Marvel Studios has added Academy Award nominee Jeff ( The Big Lebowski ) Bridges to the cast of Iron Man .

Buddy Saunders of Lone Star Comics in Arlington , Texas saw the comment by Gail Burt of Metropolis Comics on the state of comics, concurs, and offers some thoughts on what to do next.

Saturday's L.A. Times carried a story about Michael Arias, the first American to direct a major anime feature film.

Librarians and retailers will find plenty of programs dedicated to their needs during the Friday 'trade' day session at the New York Comic Con.

This week, Riley gives us the first of a two part series on inter-store competition.

Upper Deck, one of the nation's largest sports card producers, is instituting a new distribution policy for its sports cards.

Rich Waldbiesser of Six Feet Under Games saw the news of the WizKids exclusive distribution deal with Diamond/Alliance and believes it is bad for the industry.

An ICv2 Release. Six prominent panelists have been added to finalize the roster for the second annual ICv2 Graphic Novel Conference at New York Comic Con in February.

Confessions of a Comic Book Guy is a weekly column by retailer Steve Bennett of Mary Alice Wilson's Dark Star Comics of Yellow Springs , Ohio . This week, Bennett covers a lot of ground, revisiting the question of whether superheroes are 'silly,' looking at the ads in Marvel Adventures, and wondering about Betty becoming a NASCAR driver.

Sharpening the Sword is a regular column by retailer John Riley of Grasshopper's Comics, a 1300 square foot comic and game store in Williston Park , New York . This week, Riley takes on the topic du jour -- the WizKids exclusive deal.