Fantagraphics have released the following statement regarding the upcoming Comics Journal Summer Special:
"Please note that the Bill Griffith story and the second page of the Brian Ralph story in the SUMMER 2002 COMICS JOURNAL SPECIAL are suffering from a slightly faded black plate by the gutter.
This is a printer's error that occurred on press (the proofs were fine) which is on ALL the copies -- there are no better or worse ones. Also, page 12 is blank (another printer's error!) on all the copies. (Don't worry, it was a paid ad.) We suggest you use it as a page to gather autographs from all the cartoonists. Our printer has been soundly reprimanded.
