Go! Comi announced five new manga licenses at Anime Expo.

This week, Bennett talks about a trade paperback collection he likes.

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.

Our recent far-ranging conversation with First Second editorial director Mark Siegel took a look ahead to the company's 2007 releases.

IDW has announced a new five-part Spike mini-series based on the popular character from Buffy the Vampire Slayer .

This week, Bennett follows up with more on customers bringing collections to the store.

Go! Comi, a new manga publisher owned by TV producer/writer David Wise, announced four October launches at this weekend's Anime Central show in Rosemont, Illinois.

Platinum Studios is working with Relativity Management and The Shop Animation Studios to produce a CGI-feature animated film based on Italian comic property Dylan Dog.

John Riley of Grasshopper's Comics in Williston Park, Long Island (in business since 1992) found that the date made this year's Free Comic Book Day a tougher sell.

Rebellion has named Jamie Boardman as the editor for its line of graphic novels that will feature characters and comics from 2000 AD.