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  • THE 10 CENT RAG
    • THE UNDERGROUND
    • THE DIRTY ASH
    • THE EDITOR’S AXE
  • W-HAM-ER RADIO
    • ON AIR
    • THE STUDIO
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    • THE BROADCAST
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  • THE BLUEPRINTS
    • SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE

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Gritty, grayscale Jack Hammer style illustration of Jack, startled awake on his desk by a ringing phone, with a liquor bottle and full ashtray. Sincerely yours, Jack Hammer.
  • Chapter 1: The Case of December's Debt

THE HAMMER FILES: My Home My Office

Jack Hammer1 year ago2 months ago05 mins mins
This entry is part 16 of 16 in the series Chapter 1: The Case of December's Debt.

Home at Lost The cab was an old yellow dog, its engine wheezing with every turn. I paid the fare—plus…

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A high-contrast, black-and-white graphic novel illustration of a man and his accomplice standing over a fallen man in a dark, rainy alley. The standing man aims a revolver at the man on the ground.
  • Chapter 1: The Case of December's Debt

THE HAMMER FILES: Hit the Streets

Jack Hammer1 year ago2 months ago03 mins mins
This entry is part 13 of 16 in the series Chapter 1: The Case of December's Debt.

A Deadly Gambit From my perch in the war room, my telephoto lens captured the chaos in the room across…

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Noir cartoon of Jack Hammer, looking thoughtful, thumbing through a pocket-sized contacts book, with a ghostly face floating above him, set against the rundown streets of Old Town."
  • Chapter 1: The Case of December's Debt

THE HAMMER FILES: High Stakes and a Diamond

Jack Hammer1 year ago2 months ago03 mins mins
This entry is part 8 of 16 in the series Chapter 1: The Case of December's Debt.

The door to Frank’s brownstone shut behind me with a tired sigh, and I stepped back onto the cracked pavement…

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A grayscale, high-contrast pulp-noir graphic novel panel shows Jack Hammer, a burly man in a trench coat and fedora, standing at a payphone located in the back corner of a dimly lit, gritty bar. He holds the receiver with a serious, intense expression. The bar's bottles and shadowy figures are blurred in the background, adding to the mysterious atmosphere.
  • Chapter 1: The Case of December's Debt

THE HAMMER FILES: The Setup – Jack Calls Jamie Diamond

Jack Hammer1 year ago2 months ago03 mins mins
This entry is part 9 of 16 in the series Chapter 1: The Case of December's Debt.

The bell above the door of Joe’s Place was missing, probably pried off by a drunk looking for spare change….

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A grayscale, high-contrast pulp-noir graphic novel panel shows Jack Hammer, a burly man in a trench coat and fedora, walking down a rundown city street at night. The street is lined with dilapidated buildings, broken windows, and fire escapes, all rendered with sharp lines and deep shadows, conveying a sense of urban decay and grittiness.
  • Chapter 1: The Case of December's Debt
  • THE HAMMER FILES

THE HAMMER FILES: A New Hand

Jack Hammer1 year ago2 months ago02 mins mins
This entry is part 7 of 16 in the series Chapter 1: The Case of December's Debt.

A New Hand Frank just stared, the cigar smoke curling around his ancient face like a shroud. He didn’t say…

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Cartoon. Noir. Gray scale. Jack Hammer is sitting on a worn couch in a dimly lit living room. Across from him, his aged uncle Frank, looking like he's in his hundreds, sits in an old armchair, smoking a cigar. The room is filled with dramatic shadows and the faint haze of cigar smoke. The scene captures a gritty, contemplative mood.
  • Chapter 1: The Case of December's Debt

THE HAMMER FILES: Old Town Frank’s Welcome

Jack Hammer1 year ago2 months ago03 mins mins
This entry is part 6 of 16 in the series Chapter 1: The Case of December's Debt.

The cab dropped me off in front of a brownstone that had seen better days, probably before I was born….

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