The best person to solve a murder...is the victim.

Pierce is a new book coming from Imperium, the guys who do Trailer Park of Terror. I'm lettering it. Purely as a reader I have to say this book kicks ass. The first issue begins a very involved story with many layers, this first image should give you a little hint of just how much is going on...

Mysterious suits, cops and psychics, mobsters and mystical monks...all surrounding a junkie named Pierce. The first issue packs in a lot of story and I have a feeling it's just going to get better from here on out. Look for it in Previews soon.

This second image to the left is the opening splash page, not much of my lettering there but the face in the broken mirror is quite well done by the artist. I like that page.


Been watching a lot of movies lately, I just finished watching CRASH for the first time. Someone recommended it and then someone else said it was "okay"...I know the movie received a ton of buzz, but that usually means I won't see it for years. I hate having a set of expectations forced on me before seeing a movie because it never lives up to the hype. I agree, in part, with my friend who felt the characterizations were too heavy handed. At first it did come across a little cartoony, the over the top racism from just about every character to cross the screen. I think the writers wanted to hit the issues head on and not play it safe but they almost over do it. As it plays out it all comes together and in the end I was very entertained and impressed, there are a few moments that hit me right in chest. (Don't want to spoil it for anyone) I definitely give the movie a thumbs up but I don't get the "groundbreaking expose of racism in America" that some people seem to think it is. Nothing new...everyone has some kind of prejudice either big or small, sometimes those things are somewhat founded in reality, sometimes bad people can be good and sometimes good people can go bad. But it's all presented in a very cool way. Go watch it if you haven't.