"The Fall", a graphic novel that was written by Brubaker and illustrated by "Berlin" creator Jason Lutes was published by Drawn & Quarterly in 2001. This work had previously been anthologized in five parts in "Dark Horse Presents" in 1998. The story involved a convenience store clerk who gets involved in a ten-year-old murder mystery after he uses a stolen credit card. In 2004 IDW Publishing announced that Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips would collaborate on a creator owned pirate series titled "Black Sails" for them. That series has not yet been published and "The Fall" remained the last independent comic book work by Brubaker until his work for Image Comics, which began in 2012.