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Dynamite Entertainment has established a new partnership with Humble Bundle. The two collaborators will offer a deal called the “Best-Selling Authors Bundle.”

Customers can choose between the publisher or a non-profit as the recipient of their money. They will have three charity options: the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Doctors Without Borders (a.k.a. Médecins Sans Frontières), and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Here’s more from the press release: “The ‘pay what you want’ model offers readers the chance to unlock over 120 comics, and over 3,500 pages of content. This will give graphic lit fans access to: Charlaine Harris’ Grave Sight Part 1 by Charlaine Harris, The Shadow Vol 1: Fire of Creation by Garth Ennis and Aaron Campbell, Patricia Briggs’ Mercy Thomson: Hopcross Jilly by Patricia Briggs, The Complete Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Leah Moore, and John Reppion, Sherlock Holmes: Year One by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Scott Beatty, The Spider Vol. 1: Terror of the Zombie Queen by David Liss and Francesco Francavilla, and Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Echoes by Tom Clancy. As the bundle progresses, there will be a running average.”

Emily Brand, a fan of Sir Terry Pratchett, has launched a Change.org petition. She hopes to encourage the city council of Salisbury to install a permanent statue of the late fantasy fiction author.

Prior to his passing, Pratchett resided in this English town for more than two decades. So far, the petition has drawn more than 7,000 signatures.

Some of the supporters behind this project include Pratchett’s family and Pratchett’s longtime friend Neil Gaiman. BBC News reports that “a spokeswoman for the family said he would ‘undoubtedly’ have found the amusement ‘in almost any statue.'” Gaiman wrote a post about this venture on Facebook and encouraged his followers to sign the petition.

Ricky Whittle will play Shadow Moon in the American Gods television show. In the past, he has acted in several literary-themed projects including The 100 series and the Austenland movie.

Starz and FremantleMedia North America plan to begin shooting this adaptation in April 2016. Neil Gaiman, the author behind the novel, will not only serve as an executive producer, but also a screenwriter.

Here’s more from the press release: “The plot posits a war brewing between old and new gods: the traditional gods of mythological roots from around the world steadily losing believers to an upstart pantheon of gods reflecting society’s modern love of money, technology, media, celebrity and drugs. Its protagonist, Shadow Moon, is an ex-con who becomes bodyguard and traveling partner to Mr. Wednesday, a conman but in reality one of the older gods, on a cross-country mission to gather his forces in preparation to battle the new deities.”

Neil Gaiman posted a fan fiction story about David Bowie on his website.

Gaiman shared the piece shortly after the passing of the beloved rock star. According to his Facebook announcement, he wrote it “to illustrate some beautiful Yoshitaka Amano images of Bowie and Iman.”

The short story, entitled The Return of The Thin White Duke, can also be found in Gaiman’s short fiction collection, Trigger Warning. Click on this link to read the full piece. Follow this link to hear the author read a portion of the story.

Neil Gaiman announced that he has been working on a book called The View from the Cheap Seats: A Collection of Introductions, Essays, and Assorted Writings.

This collection will feature a variety of nonfiction pieces. William Morrow, a HarperCollins imprint, has scheduled the publication date for May 31.

Here’s more from Gaiman’s blog post: “It’s not every speech, introduction or article I’ve written, but it’s all the speeches that seemed important, all the articles I was still proud of, all the introductions that seemed to be about something bigger than just telling people about the book or author they were going to read. (Kat Howard helped such a lot: she went through the archives, read everything, and made an initial call about what should go in or go out. Then she sighed whenever I changed my mind or remembered a forgotten piece I’d written about something).”

Have you made any resolutions for the new year? The video embedded above features Neil Gaiman sharing his New Year’s Wish.

Here’s a transcription of Gaiman’s words: “May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art—write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.”

For the past fifteen years, Gaiman has written various New Year’s wishes. On New Year’s Eve 2014, he rounded up his wishes in a blog post.

Artist Chris Riddell has created a Christmas gift for the world. He took it upon himself to draw some illustrations for a Neil Gaiman short story called “Nicholas Was…”

Follow this link to see a digital album with all 11 of Riddell’s artistic pieces. Gaiman describes the piece as a “heartwarming Christmas story” in a Facebook post. Readers will find this piece within the 1998 anthology, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions.

In the past, Riddell has illustrated the U.K. editions of Gaiman’s children’s books. He has also created illustrations for one of Gaiman’s poems, “Locks,” and his “artist’s creed.” Riddell’s daughter, Katy, also followed in her father’s footsteps by producing illustrations for a Gaiman short story called “Babycakes.”

Dark Horse Comics will release a graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s short story, “Troll Bridge.” In the past, it was published in the 1998 short fiction collection, Smoke and Mirrors.

