This is the first break we’ve had from the 9-panel-grid the entire story so far. I wanted people to “feel” the impact of the fire, even if the art was so quickly drawn.

I didn’t get very far into chapter 2 before Joey closed down GraphicSmash.com and we all had to leave.

This was the detective’s style, more like Sin City, stark black and white.

This was supposed to feel super climatic but I think ended up feeling stunted.

I tried to draw her really intense here.

I do like the blackness of her hair in the last panels. I need to do that more.

I guess I was channeling a Frank Miller here or something because of the roughness of the art.