The last person he thought he'd ever see is back, and she needs his help. Suddenly, Tyler McAllister is drawn back into the world that he thought he had left behind — of metahuman espionage and all-too-human betrayal — that nearly cost him his life.
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Vol. 2:
Raised By Squirrels: Los Alamos
Reluctantly reunited, Tyler and Rose have rejoined the SQRL, the covert agency that nearly destroyed them. Now, in Los Alamos, the discoveries they make about the organization's history will lead to even more mystery — and greater danger.
This book collects issues 8 through 11 of Raised By Squirrels, a gallery of new art, and the first four Squirrel Tales.
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Vol. 1:
Raised By Squirrels
Our first trade paperback features: a full-color cover; issues one through seven plus Bookman's Afternoon; and a gallery of cool art from the talented people of DC Conspiracy and 7000 BC.
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1.12
The Mountain, Part 1
Rose and Tyler move to press their advantage — but first, they have to get out of Los Alamos alive.download issue 1.12 pdf
Squirrel Tales:
Reginald, Part 1
A lifetime ago, Reginald joined the SQRL and left his world behind. Guest artist Jeff Benham.download pdf
1.11
Los Alamos, Conclusion
Somebody's going to pay for what happened to Reginald.download issue 1.11 pdf
Squirrel Tales:
Janet, Part 1
She's got what might be the toughest job at the SQRL. Guest artist Pete Ziomek.download pdf
1.10
Los Alamos, Part 3
Tempers flare under the mesa as trouble pays Reginald a visit.download issue 1.10 pdf
Squirrel Tales:
Rose, Part 1
Next on the couch: Rose, with a story from her pre-SQRL days. Guest artist Dale Deforest.download pdf
1.9
Los Alamos, Part 2
With the aid of a new ally, Tyler and Rose begin unearthing what really happened in Los Alamos.download issue 1.9 pdf
Squirrel Tales:
Bookman, Part 1
The first issue in our new series sheds some light on Bookman's past. Guest artist Jeff Kilburn.download pdf
1.8
Los Alamos, Part 1
The trail to Gabriel takes Tyler and Rose to New Mexico — and leads to a discovery in an unanticipated place.download issue 1.8 pdf
1.7
Backup, Part 2
Big trouble down on the server farm, and Bookman has to make the call.download issue 1.7 pdf
1.5
Coffee Break
More of Tyler and Rose's past is revealed, but the stroll down memory lane takes an unexpected turn.download issue 1.5 pdf
1.4
Research Project
Tyler begins to uncover the secret history of a secret organization.download issue 1.4 pdf
1.35
Bookman's Afternoon
The director of the S.Q.R.L. needs a break. Web-only!download issue 1.35 pdf
1.3
Rose Remembers
Life sucks... and then you have to leave your partner to die.download issue 1.3 pdf
1.2
Malta — Five Years Ago
It was supposed to be a routine surveillance op — how could it go so wrong?download issue 1.2 pdf
1.1
Raised By Squirrels
The last person he thought he'd ever see is back — and she needs his help.download issue 1.1 pdf
Some of our other work
New!
Target Story Preview
With artwork by Marc Haines. Download a 4-page preview of this upcoming stand-alone story featuring S.Q.R.L. operative Target.download pdf
New!
Death, Cold As Steel
With artwork by Jamie Chase. The trade paperback collects the complete three-issue miniseries about the early days of the S.Q.R.L., plus bonus materials.available from Panel Press
New West Preview
With artwork by Caleb Yeider. In a harsh future Santa Fe, years after California has dropped off the map, a stranger rides into town.download pdf
Autumn
A short story created for 7000 BC's upcoming collection of hospital-themed stories.download pdf
Memories of a Long Weekend in New Orleans
Our contribution to the Hurricane Relief Anthology put out by Red City Comics and The Baton Rouge Cartoonist Society.download pdf
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Daily-ish posts from (usually) Bram and (sometimes) Monica about comics in general, this comic in particular, art, design, publishing, visual culture, and far, far too many things about actual squirrels.
