Second printing for Unseen Peanuts

CBGXtra.com is reporting a planned second printing for Unseen Peanuts, this one much smaller than the 50,000+ print run done for Free Comic Book Day (and eagerly snatched up). These new copies will be given away at comic conventions by Fantagraphics.

(And for those of you who have contacted me about getting you a copy of this book, I;m expecting to lay hands on a few copies shortly. For those who haven’t contacted me yet… I doubt I’ll have any spares from this batch.)

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