Alex Fitch interviews Alan Moore on ResonanceFM tonight, touching subjects such as the highs and lows of collaborating with comic book artists, his notions of magic and ideaspace and just what giant bald men in nappies had to do with American paranoia in 1950s movies!

Past shows feature Paul Gravett, and the CBLDF. Look out for future interviews, continuing the chat with Moore, and also featuring Paul Cornell, and Pat Mills & Matt Smith about the 30th Anniversary of 2000AD...

Also available as a podcast if you don't catch the broadcast.

Angouleme is go!

Boychild Productions has recently agreed to produce a new graphic novel to be made in association with the well respected UK charity WAR ON WANT. Their mission is to: "...fight global poverty by campaigning against the root causes of inequality and injustice and working in partnership and solidarity with poor people across the developing world." Boychild Productions is teaming up with them to make an 80 page book focusing on the role of corporations like Halliburton and Bechtel in present day Iraq. The book will portray from a grass roots level how these corporations are operating for profit, not people. It will be roughly in the vein of Joe Sacco's 'Palestine'. Written by Sean Michael Wilson, illustrated by Neill Cameron, and based on the extensive research carried out by War on Want.

Sketchbook stuff from Clamnuts.

You can now buy rare Ed Pinsent's mini-comics from his website.

A sneak peek at Ellen Lindner's latest mini-comic.

Check out Flying Monkey's regular web-comic.

Massacre for Boys is a retro war comic along the same lines as SolarWind et al.

Some Comic Expo News:

As well as the usual superhero mainstream coverage at this years Expo, the event is becoming known for an ever-increasing range of UK Comics - aka the Independent Press.

However, the Expo organisers are aware that it can be quite intimidating for a new reader to dip one's toes in the oceans of independent books: Where should I start? Am I going to be given the hardsell? How do I find out in advance which books might appeal to me?

To answer these questions Chris Lynch (www.monkeyswithmachineguns.com) and Craig Johnson (www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com) in conjunction with Comic Expo have produced a free preview website for as many exhibitors as care to contribute - to showcase their best works, to provide a central one-stop-shop - not only for potential attendees at the Expo, but also for general interest and for anyone interested in independent comics.

The website is now up and running with further updates weekly as more creators submit their pieces.

Factor Fiction 2006 Overview

Alison Bechdel's on tour - Here's some Fun Home press:

THE GRAPHIC BOOK OF the Year is incontestably Alison Bechdel’s unflinching, multilayered memoir of growing up in small-town Pennsylvania, Fun Home…