John Bristowe reminded me of the existence of the Planet Simpson blog, which chronicles Planet Simpson author Chris Turner's adventures in book promotion. It's written mostly by Turner's wife, Ashley Bristowe (also a friend of mine from Crazy Go Nuts University).

Photo: Chris Turner does an interview at Toronto's 'Silver Snail' comic book store.

I just noticed this: the cover of the book varies with region. Here's the Canadian cover, featuring a donut (Canadians are said to consume more donuts per capita than any other nation on Earth):

Photo: 'Planet Simpson' Canadian cover.


For those of you who live in the land chronicled by the Big Book of British Smiles, here's your cover:

Photo: 'Planet Simpson' UK cover.


And for our American friends, the "Duff Beer" cover. No idea if it's regular Duff or one of the specialty editions such as Duff Lite, Lady Duff or Tartar-Control Duff:

Photo: 'Planet Simpson' UK cover.