70-492: Eagle Award may refer to: Eagle Award (comics) , an annual set of comic book awards The highest rank of the Zambia Scouts Association See also [ edit ] Eagle Scout (disambiguation) Golden Eagle Award (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
140-443: A Favourite Letterer category as well as the one-off category Favourite Comics-Related Merchandise. The 2006 Eagles saw the addition of a Favourite Publisher award, and the 2008 Eagle Awards added categories for Favourite Newcomer: Writer and Favourite Newcomer: Artist while dropping the long-running categories Favourite Character/Hero and Favourite Villain. The final set of awards, in 2014, were given in 28 categories. The following
210-500: A farm run by Hershel Greene , after one of his hunters, Otis, accidentally shot Carl while hunting a deer. Among Hershel's seven children is Maggie Greene , who forms a relationship with Glenn. As the group settle at a prison, they become conflicted with a group of surviving prisoners. Otis meets a katana-wielding survivor named Michonne , who is brought into the group, but struggles to acclimate, facing her own demons. Michonne, Rick and Glenn are later held in captivity by The Governor ,
280-495: A few specials, the comic was published primarily in black and white. It began publishing colorized versions issue by issue, colored by Dave McCaig , starting in October 2020. The comic book series focuses on Rick Grimes , a Kentucky deputy who is shot in the line of duty and awakens from a coma in a zombie apocalypse that has resulted in a state-wide quarantine. After joining with some other survivors, he gradually takes on
350-402: A gaming division. He took the opportunity to secure the rights of Telltale's The Walking Dead properties, and temporarily hired most of the staff that were working on the game so that the series could be finished as well as to close out Clementine's story, which he felt needed to be done. Additionally, with these rights, Skybound took over future publication of Telltale's series, and published
420-418: A host of new categories were added: The Favourite Comics Related Website (Fan-Organized) category was dropped in 2002, but five more award categories were added: The 2004 Eagles dropped awards for the long-running categories Supporting Character and Character Most Worthy of Own Title, as well as the relatively new categories of British Small Press Title, Comic Strip/Newspaper Strip, and Comics E-Zine. It added
490-533: A leader of a town called Woodbury who plan to take over the prison. Other Woodbury residents include Alice Warren, who changes sides to Rick's group and delivers Lori's baby, Bob Stookey , an army medic responsible for saving The Governor's life and Lilly , one of The Governor's soldiers. After the prison assault, the remaining survivors regroup at Hershel's farm, and meet Abraham Ford , Eugene Porter and Rosita Espinosa . The group travel to Washington DC where they are hunted by Chris , encounter Gabriel Stokes ,
560-411: A mechanic named Jim, a pizza delivery boy named Glenn , car salesman Dale , shoe salesman Allen and his wife, Donna, as well as their children, Ben and Billy. Lori and Carl form friendships with other survivors such as Carol and Sophia . After leaving the camp, Rick gains a right-hand man and forms a close friendship with Tyreese , a man accompanied by his daughter and her boyfriend. They soon find
630-400: A new added twist that the plague was sent by aliens , and that the comic would be more of an alien invasion story. Kirkman had no intention of making the comic about aliens, but felt that the lie was necessary to get the comic published, which it did. The Walking Dead debuted in 2003, published by Image Comics, with art by Tony Moore for the first six issues and Cliff Rathburn shading
700-481: A priest, and are then recruited by Aaron and Eric to join the Alexandria Safe-Zone, a city run by congressman Douglas Monroe . Among the residents are Heath and Dr. Denise Cloyd, who quickly become close allies to the core group, and eventually the conflicted Nicholas. Douglas's son, Spencer tries to form a relationship with Andrea. Rick falls in love with Jessie Anderson, an abused wife. Abraham forms
770-514: A relationship with Holly, a member of the construction crew. A group of men, known as The Scavengers, tries to conquer Alexandria; the fight attracts a pack of walkers that invades the safe zone, which led to the death of many Alexandrians. After this, Rick and Andrea form a long-standing relationship. Later, the safe zone starts a trading network with the Hilltop Colony, with help from its scout Paul "Jesus" Monroe . However, their safety
