An unfinished magnum opus, limited to 2 out of the planned 12 issues. It's hard to comment on the story given that limitation, but what we have to enjoy today is a sampling of British-TV-style stories of small-town characters. Moore's writing is just clever enough for the realistic style, and Sienkiewicz's art is breathtaking—like Dave McKean, he combines photorealism, stylized proportions, and pure joyful madness, often all within one single panel.

Speaking of McKean, this is similar to his 'Cages', and to Moore's 'A Small Killing', though 'Big Numbers' appears to hold the promise of something bigger and tighter. I guess we'll never know. ( )