Chaland Shenanigans

So, a couple of weeks ago, I picked up the second Chaland Anthology, featuring the last two Freddy Lombard stories. And two nights ago, unable to sleep (because of my right arm killing me and my stomach dancing a sloppy rumba due to my nerves being shot), I decided to give it a whirl. So I'm enjoying the beautiful artwork and the swell storytelling and the wonderful coloring (and the okay stories) when suddenly, on page 2, panel 5 of the second story, F.52 -- I notice that someone has scribbled a beard and moustache on one of the character's! Zut alores! Or however you spell it! And , yes, I'm breaking my "!" rule, because I can, so sue me!!! Ahem. This pisses me off (can you tell?), and I start angling the book in the light to see if it's been drawn on or is some sort of goof-up/act of sabotage in the printing process, a la the infamous Captain America slipcase hardcover (featuring Bucky's hard-on). A sleepy Sarah determines it is actually in the printing, and I fume a little and turn back to the story. Then, on page 6, panel 5, some ding-dong has written "BL", backwards on the landing gear door of the titular plane! Blistering barnacles! I get so riled up I wake Sarah up, and I run downstairs over confused, fleeing cats to retrieve my French edition of the very same Chaland anthology -- just to see if there was a similar cock-up in the original version. I know, pretty pointless, but I was on a mission. And fuming. Of course, the original is bereft of ball-point monkey business. I read the book under an inky cloud and drift off to sleep, hopefully dreaming of murder. The next afternoon (I don't get up in the morning), I called the Manhattan Jim Hanley's shop and a clerk there confirmed that the scrawled images were on their copy as well. So, it seems Humanoids published a $25 book with some idiot's schoolbook doodling in it. Nice. How the heck does that slip by? I mean, yeah, I'm the idiot who put out a comic where I referred to one of my main characters by the wrong name multiple times, but I'm an idiot, and sure, I'll never be put out a $25 hardcover, but if I did, I'd take a look at the bluelines to see if anyone scribbled on it! Maybe it happened at the printers, I dunno, but I'd refuse to allow that edition to see the light of commerce, if the printer was responsible then they should make good on the job. You'd think someone would watch out for that stuff. Anyway, of course it's a minor stupidity, but gee whiz, that's annoying and I was having fun typing about it. It's still a nifty book, even if two panels are RUINED. And yes, I broke the all-caps rule. Sue away, mean people. It will do you no good.