The 'It Was What It Was' chalkboard

I get a lot of questions about what's actually written on the chalkboard on the cover of 'It Was What It Was' and how I put it together.

The board was a mental map I sketched out over about three days. On it, I wanted to capture all the challenges a guy on the ground in Iraq had to sort through to do his job.

The original was actually black charcoal on white paper. The resulting chalkboard was an inversion put together by my cover artist, Chad Woody.