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#1732782903554840-491: A remastered version of all four seasons and additional content, featuring graphical improvements that Telltale had made ahead of starting the fourth season. In January 2016, the Kings of War creator Mantic Games announced plans to release a tabletop miniature wargame based on The Walking Dead , named The Walking Dead: All Out War . The miniatures game was funded through the popular crowdfunding site Kickstarter . This product
910-456: A series of British awards for comic book titles and creators. They were awarded by UK fans voting for work produced during the previous year. Named after the UK's seminal boys' comic Eagle , the awards were launched in 1977 for comics released in 1976. "[S]et up and financed by a group of dealers and fanzine editors" with the intention of including "people with... diverse interests... to make
980-543: A storyline that hinted at the death of Carl Grimes, Rick's son, in the wake of Rick's death. Kirkman said that The Walking Dead comic was always built on surprise, and felt that it was necessary to surprise readers with the end of the series after covering enough of the aftermath of Rick's death in issues #192 and 193. Image Comics announced in July 2020 that it will be republishing the full run of The Walking Dead in full color, with coloring by Dave McCaig . The first issue of
1050-475: Is a comprehensive list of the Eagle Award categories and the years they were presented, many of which were divided into British sections and (North) American sections. These categories included: General categories not divided into U.K. and U.S. sections were: Finally, there were a few one-off awards: Alan Moore won this award an impressive eleven times (including sweeping the U.K. and U.S. categories in
1120-474: Is again threatened by the psychopathic Negan and his group known as The Saviors, who reside in a factory. The Hilltop and Alexandria join with The Kingdom, which is run by King Ezekiel , in a war against the Saviors. The war ends thanks to Dwight , a savior who decided to betray Negan. After the war, newcomers such as Magna and Dante are introduced into the series. Oceanside, another community out at sea,
1190-412: Is an American post-apocalyptic comic book series created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Tony Moore – who was the artist on the first six issues and cover artist for the first twenty-four – with art on the remainder of the series by Charlie Adlard . Beginning in 2003 and published by Image Comics , the series ran for 193 issues, with Kirkman unexpectedly ending the series in 2019. Apart from
1260-438: Is available for order and first began shipping to backers on November 7, 2016. A series of novels based on the comics, written by Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga, were released between 2011 and 2014 focusing on the antagonist "The Governor". Taking place in the initial outbreak, the books chronicle his experiences from surviving in the newly ravaged world to the establishment of himself as leader of Woodbury, and finally tying up
1330-527: Is established, as well as safety perimeters across the DC area, which are violated by the presence of the Whisperers, a tribe of people disguised as the dead who have rejected the notion of re-establishing civilization. The leader, Alpha , antagonizes Rick as her daughter, Lydia , forms a romantic relationship with Carl. When Alpha's second in command, Beta , takes leadership of the group, he declares war against
1400-433: Is the protagonist and a former police deputy. The story begins when he wakes up from his comatose state in a hospital. Though he is initially separated from the two, Rick soon joins his wife Lori and his son Carl and their new group of survivors. Among the survivors are his former best friend Shane (who secretly has a sexual relationship with Rick's wife, Lori), firm clerk and college graduate Andrea , her sister Amy ,
1470-614: The Eagle logo was perceived (as described by Burton) as "a standard of quality ... seldom reached" in early 1977, the Eagle Awards were named "with official blessing from IPC " ( Eagle 's former publisher). The Eagle Awards were launched at the British Comic Art Convention , the earliest British fan convention devoted entirely to comics (and usually known by the moniker Comicon ). The first awards ceremony
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#17327829035541540-554: The London Comic Mart by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons . The 1984 Eagle Award nominations were announced in May with Howard Chaykin 's American Flagg! dominating the nominations – Favourite Penciler, Inker, Writer, Comic, Character ( Reuben Flagg ), Supporting Character ( Raul the cat ), New Comic, Single or Continued Story, and two nominations for Favourite Cover – and winning seven of them. The 1984 awards presentation
