If you dig all things alternative, indy, fringe and so on, then pencil the Philadelphia Alternative Comic Con into this Sunday’s agenda.

The P.A.C.C. returns to The Rotunda (4014 Walnut St.) in West Philly on August 14 from noon to 7. The event will feature tons of exhibitors and vendors dealing in the weirdly wonderful world of off-the-beaten-path comics and zines. West Philly’s own comic genius, Box Brown, will be in the house along with a ton of other artists.

A full list of vendors and exhibitors is available here. Admission is FREE.

Update (Aug 18): Reeskie came back home yesterday morning.

A long-haired black cat named Reeskie is missing from the 4400 block of Larchwood.

He is about 4 years old, neutered, and up to date on all shots. He’s been missing for about two weeks now and his family is not right without him.

Please call 215-510-1798 if you have any information or have seen him.

With the school year approaching (public schools open on Sept. 6) and the school budgets shrinking, The West Philly Coalition for Neighborhood Schools is organizing a school supply drive for the Henry C. Lea School (4700 Locust St.).

Community members can drop of new, unopened supplies – everything from pencils and glue to notebooks and backpacks – to the University Dollar Store on Spruce Street between 47th and 48th and the St. Mary’s Church at 3916 Locust Walk (push the buzzer at the red door). There are boxes waiting at both locations.

In particular, the school needs:

• pencils
• pens
• pencil cases
• pencil sharpeners
• crayons
• markers
• spiral notebooks
• loose leaf paper
• two-pocket folders
• books bags
• protractors
• compasses
• composition notebooks

This sweet little pup was found wandering around the 4700 block of Locust. He’s safe now (and fed).

If you know who this dog might belong to please call Sarah at 267-474-1825.

A Port Richmond man is in custody after he carjacked a 73-year-old man’s vehicle near 52nd and Chestnut yesterday afternoon and was chased by witnesses who alerted police.

Police say 33-year-old Hadbin Austin of the 3100 block of Janney Street wielded a 10-inch knife and wrenched the man from his 2011 Kia at about 3 p.m. Police said the victim was eating food he purchased at the nearby McDonald’s.

Austin smashed into another car, flattening one tire on the Kia. Several witnesses observed the incident and called 911, police said. As many as three people pursued Austin until he abandoned the vehicle near 40th and Market. The pursuers alerted police to the car’s location and officers apprehended Austin after a brief struggle.

Austin has been charged with aggravated assault, robbery and related offenses. Police said the victim was not injured in the incident.

The Daily News reports that three people, two employees of Verizon and one SEPTA worker, pursued Austin and helped lead to his arrest.

As the new school year approaches, parents and community members concerned about the cap on new students in the lower grades of the Penn Alexander School (4209 Spruce St.) have started an online petition asking that all school-age children living in the school’s catchment area be admitted.

The petition follows a letter sent by the Spruce Hill Community Association to University of Pennsylvania officials last month asking the university, which manages the school in cooperation with the School District of Philadelphia, to address the cap. Options recommended for investigation include erecting temporary classrooms and moving students from the middle school grades, where classes are sometimes under-enrolled, to a different building.

The group circulating the petition, Advocates for Great Elementary Education Everywhere (AGREE) West Philly, asks Penn President Amy Gutmann, School District of Philadelphia Superintendent Arlene Ackerman and Penn Alexander Principal Sheila Sydnor to “work collaboratively, and in a timely manner, with concerned community members to find a viable solution to PAS’s overcrowding problem.”

School officials have said that the K-8 school, which since its opening has pledged to maintain a lower-than-required student-teacher ratio, is overflowing with students in the lower grades. New Penn Alexander students begin to register on Monday (August 15), which will be the first indication of how many will be affected by the cap.