spell "Favorite" - "Favourite". That will mess up your spell check for sure! 
 
Introduced in 1976, the Eagle Comic Awards are the comic industry's longest established awards, acknowledged as the pre-eminent international accolades. The Eagles have been featured on the covers of leading US and UK titles across the last 30 years, unique in that they reflect the people's choice and comprise of two distinct stages. The Eagle Comic Awards takes place as part of the London MCM Expo - London's Comic Con at Excel in London each May.

B.P.R.D's Tyler Crook
The big news of the month has without a doubt been the announcement of Tyler Crook as the new addition to the B.P.R.D. team. The news of the lineup changes in B.P.R.D. travelled fast and led to a huge fan hunt for related materials on Crook's art. The best one we've seen to date is Comics Alliance's "Tyler Crook Looks Like a Beyond Capable 'B.P.R.D.' Talent". MTV Geek posted a stellar interview with Mr. Crook following the announcement at ECCC the interview with Tyler Crook touched on many aspects of the artist's career to date.

Guy Davis' Exit 
But of course, news and rumors of the longtime B.P.R.D. artist's exit have circulated and to set the records straight many websites have been going wild with interviews. The big dog on the scene at ECCC was Amazon.com's Omnivoracious and they rocked a great interview with Mr. Davis about his time with B.P.R.D.. MTV Geek also caught up with Davis at ECCC and had much to talk about. Robot6 was sad to hear of Davis' departure. And if those weren't enough to prove just how privileged we were to have such a great artist involved with such an amazing series, Robot6 has come up with seven great moments from Guy Davis' run.

B.P.R.D. The Dead Remembered #3 
Last but not least, reviews went up for the last issue of Davis' tenure with B.P.R.D.
Hyper Geek
Comics Worth Reading
Kitty's Pryde

The Comics
Dark Horse's newest collection of classic comic strips known as, The Comics, has been receiving some pretty excellent praise out there on the internet.
Robot6 has The Comics topping off the SPLURGE charts of This Week's Comics on a Budget.
ComicsAlliance shouted "Don't ask, just buy it"
Newsarama Blog wanted a piece of the action too.

Star Wars : The Old Republic : The Lost Suns 
The latest Star Wars miniseries from Dark Horse has been getting a ton of buzz! To see the official Dark Horse release, visit any of these sites!
Movie Carpet
IMDB
Big Shiny Robot
Star Wars TOR
IGN
MTV Geek
The Force
That's some fan appreciation right there! BAM!

RAGE
If you haven't heard already, Dark Horse is teaming up with id Software to release the comic tie-in to RAGE and fans are stoked! Check out this coverage!
Geek Week , Science Magazine, Cinema Blend , Skewed and Reviewed , Joystiq , God is a Geek , Comic Book Movie , Destructoid , Game Informer , Gamasutra . Totally awesome.

Portland Book Review
A big thanks to Portland Book Review for getting not one, but two Dark Horse titles into their debut issue. Featured was Andrew Vachss and Frank Carus' book Heart Transplant as well as Joss Whedon's hardcover Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales.Thanks, guys!

Previews, Review and Interviews
-Amazon.com's Omnivoracious showcased John Arcudi at ECCC and it was awesome. Also, check out the Omnivoracious interview with DH editor Scott Allie where he discusses Buffy, B.P.R.D., Solomon Kane and more!

-Newsarama reviewed Axe Cop #1:"I feel the best way to describe this book is that it just shouldn't be read, but it should be enjoyed. And not just by fans of the series, just by about anybody that can pick up a book and read."

-Newsarama also has cover premiers galore for Usagi Yojimno #138, The Strange Case of Mr. Hyde #3 and Creepy #6!.

-Robot6 premiered covers from Conan: Island of No Return #1 and Solomon Kane: Red Shadows #

-The Daily Crosshatch released the 4th installment of their in depth interview with Stan Sakai, creator and writer of Usagi Yojimbo.

-iFanboy featured AxeCop as their main "Pick of the Week" on their weekly Podcast. They also reviewed Witchfinder: Lost and Gone Forever #2.

-Anime News Network caught an interview with Dark Horse Manga Editor Carl Horn.

-Wired's Geek Dad did an awesome review of Uncle Silas.

CONAN: Teaser Trailer 
If you haven't seen it already, here is the brand new Conan teaser trailer over at Trailer Addict.

Thanks for stopping by to kick off your week with "Dark Horse in the Headlines." We'll see you next week. Same time, same channel. \m/

- Aub "The Gory Details" Driver