1610-673: The MCM Award . The announcement prompted a public rift between MCM and the Conroys; as a result no Eagles were awarded in 2013. The Conroys decided to continue the awards separate from MCM, and in April 2014 it was announced that the award would be presented at the London Film and Comic Con (LFCC) and be named The Stan Lee Eagle Award , with the backing of Stan Lee in his last European convention appearance. In June 2014, however, it
1680-579: The Oscars or the BAFTAs . The Eagle Awards were usually presented in a ceremony at a British comic book convention ; venues over the years included the British Comic Art Convention , UKCAC , Comic Festival , Comic Expo , and the London MCM Expo . Hosts for the ceremonies included such notables as Simon Pegg , Norman Lovett , Fraser Ayres , Billy West , and Anthony Stewart Head . Initially
1750-476: The Bristol Comic Expo scaled back that year, and was not available for the evening awards ceremony. After attempting to go forward with the Eagle Awards as an online-only process, the Conroys were forced to cancel the 2009 awards due to a "lack of nominations." The 2010–2012 awards were presented at the London MCM Expo . At the 2012 awards it was announced that the award would in future be called
1820-522: The Commonwealth first appearing around issue #150, and Kirkman feared there was no way he could get to an issue #300 with what ideas he had left. This ending came following the death of Rick Grimes, in issue #192. Kirkman kept the series' end a secret as he worked with Adlard to create cover art and solicitation information for Diamond Comic Distributors for non-existent issues through #196 that would have been released through October 2019, creating
1890-721: The Eagle Award itself was a certificate; eventually the award became an engraved trophy. Notable repeat Eagle Award winners included Alan Moore , who won the Favourite Comicbook Writer award an impressive eleven times (including sweeping the U.K. and U.S. categories in the period 1985–1987); Terry Austin , who won the Favourite Inker award nine times; Alex Ross , who won the Favourite Comics Artist (Fully Painted Artwork) seven times in ten possible years; and Laura DePuy Martin , who won
1960-835: The Eagle Awards website; the five most popular became nominees for the awards. Over the course of their existence, the Eagle Awards were eventually awarded in more than 30 categories. The first ballot had nominations in 19 categories: The next year's ballot, 1978, had 21 categories, dropping Favourite British Fan Personality and Favourite Comic Publication "All Time," and adding categories for Inker, Villain, and Supporting Character. The 1979 ballot dropped categories for Favourite Comic – Dramatic and Favourite Comic – Humour and added categories for Cover and Character Most Worthy of Own Title. The nominations for Favourite Single Comicbook Story and Favorite Continued Comicbook Story were separate from 1977 to 1980 and then again from 2011 to 2014; they were merged as one category from 2000 to 2010. Similarly,
2030-788: The Eagles were replaced by the UK Comic Art Awards , and then from 1997 until 2003 (with the exception of the year 2000) were supplanted by the National Comics Awards . In 2000, on the 50th anniversary of the birth of Eagle , the Eagle Awards returned. The ceremony was held April 22, 2000, at the Bristol Comic Festival (known as "Comics 2000"); this time MC'd by actor/comedian Simon Pegg . There were no Eagle Awards distributed in 2001; voting for comics published in 2000 ended in October 2001 and
2100-664: The Favourite Colourist award six straight times. 2000 AD won the Favourite (Colour) Comic award 12 times, while The Walking Dead won Favourite Black & White Comicbook seven straight times. Batman was voted Favourite Comicbook Character 12 times and Judge Dredd won the award seven times; while the X-Men dominated the Favourite Comicbook Group or Team category, winning it eight times in
2170-552: The Favourite Cover category was only divided into British and American sections from 1984 to 1990. Reflecting an interest in long-form comics, the Best Original Graphic Novel category was added in 1986. The Favourite Team category was dropped after 1990. With the revival of the Eagles in 2000, categories for Favourite Writer and Favourite Artist were no longer separated into UK and US sections, and
