
(2) Record-Breaking Railway: The world's longest model railway is being built in Germany.
(3) Free Comic Book Day: This year's Free Comic Book Day, May 2, will include a special preview of the forthcoming Blackest Night saga facing The Green Lanterns.
(4) Neil Spicer - RPG Superstar: Amateur game designer Neil Spicer has been named RPG Superstar 2009 by Paizo for his work.
(5) Sounds Of Sherwood: Big Finish, the audio drama company best known for its Doctor Who plays, is producing a line of licenced Robin Hood talking books, featuring actors from the recent BBC series.
(6) Ron Howard Tipped To Tackle Lovecraft: Ron Howard is the potential director of The Strange Adventures of HP Lovecraft, the movie adaptation of the Image comic of the same name (due to hit shelves on April 8).
(7) Spidey Swings To Top Of Charts: Amazing Fantasy #15, the first appearance of Spider-Man from 1962, has been voted The Greatest Marvel Comic Of All Time by fanboys as part of the publisher's 70th Anniversary celebration.
(8) Win Time On Doctor Who: The BBC is offering cosplay fans of Doctor Who the chance to appear in a "specially-written scene" filmed on the Doctor Who sets.
(9) The Doctor Returns: The BBC has confirmed Easter Saturday (April 11) as the date of the next Doctor Who special: Planet Of The Dead.
(10) The Land That Time Forgot...Again: Work has begun on a remake of the 1975 Edgar Rice Burroughs-inspired classic.
(11) Origins Of April Fools' Day: A history of the marking of April the first.
(12) Geek Goes Pro: Reis from the excellent Geek Orthodox blog, has been given the job of About.com's official Action Figure Collecting Guide author.
(13) Forget 2012: According to British professor John Beddington, the chief scientific advisor to the British Government, the world could end by 2030.
(14) See The First Cylon: While Battlestar Galactica may be no more, a trailer for the forthcoming Caprica features a brief glimpse of the first cylon.
(15) Blade Runner's "Original" Ending: A recently discovered early draft of the Blade Runner script confirms that Deckard was a replicant.
(16) The Art of the Old School Renaissance: Your last chance to nab a copy of this limited edition book, which will be discontinued tomorrow (April 1).
(17) Spidey's Charity Work: Astonishing Fantasy #15, the 1963 issue featuring the debut of Spider-Man, previously owned by TV and radio host Jonathan Ross, sold for £5,575 at auction in aid of Comic Relief.
(18) Happy Anniversary: It's hard to believe that one of my favourite "old school" RPG blogs, Grognardia, is only a year old, because of the major influence it has had on my thinking re: games.