This sad story comes via Fleen, your daily source of webcomics news. Check out Fleen and TopatoCo founder Jeffrey Rowland's Twitter for the full rundown, but the short version is that TopatoCo commission Hope Xinyuan to print Ryan North's latest Dinosaur Comics collection, and when the books arrived with pages falling out of their spines, Hope Xinyuan mysteriously vanished off the face of the earth, leaving Topatoco shy $25,000 with a stock of unsellable books. Oof.

If you've been thinking about making a purchase from TopatoCo, now might be a good time to do that. Also, with the inevitably holiday crunch upon us, consider adding some webcomical gifts to your shopping list.

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