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2240-808: The Mighty won this award four times (with three of those awards going to Matt Smith ); Axel Alonso also won the award three times. 2000 AD was dominant in this category, winning 12 times; X-Men was in second place with six wins (five of them in the period 1977–1981). Savage Sword of Conan prevailed in this category three times in the five years it was awarded. The Walking Dead won this category seven straight times. Batman won this category 12 times; Judge Dredd won seven times, and Wolverine won it three times. DC's The Joker won this category five times, 2000 AD 's Torquemada won four times, and Marvel's Magneto came away with three wins. The Walking Dead (comic book) The Walking Dead
2310-546: The Phoenix"), Continued Comic Book Story (" The Dark Phoenix Saga ," X-Men #135–137), and Cover ( X-Men #136, by Byrne and Austin). The 1981 awards were organised by Burton and Conroy, and sponsored by Burton, Conroy, Colin Campbell, Bob Smart, and four UK comics retailers: Forbidden Planet , Forever People, Nostalgia & Comics, and Comics Showcase. After a hiatus in 1982, the Eagle Awards returned in 1983, presented at
2380-663: The Ramada City Inn in Bristol ; the Eagles were again not presented in 2005. The 2006–2008 awards presentations were held at the Comic Expo in Bristol, with the 2008 awards being notable for accusations of ballot-stuffing . Management of the Eagle Awards was transferred from co-founder Mike Conroy to his teenage daughter Cassandra Conroy in 2009 (although Mike Conroy stayed on as advisor). The previous years' venue
2450-709: The US, and character, continuing story and "character worthy of own title" in the UK (in which last category his works held all top three spots). The awards became almost fully annual in 1987, in conjunction with the United Kingdom Comic Art Convention (UKCAC); they were held at the UKCAC in 1987, 1988, and 1990. The Eagle Awards went dormant during most of the 1990s, as organizer Mike Conroy focused on his freelance writing (including becoming an editor of Comics International ). From 1990 to 1997,
2520-622: The Walking Dead and The Walking Dead: World Beyond ), eight webisode series , video games (starting with The Walking Dead: The Game ), and various additional publications, including novels (starting with The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor ). Kirkman was a fan of zombie films such as the Living Dead series and Zombi 2 as well as zombie video games such as Resident Evil . The original pitch by Kirkman and Moore
2590-419: The art after issue #5. Charlie Adlard took over as artist on issue #7, after he was approached by Kirkman. Moore also created the cover art for the first 24 issues and the first four trade paperbacks . The remainder were done by Adlard. Most issues of the comic featured "Letter Hacks", several pages at the end where Kirkman discussed the issue, oftentimes answering letters, mail, and emails sent by readers of
2660-540: The best monthly comics available". Among its fans are author Max Brooks . Because of the popularity of the series, which increased considerably when it was adapted into a television series of the same name , artist Tony Moore's original artwork for the series' early issues has gone up in value; on the March 28, 2013 episode of the VH1 reality television series For What It's Worth , Moore's original artwork for Page 7 of issue #1
2730-419: The character-driven nature of their game. Telltale's game, The Walking Dead , first released in 2012, and followed the characters of Lee Everett , a former teacher convicted of murder, and Clementine , a pre-teen girl left alone at the start of the zombie apocalypse; it contained tie-ins with the comic by brief appearances of Glenn Rhee and Hershel Greene , narratively prior to their first appearances in
2800-616: The comic . Kirkman usually co-wrote the section with his editor, Sean Mackiewicz. When the television series premiered in October 2010, Image Comics announced The Walking Dead Weekly . The first 52 issues of the series began to be reprinted on January 5, 2011, with one issue per week for a year. The series is periodically re-published in trade paperbacks which contain six issues each, hardcover books with twelve issues and occasional bonus material, omnibus editions of twenty-four issues, and compendium editions of forty-eight issues. In May 2018, Image Comics and its imprint Skybound Entertainment ,
2870-427: The comic book series events "as much as possible", but ultimately remix stories with certain characters, referencing original characters introduced to the show and deceased characters alive in the comic book as a reason for this. Robert Kirkman commented that he believed the series would be much closer to the comic series under Gimple. With the series' ninth season, which started broadcast in October 2018, Angela Kang
