The sixth issue of Chad Bilyeu's tale of his DC drug dealing doings – created in Amsterdam in partnership with the outstanding artist, Juliette de Wit – pulls back from the developing action to poetically present a moment in memory that cuts through the hectic hubbub to reach towards an elusive truth.  From both a dramatic and structural standpoint, this issue seems upon its conclusion to stand at an inflection point in the series' narrative arc, from which its contours begin to come more clearly into focus and the full dimensions of the canvas upon which it is being painted are revealed.

Having worked together coming up on two years when they headed into the creation of this issue, it feels like writer and artist have organically enmeshed into a single creative organism, fully inhabiting their chosen format, with Ms. de Wit's three-tier pages clicking rhythmically through her well composed panels balanced in textured shades of black, gray and green to lift the reader up above the hurly burly of life in the ways that the weed often promised to, and once did, to reach behind pain into hidden recesses of the self.

This issue is notable too in being the first to include a genuine letters page (a full four pages, actually).  Re-Up readers step forward and reveal themselves to be fully engaged with the product and Chad's generous responses are both thoughtful and articulate, striking a near-perfect balance between empathy and sales pitch.

Recognizing that with this sixth issue the series has coalesced into something substantial and is poised to turn a corner and head into new territory, making this a good point to get on board, we are currently offering a HOLIDAY SET SPECIAL for a set of these first six issues, HERE.