▁and ▁attempted ▁to ▁have ▁his ▁company ▁T und ra ▁Publishing ▁publish ▁Big ▁Num bers . ▁Moore ▁and ▁East man ▁asked ▁S ien k iew icz ' ▁assistant , ▁Al ▁Columbia , ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁series ' ▁sole ▁artist ▁and ▁Ro x anne ▁St arr ▁to ▁be ▁its ▁letter er . ▁Columbia ▁worked ▁on ▁the ▁fourth ▁issue ▁but , ▁for ▁reasons ▁which ▁remain ▁unclear , ▁destroyed ▁his ▁own ▁art work ▁and ▁abandoned ▁the ▁project ▁as ▁well . ▁Big ▁Num bers ▁# 3 ▁and ▁# 4 ▁were ▁never ▁published , ▁and ▁the ▁series ▁remains ▁un fin ished . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁ten ▁pages ▁of ▁S ien k iew icz ' s ▁art ▁for ▁Big ▁Num bers ▁# 3 ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁( and ▁only ) ▁issue ▁of ▁the ▁magazine ▁Sub media . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁a ▁phot oc opy ▁of ▁the ▁complete ▁letter ed ▁art ▁for ▁Big ▁Num bers ▁# 3 ▁sur fac ed ▁on ▁e B ay . ▁The ▁purch aser ▁contact ed ▁Moore , ▁and ▁with ▁his ▁permission ▁published ▁sc ans ▁of ▁the ▁art ▁on ▁Live J ournal . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Moore ▁announced ▁the ▁series ▁as ▁his ▁popular ity ▁was ▁at ▁a ▁peak . ▁The ▁success ▁of ▁Watch men ▁had ▁made ▁him ▁a ▁star ▁writer . ▁ ▁Moore ▁wanted ▁to ▁move ▁away ▁from ▁genre ▁fiction ; ▁Big ▁Num bers ▁was ▁to ▁have ▁no ▁genre , ▁and ▁deal ▁with ▁them es ▁of ▁sho pping ▁and ▁mathematics . ▁ ▁Mad ▁Love ▁ran ▁into