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2940-457: The comic in certain plot points. Such deviations include the departure of Rick Grimes in its ninth season and the death of his son Carl Grimes in its eighth season , despite both characters being present in the entire comic run. The series concluded in 2022 after its eleventh season . With the premiere of the fourth season in 2013, Scott M. Gimple became the show's third showrunner. Gimple has said that he would stay closer in line to
3010-455: The comic on his own terms; he stated in his letter in issue #193 that part of the reason to end was that he feared he lacked material to continue the series for several more issues. He had envisioned the series to end around the time that Rick Grimes and his allies reach the Commonwealth, a large human community protected from the walkers, as this would allow him to give a complete arc. However, he found he got there too soon in terms of issues, with
3080-517: The comic series. The series was a critical success, with much of the praise for the characterization of Clementine and Lee, and is stated to have caused a resurgence in the waning adventure game market since 2000. Telltale went on to develop a full-fledged series , with three additional seasons, additional downloadable content for the first season, and a spin-off title based on Michonne . In all but this spin-off, choices made by players in earlier games continued to set determinants used in later games as
3150-433: The comics. Each paperback follows the convention of having a three-word title. The zombies in the cover art for each paperback form part of a larger image if placed end to end. This also loops, as the final zombie on Volume 32 connects to the first on Volume 1. Each story arc is re-released in hardcover books containing two, omnibus editions containing four, and compendiums containing eight story arcs. All hardcovers contain
3220-460: The communities. Rick's group classifies the undead as either walkers, roamers or lurkers, the former being more likely to venture toward a loud noise in search of human prey. Other names have been used by characters in the series, including biters and stinkers. The undead follow and mimic each other, which can result in enormous hordes travelling together, "walking nonstop, following a sound they've all forgotten," as Abraham puts it. When asked about
3290-485: The company that has driven development of The Walking Dead comic series since 2010, jointly announced The Walking Dead Day . The fan-oriented event was for October 13, 2018 and coincided with the release of a Walking Dead #1 15th Anniversary Variant Edition , with cover art by Charlie Adlard. A select number of The Walking Dead Day participating local comic shops became part of the comic's story line, with their own special edition of Adlard's anniversary cover, featuring
3360-486: The conclusion to the prison arc storyline in the comics. Following The Walking Dead: The Fall of the Governor , Bonansinga continued the Walking Dead novels as sole author, with Kirkman's name affixed to the title. The series has so far been assembled into the following collections: The trade paperbacks collect story arcs of six issues each, but contain only the story and none of the original cover art from
3430-832: The contents of the comics, including the covers, and in some cases bonus material. The books' trim size is larger than the paperbacks. Each hardcover contains two story arcs from the series. Signed versions of the books are available, each limited to 310 pieces. Limited omnibus editions collect roughly 24 issues in a slipcase with several extras. The first volume is autographed by Kirkman and Adlard, with 300 copies printed. Subsequent volumes had print runs of 3000 each, along with deluxe limited editions (signed by Kirkman/Adlard) of 300 copies. Softcover compendium editions collect approximately 48 comic issues each. They are also available as limited hardcover editions (Red Foil Version for Compendium 1, Gold Foil Version for Compendium 2, and Gold Foil Version for Compendium 3). Several ancillary books and
3500-477: The introduction of a "free vote . . . rather than pre-selected nominees," creating a "fairer reflection of fans' opinions – and some anomalous results, especially in the Roll of Honor category." The 2004 awards saw online voting for the first time; over 13,000 voting forms were "received via post, email and website counting centres." For the 2007 awards, nominations were made by the general comics-reading public via
