GRRM's Song of Ice & Fire coming to HBO

George R.R. Martin blogged today that filming of A Game of Thrones starts in October for an HBO series based on the Song of Ice & Fire series. woot.

I wonder how many episodes they'll film before Eddard Stark is seperated from his ... well, no spoilers.

(for more Stark family artwork, plus Sam Tarly, Winterfell & the Wall, see the gallery at http://guillemhp.com/?page_id=118).