Andrew Vachss' writing has been described as "red-hot and serious as a punctured lung" (Playboy), "hypnotically violent ... made up of equal parts broken concrete block and razor wire" (Chicago Sun-Times), and "short and choppy, like the ticking of a time bomb" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer).

In this graphic novel, dozens of comics writers and artists bring to life an assortment of Vachss' trademark life-at-ground-zero stories. This new edition of Hard Looks contains all of the stories from the first Dark Horse edition as well as "Half Breed," a never-before-published prose story by Vachss, the opening round in a new series, with illustrations by Geofrey Darrow, conceptual designer for the motion pictures The Matrix I, The Matrix Reloaded, and The Matrix Revolutions; Darrow also provides a new cover illustration.

Hard Looks will ship October 2002 with a retail price of $19.95 (ISBN 1569718296). It is scheduled to include, besides "Half-Breed," the following graphic-novel adaptations:

• "Replay"
• "Born Bad"
• "Lynch Law"
• "A Flash of White"
• "Cripple"
• "Treatment"
• "Drive By"
• "Hostage"
• "Dumping Ground"
• "Warlord"
• "Man To Man"

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Dark Horse, 3rd Ed., October 2002
cover illustration by Geofrey Darrow

click here to see Geofrey Darrow's original black and white drawing