3570-566: The origins of zombies, Kirkman claimed that there was an answer but that it was unimportant to the story-line. At the same time, it was reported that when Kirkman pitched the series he had claimed that the virus was an alien biological attack in preparation of a full-scale invasion but that he had no intention of following this idea. The series received critical acclaim, winning the Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series in 2010 and prompting Eric Sunde of IGN comics to call it "one of
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#17327829035543640-716: The period 1985–1987), with Chris Claremont winning it four times (all in the span 1977–1981). Mike Mignola won this award three times while Frank Miller won it twice. Multiple winners of this award included John Byrne , Brian Bolland , and Alan Davis with three wins; and Neal Adams , John Bolton , George Pérez , Bill Sienkiewicz , Frank Miller , Brian Talbot , Frank Quitely , and J. H. Williams III with two awards apiece. Terry Austin won this award nine times in an eleven-year span (from 1978 to 1988). Alex Ross dominated this award, winning it seven times in 10 possible years. Laura DePuy Martin won this award six straight times from 2000 to 2008. 2000 AD 's Tharg
3710-456: The poll as impartial as possible," the Eagles were described as "the first independent [in the UK], nationally organised comic art awards poll." The hope was that the Eagle Awards would "become a regular annual fandom event," and indeed, they were the preeminent British comics award in the 1980s and the 2000s (being mostly dormant in the 1990s), variously described as the country's comics equivalent of
3780-717: The reprint was released on October 7, 2020, with subsequent comics beginning to be released twice a month from November 2020 onward. There are no present plans to release these in trade paperbacks. Michonne Special (March 16, 2012) The Governor Special (February 13, 2013) Free Comic Book Day Special (May 4, 2013) Morgan Special (May 5, 2013) Tyreese Special (October 9, 2013) The Walking Dead: The Alien (April 20, 2016) The Walking Dead: Here's Negan! (April 27, 2016 – July 26, 2017, October 4, 2017 (Hardcover)) Negan Lives! (July 1, 2020) Rick Grimes 2000 (July 7, 2021 - August 4, 2021) Clementine Lives! (July 7, 2021) Clementine (June 22, 2022 – ) Rick Grimes
3850-476: The role of leader of a community as it struggles to survive the zombie apocalypse. The Walking Dead received the 2007 and 2010 Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series at San Diego Comic-Con . The AMC television series The Walking Dead (2010–2022) loosely follows the storyline of the comic book. The Walking Dead franchise has also spawned multiple additional media properties, including four companion television series (the first two of which were Fear
3920-838: The span of 11 years. Wolverine won the Favourite Comicbook Character category three times, the Favourite Supporting Character award three times, and the Character Most Worthy of Own Title twice. In 2014, in connection with Stan Lee , the Eagle Awards were renamed, and presented as, the True Believer Comic Awards . They have not returned since then. The Eagle Awards were set up by prominent British comics enthusiasts Mike Conroy , Nick Landau , Colin Campbell, Phil Clarke, and Richard Burton . Because
3990-408: The store's logo incorporated into the cover art. The company also noted that additional limited edition collectibles and festivities would be announced at a future date, prior to the October 2018 event. On July 3, 2019, Kirkman confirmed through the "Letter Hacks" section of Issue #193 that the issue had concluded the series, with no previous announcements or warnings beforehand. Kirkman opted to end
4060-443: The stories followed Clementine's continued struggles to survive as she grows up in the years that followed. In the midst of releasing the planned final season of The Walking Dead series during 2018, Telltale Games went into bankruptcy, laying off the bulk of the staff and cancelling all projects, including the last two episodes of The Walking Dead . By this point, Kirkman had established Skybound Entertainment and had been eyeing
4130-484: The title Eagle Award . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eagle_Award&oldid=713863819 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Eagle Award (comics) The Eagle Awards were
4200-498: The universe or continue plot threads from the original television series, with little connection to the comics. AMC released an animated short of the first part of Issue No. 1 of the comic with animation by Juice Films, voice acting by Phil LaMarr and art by Tony Moore . Telltale Games , an adventure game developer, secured the rights with Kirkman to make an episodic video game inspired by The Walking Dead comic book series in 2011. While video games have frequently dealt with