11.29.2007
Razed by Squirrels.
Bram 
11.28.2007
"For a year from September 2005, under the nose of the Panthéon's unsuspecting security officials, a group of intrepid "illegal restorers" set up a secret workshop and lounge in a cavity under the building's famous dome." Via Coudal. Does anybody else remember From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler?Update: Jeff, who did a spot of urban exploration back in the day and remembers The Mixed-Up Files, found photos from the project.
Bram 11.25.2007
Understanding the Sunday comics. Bram 11.23.2007
Via my fencing coach, this video of human flying squirrels. Bram 11.20.2007
"They're attacking us," notes Andy, a bit too calmly I think. Bram 11.18.2007
The Comic Book Periodic Table of Elements. It's been a long time since Chemistry class, but I still have a few favorite elements that I looked up. Note the headers on each page, if you're lucky enough to choose the right ones. Via Andy. Bram 11.17.2007
About two-thirds of the way through The Black Dossier, and onto the second stretch of the Dossier itself. I'm a reasonably educated guy with a strong liberal arts background, and I'm sure I'm missing out on plenty of the references; I plan to spend some time with the annotations (via the Newsarama blog) later. But, so far, it's stitching together our literary history, ranging further and further back than even Planetary. Bram 11.14.2007
A while back, I was lucky enough to get Marc to agree to do a Squirrel Tale for the next RBS arc — still in the works (but it's coming). We got to emailing about Target, the character he'll be doing. For grins, I cooked up a little four-page vignette to "test drive" the character. Now it's finished and available to download. We had such a great time, I'm working on turning that into the first four pages of a full-length comic.It's been added to the "Some of our other work" section below, along with Death, Cold As Steel.
Bram 11.13.2007
I — along with the folks at the LCS — just discovered that The Black Dossier would finally be available tomorrow. It's gonna be a good weekend of reading. Bram Raph reminded me I need to post a link to this Venn diagram. Good soldier.
Bram 11.11.2007
"I guess my scripts are fairly detailed, but always explicit that my panel descriptions are just suggestions. I learned early on that good artists will spend at least an entire day working on a page that I may have dashed off in an hour, and they'll invariably come up with brilliant ideas in that time. So while I like to build each individual page as its own specific three-act story, I also try to allow the artist a lot of freedom in interpreting it."Kevin passed along that quote from a Brian K. Vaughn inteview. I've just run through the nine trades of Y: The Last Man (on loan from Michael, in exchange for Queen and Country). It's truly amazing stuff, that series. The way it builds a larger story while keeping each individual issue captivating. And no character gets left behind.
Bram 11.07.2007
"The conclusion of this mini-series elevated it to a 4-star effort and shows that this organization and its operatives are more than an ample medium for creating memorable and compelling stories." Four stars at Indy Comic Review for issues 2 and 3 of Death, Cold As Steel. Bram 11.04.2007
Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, is interviewed over at the Freakonomics blog. Some pretty interesting insight into the process of writing a daily strip and the nature of comic storytelling. Bram A gallery of The Many Faces of Batman, via Lines and Colors. It does put me in the mind of the old Far Side, "The Many Moods of an Irish Setter," a drawing of a happy, goofy dog, indentically repeated across the page, but with different labels underneath like sad, happy, angry, hungry, and so on.
Bram 11.03.2007
7000 BC meeting tomorrow in Albuqueruque, 2:00 at Winning Coffee Company, 111 Harvard Dr SE. If you enjoy making comics, or even just talking about them, stop on by. Bram 11.02.2007
Guh. I did not need this today. Bram 11.01.2007
Via Andy, the "official" story behind the Manhattan Project's name. If you've read Los Alamos, you'll have gotten a glimpse of the real story. But there's still some interesting lost history in the article. Bram 
