In the 2000s, he continued to work for various publishers, such as Claypool Comics, for whom he illustrated "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark". For Oni Press he drew the western story "The Long Haul", and the gangster graphic novel "Union Station". For Marvel he drew "Marvel Knights" between July 2000 and September 2001, scripted by Chuck Dixon. He would also work for IDW Publishing on ' and "Doomed", and for Moonstone Books' "Captain Action" the latter two written by Beau Smith. In 2005, for Dark Horse, he drew novelist Michael Chabon's first extended comic book story, in "The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist" #7, and later contributed to the series "The Escapists" written by Brian K. Vaughan. He worked on DC's "Birds of Prey" in 2004 and 2006. In 2006 he drew for Boom! Studios' "Planetary Brigade", and the following year he did a short story for Marvel's '.