4270-521: The winners were announced in June 2002 (at the Comic Festival , which had replaced UKCAC), so news reports announced these variously as the 2000, 2001, or 2002 Eagle Awards. The Eagles again went dormant in 2003 (replaced by the National Comics Awards ). The Eagle Awards returned in 2004 (sponsored by the retailer Ace Comics) and were presented at the inaugural Comic Expo , held November 6–7, at
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#17327829035544340-410: The zombie genre, Kirkman said of Telltale's game that "it [focuses] more on characterization and emotion than action". Telltale opted to take a new approach to the typical adventure game, making it so that players would have to make decisions through conversation trees or through quick time events , that would propagate through the episode and as determinants into future ones, as to give more weight to
4410-414: Was again organised by Burton and Conroy, and sponsored by Burton, Conroy, Colin Campbell, Forbidden Planet, Nostalgia & Comics, Bob Smart, and Comics Showcase. Marvel 's X-Men comic and creators dominated the 1981 Eagles, winning Favourite Comic Book, Artist ( John Byrne ), Writer ( Chris Claremont ), Inker ( Terry Austin ), Character ( Wolverine ), Single Comic Book Story ( X-Men #137, "The Fate of
4480-466: Was announced that the new award would be called the True Believer Comic Awards . The inaugural True Believer Comics Awards were presented July 12, 2014, at the LFCC, with host Anthony Stewart Head and a special appearance by Stan Lee. They have not been awarded since. At the outset of the Eagle Award, ballots were made available to "most dealers, shops and fanzines." The initial method of casting votes
4550-653: Was at the Birmingham Comic Art Show. By the mid-1980s the work of British authors often dominated both the UK and US categories. In 1985 Alan Moore won favorite writer in both categories, and in 1986 (presented on June 1 at the Birmingham Comic Art Show), the awards "proved to be a virtual clean sweep ... by Alan Moore ," who not only again won "favourite writer in both the US and UK categories," but had his work win for favourite comic book, supporting character and new title in
4620-550: Was designed to be inclusive and straightforward, with completed forms able to be returned to the same place, rather than a centralised location. An initial ballot formed a list of nominees, from which the voting ballot was created and disseminated in the same manner. The awards for 1983 used an open voting system, with no pre-selected nominees. In 1984, the Eagles introduced a new nomination system composed of "prominent British fans, publishers, dealers, and artists," which put forward three names in each category. The 1986 Eagles saw
4690-534: Was for a follow-up to George A. Romero 's Night of the Living Dead , with the series taking place in the 1960s. Image Comics co-founder Jim Valentino suggested using an original concept instead so the creators would own the property outright. The pitch was revised into an original story, taking a more traditional approach to a modern zombie survival tale. The revised pitch was again rejected, however, for being too "normal". Kirkman then pitched it again with
4760-686: Was held on 3 September 1977, at the Bloomsbury Centre Hotel, London. The 1978 and 1979 awards were also presented at the British Comic Art Convention. Almost from the beginning, the awards included separate UK and US sections. The 1980 Eagle Awards (for comics published in 1979) were sponsored by Burton, Conroy, Colin Campbell, Dark They Were and Golden Eyed , Steve Dillon , Forbidden Planet , Forever People, Nostalgia & Comics, Bob Smart, and Valhalla Books; and organised by Burton and Conroy. The 1981 edition
4830-431: Was professionally appraised to be worth $ 20,000. AMC picked up the rights to produce a television series based on the comic in 2009. The first season of the series premiered on October 31, 2010 to high ratings, with later seasons cementing the show as one of the most popular television shows of all time. The series is loosely inspired by the comic, introducing new characters such as Daryl Dixon and deviating from
4900-476: Was promoted to showrunner with Gimple becoming in charge of all Walking Dead properties at AMC. These included multiple spin-off series, continuing even after the main series concluded. These include Fear the Walking Dead , The Walking Dead: World Beyond , Tales of the Walking Dead , The Walking Dead: Dead City , The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon , and The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live . These spin-offs either introduce new characters and settings to
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