▁a ▁number ▁of ▁difficulties : ▁the ▁proceed s ▁from ▁A AR G H ! ▁were ▁don ated ▁to ▁def ending ▁hom osex ual ▁rights ; ▁the ▁production ▁costs ▁of ▁Big ▁Num bers ▁were ▁high ; ▁and ▁Moore ' s ▁poly am orous ▁relationship ▁with ▁wife ▁Ph yll is ▁and ▁their ▁lo ver ▁Deb bie ▁Del ano ▁fell ▁apart . ▁ ▁Kevin ▁East man ' s ▁T und ra ▁Publishing ▁agreed ▁to ▁publish ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁series . ▁ ▁S ien k iew icz ' s ▁detailed ▁art work ▁was ▁time - consum ing ▁to ▁produce . ▁ ▁He ▁h ired ▁the ▁ 1 9 - year - old ▁Al ▁Columbia ▁as ▁an ▁assistant , ▁but ▁the ▁press ures ▁of ▁the ▁project ▁combined ▁with ▁personal ▁issues ▁led ▁him ▁to ▁quit ▁Big ▁Num bers ▁after ▁the ▁second ▁issue ' s ▁publication . ▁Jon ▁J ▁M uth ▁and ▁Dave ▁Mc Ke an ▁were ▁among ▁the ▁names ▁rum oured ▁as ▁rep lac ements . ▁Ult imately ▁the ▁job ▁fell ▁to ▁the ▁in ex per ien ced ▁Columbia . ▁T und ra ▁tried ▁to ▁promote ▁Columbia ▁by ▁publishing ▁his ▁first ▁stand - alone ▁com ic ▁book , ▁Dog ▁Head , ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 , ▁and ▁put ▁out ▁a ▁Columbia - dra wn ▁poster ▁for ▁Big ▁Num bers . ▁The ▁pressure ▁turned ▁out ▁to ▁be ▁too ▁much ▁for ▁the ▁young ▁artist , ▁who ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁destroyed ▁the ▁art work ▁for ▁the ▁fourth ▁issue ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 , ▁and ▁was ▁not