Hi Esker,
After laying my two cents upon your RAYNE and seeing how you work, I looked at this piece a different way. Though I feel this piece is has much more of the spaces filled in, I still feel more comfortable critiquing as if I were approaching a visual work, perhaps a Gregorio de Chiricho or Man Ray piece. I see an uncomfortably long ride in a Black Lincoln town car with a person devastated by the loss of a spouse and trying to appear strong but at the same time vaguely enjoying the lack of constraint (could do nearly anything and it would be understandable) and at first and last, the loss of something irreplacable. Could be wrong, could be right but that's what you made me feel and see.
Thanks Esker for a real pearl

to comprehend
but perhaps a relief
though still in grief,
lets move on tomorrow perhaps
some one else will ,
in my place be...

how ever your thoughts are
exquisite
and
wonderfully nice

I also have a PT Barnum signed by Howard Chaykin and David Tischman and a 30 Days of Night signed by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith. I have a few other less notable ones laying around, of course Watchmen, I have The Furies by Vertigo, The Preacher goes to Texas. maybe a couple more.

Strange how I saw your work visually in still, either you're really good or I'm very intuitive, most likely the former....hehe

I can dig the financial state, my wife is out of work and I am down to part time IT contracts, I'm using the time for reading and writing though. Though at the moment I'm overdrawn briefly because of a huge vet bill.