Art for last issue of Planetary half done

DC reckon they'll have the issue out sometime in October, apparently. Which means, knowing their trade program, that instead of having the final TPB, a reprint of the Absolute Planetary Volume 1 and a shiny new Volume 2 to match it on sale within, say, 1 month of the final issue's release (to capitalise on the excitement), they'll instead offer an Absolute Planetary Volume 2 (missing 3 issues picked at random), no reprint of Absolute Planetary Volume 1 (because, well, who'd want that? It's not like Ellis has a built-in audience ready to shovel large wads of cash at publishers or anything...) and a TPB in about six years time.

*sigh*