Entourage 's Kevin Dillon will play the lead in National Lampoon's 301: The Legend of Awesomest Maximus Wallace Leonidas , a spoof of 300.

Entertainment Weekly , in a two page piece in its October 5th print edition, revealed the plot outline of the now fast-tracked JLA film.

The New Haven Register identified the comic at the center of a controversy that saw a teacher fired in Guilford CT as Eightball #22 .

In Part 4, we discuss Marvel's classics line, lessons from the death of Captain America event, Webcomics, and more.

Gary Cross, an editorialist in the Op-Ed section of Sunday's New York Times , tied licensed toys to the recent toy recalls, suggesting that the business model teaches kids to collect.

ICv2 continues its series of interviews with comic publishers with a talk with Marvel publisher Dan Buckley (who asked VP Sales David Gabriel) to join in. In Part 2 we talk about more of the newer distribution channels for Marvel books, and Marvel's publishing plans to tie into its 2008 movies.

The Toy Industry Association is requesting that testing and inspection of toys sold in the U.S. become mandatory by federal law.

In Part 1, we talk about the current state of the market and its prospects.

Millennium Films has acquired the rights to create a series of films based on Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian property.

Del Rey has announced four new manga series for 2008 including Fairy Tale .