http://www.avclub.com/articles/march-26-2010,39574/

One of the more rewarding trends in contemporary comics is the revival of crime noir stories, and, after a somewhat shaky start, Nick Spencer has become one of the finest practitioners of the genre. His latest series, Shuddertown (Image), starts out as a winner: It follows the slow deterioration of homicide detective Isaac Hernandez as he investigates a series of killings in the titular housing project. Hernandez is a perfectly drawn noir anti-hero and Spencer portrays his frustrationand exhaustion viscerally. Artist Adam Geen does a fine job on the visuals as well; his sharp lines and washed-out colors provide a fitting backdrop for Hernandez’s self-destructive descent as it becomes more and more clear that the only rational suspects in the crimes he’s investigating have themselves been dead for years. Spencer has come a long way in a short time, and if the rest of Shuddertown lives up to the first few issues, he’ll be an author to watch for the foreseeable future… A-

Very cool crime mini series at Image that I’m lettering right now. It’s written by Nick Spencer who’s a writer to look out for IMO, and drawn by Adam Geen. I met Adam years and years ago, and it’s been a joy to see his art evolve. So great to finally see him published and to be working with him.

Book design is by Tim Daniel who’s responsible for quite a few logos and book designs at Image recently, and who’s been designing awesome website for creators, and POPGUN as well. He wrote a story for either Popgun vol. 2 or 3 that I lettered, actually.

Check the link for the first seven pages of Shuddertown issue 1.

http://brokenfrontier.com/headlines/p/detail/preview-shuddertown-1

SHUDDERTOWN #1 (OF 4)

Story by NICK SPENCER
Art and cover by ADAM GEEN
Letters by THOMAS MAUER
Cover design by TIM DANIEL

MARCH 24
32 pgs/FC
$3.50

The dead are killing, and troubled homicide cop Isaac Hernandez is on a desperate search for answers. His investigation leads him deep into the corridors of the Shuddertown housing projects, and towards a truth too terrible to face.

A story of guilt, redemption, and resurrection; perfect for fans of THE WIRE, MULHOLLAND DRIVE, and SE7EN.

It’s an HP Color Laserjet CM1312fni MFP. Just set it up, printed out some b/w and color pages, scanned/xeroxed some stuff, set up the network and “scan to folder” settings, and it’s a great printer/scanner/photocopy machine for sure. The only thing left to do is color adjustment since it bleeds into the red a bit/is too light on color printing. Other than that, couldn’t be happier. Fingers crossed it stays this way.

Also, just finished the first issue of SHUDDERTOWN and I’m pleased as punch with it. Look for it in March from Image Comics.