First Second Editorial Director Mark Siegel and Senior Editor Calista Brill speak to the publisher's 2012 catalog. Since it first launched in 2006, First Second Books has become a major player in comics publishing -- due to imported foreign titles such a

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Ringo Starr released his 17th solo album, Ringo 2012, on Jan. 31, 43 years after the Beatles performed their last live performance. It's impossible not to respect the surviving drummer of one of the 20th century's most influential and world-loved bands.