Here’s more from the press release: “Troll Bridge tells the story of Jack, a young boy whose world was full of ghosts and ghouls, one of which—a ravenous and hideous troll—would haunt him long into manhood. As the beast sups upon a lifetime of Jack’s fear and regret, Jack must find the courage within himself to face the fiend once and for all.”

Colleen Doran, an artist, has signed on to create the illustrations for this project. The publication date has been scheduled for Sept. 14, 2016.

Dark Horse Comics will release a graphic novel adaptation of the short fiction piece, “How to Talk to Girls at Parties.” According to the press release, it was “originally published in Neil Gaiman’s Fragile Things: Short Fiction and Wonders.”

In Gaiman’s short story, “two teenage boys are in for a tremendous shock when they crash a party where the girls are far more than they appear!” The publisher recruited Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon, two Brazilian artists who are also brothers, to create the illustrations.

A publication date has been set for Jun. 15, 2016. Click here to read the full piece posted on Gaiman’s website.

Artist Chris Riddell has taken it upon himself to create illustrations for a Neil Gaiman poem called “Locks.” Follow this link to see a digital album with all 11 of Riddell’s artistic pieces.

According to Gaiman’s Facebook post, he wrote this poem for his daughter Maddy back when she was a toddler. It was later featured in his short fiction collection, Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders.

Click here to listen to Gaiman perform a reading of this poem. In the past, the two have collaborated on several of the United Kingdom editions of Gaiman’s children’s books. Earlier this year, Riddell illustrated an “artist’s creed” that Gaiman wrote in honor of the terrorist attacks at the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine.

John Cameron Mitchell will direct an adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s short story, “How To Talk To Girls At Parties.”

The cast includes Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning, Ruth Wilson, Matt Lucas, Jessica Plummer, and Alex Sharp. Gaiman himself will serve as an executive producer. Click here to read the full piece.

Here’s more from Deadline: “The story follows a shy teenage punk rocker Enn in 1970s suburban London, and his two closest friends. One night they all sneak into a party where they meet a group of intensely attractive, otherworldly girls; at first they think they’re from a cult, but eventually come to realize the girls are literally from another world—outer space. The leaders of this alien colony have a nefarious plan in mind, but that doesn’t stop Enn from falling madly in love with Zan, one of the colony’s key members. Their burgeoning romance sets in motion a series of increasingly sensational events that will lead to the ultimate showdown of punks versus aliens, and test the bonds of friendship, family, and true love.” (via ScreenDaily)

Throughout his career, writer Neil Gaiman has tackled a wide range of projects including novels, picture books, and poetry. Recently, he drew inspiration from the Greek myth of “Orpheus and Eurydice” to create a poem entitled “Orphee.”

According to Gaiman’s blog post, he wrote this piece for a BBC Radio documentary called Orpheus Underground. Other creatives who also took part in this program include novelist Margaret Atwood, author Jonathan Carroll, and musician Peter Blegvad. Click here to download a digital copy of Myths of Greece and Rome by H.A. Guerber; this eBook contains the full story of “Orpheus and Eurydice.”

Here’s an excerpt from the poem: “I would go to Hell to see you once more. There’s a door on the third floor of the New York Public Library, on the way to the men’s toilets, by the little Charles Addams gallery. It’s never locked. You just have to open it. I would go to Hell for you. I would tell them stories that are not false and that are not true. I would tell them stories until they wept salt tears and gave you back to me and to the world.”

Johnny Depp, Edgar Wright, and Bret McKenzie have signed on to adapt Neil Gaiman’s middle grade novel, Fortunately the Milk. The collaborators intend to create a live-action/animation hybrid movie.

According to Digital Spy, Depp will serve as a producer and take on an acting role. Wright will take the helm as the director. McKenzie will write the script.

Here’s more from The Hollywood Reporter: “Gaiman’s children’s book is described as ‘a story of time travel and breakfast cereal.’ It starts out with a father who goes to the store to buy some milk and returns with wild tales of aliens, space-time travel, pirates and more. The best-seller originally hit shelves Sept. 30, 2014, via HarperCollins.” (via MovieWeb)

A collection of Neil Gaiman’s short stories are being adapted for a four-part television series which will air on U.K. satellite channel Sky Arts.

Sid Gentle Films, an independent production company founded by Sally Woodward Gentle in 2013, is producing the series which will be called Likely Stories. The Guardian has the scoop:

Details of the Gaiman adaptations are sketchy but the production company said that the series would be based on “the fantastical shorts stories from the pen of Neil Gaiman.” It added: “There will be an ensemble cast across all four of these tales”.

Shooting is due to start at the end of November, under the direction of Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, best known for their 2014 biopic of Nick Cave, 20,000 Days on Earth.