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

According to Variety , Steven Speilberg, George Lucas and Harrison Ford are ready to do a fourth Indiana Jones movie based on a script by David Koepp.

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.

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

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

In Part 2, we talk about First Second's plans for 2008.

Platinum Studios filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week for the sale of shares by some of its current shareholders, and announced its plans to go public.

Seven Seas will add at least ten more series of manga-inspired illustrated juvenile fiction to its title roster, according to publisher Jason Deangelis.

This week, Bennett talks about a possible reaction to challenging economic times, and talks about comics that really shouldn’t be made into movies.