Chapter 11: A Meeting With the Mayor

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Mayors can have a rough job.  Since they can hire and fire department heads and the buck theoretically stops with them, they can catch the heat for anything that goes wrong from littering to literacy rate. 

Ever heard Mayor Daley react to bad news?  He tends to get a little hot under the collar.  Ever wonder what it's like when the Superintendent of Police (that's what they call the Police Chief in Chicago) has a meeting with the mayor?  Ever wonder what would happen if a case got hot enough the investigating officers had to take a meeting from on high?

Division and Rush find out the hard way this week, in Chapter 11 of the Murder Professor: A Meeting With the Mayor, so click on an image below to start reading.

(Incidentally, if you're a regular comics reader -- as of today -- Heidi MacDonald's "Beat" blog has moved from Publisher's Weekly to http://www.comicsbeat.com/)

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Chapter 10: The Player Revolt

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In sports, the coach really doesn't have much job security.  They're prone to being second guessed on that 4th down call.  Their strategies are called into question after the fact.  And then there's the relationship with the players.

We've all seen a team quit on their coach before.  Sometimes the lack of a positive relationship with players can do in a coach.  The media sometimes calls it a "player revolt" or a "player uprising."

Did you ever wonder what would happen if professional athletes had a good old fashioned "storm the Bastille" kind of revolt?  It's the end of the professional football season, when many coaches meet their final destiny with their current employer.  Click below and find out what happens when some pro football players find inspiration from Stu Peterman's Seminars in: The Murder Professor - Chapter 10: The Player Revolt

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Chapter 9: Making Stu Sweat

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Sometimes the police hit a brick wall.

What happens when you run out of ideas?  Perhaps it's then time to sit on a suspect and make him sweat.

But can you make Stu Peterman sweat?  Click below and find out:

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Chapter 8: The Fringe Benefits of Fame

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What do people get out of fame?  Easier access to dinner reservations?  Better treatment at airports?  An ego boost?

This week we witness an ecounter between Stu Peterman and local reporter, wherein we're given a hint about what Stu gets out of his celebrity.  It may or may not involve swimwear.

Click below and read "The Fringe Benefits of Fame," Chapter 8 of "The Murder Professor."

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Chapter 7: The New York Media Tour

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Ever notice how people famous for doing something allegedly sketchy always end up getting the royal treatment on the talk show circuit?  White House gatecrashers Tareq and Michaele Salah on the Today Show.  Our dear, indicted ex-Governor Rod Blagojevich on the Today Show, The View, Bonnie Hunt, Letterman and just about any place that would have him.

Click below to read Chapter 7 of “The Murder Professor” wherein Stu Peterman takes another media tour to New York and his lawyer discusses the nature of media exploitation.

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Chapter 6: Death of a Reality TV Star

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Chicago's had it's fair share of reality television.  The Real World filmed here.  elimiDATE filmed a few episodes here.  Currently, our reality show fame is the stuff of which tabloid articles are made.  Could it get any sillier?  Oh, indeed it could.  Click below and start reading "Death of a Reality TV Star," Chapter 6 of "The Murder Professor."

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Chapter 5: The Proper Use of Misdirection

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This week, Stu Peterman shares his vast knowledge on the use of misdirection... and not just with large containers.  Click below to read Chapter 5: The Proper Use of Misdirection.

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Chapter 4: The Business Lunch

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What would happen if you had lunch with someone who gives seminars on How Murderers Get Caught?  Would you talk about your spouse?  What kind of advice would you get?

That’s what the next chapter of our graphic novel is all about.

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Chapter 3: How Stu's Wives Died

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Many villains are known for the origin stories.  Doctor Doom's face was scarred because he wouldn't let Reed Richards correct his equation.  The Joker fell in a vat of chemicals and emerged a changed man.

And then again, some villains just are.  We're not going to give you the secret origin of Stu Peterman, but we are going to find out how Stu's wives died.  Or at least what the court has to say about that.  Click below for Chapter 3: How Stu's Wives Died.

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Chapter 2: Death Takes a Bath

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Welcome to Chapter 2 of our first serial, "The Murder Professor."  Some of this week's action involves taking a bath, so before you read "Death Takes a Bath," you might enjoy watching one of our greatest actors, Morgan Freeman, sing about taking a bath in a casket while wearing only a sash.  (He used to play Dracula on "The Electric Company")

Having seen that, below is Chapter 2: Death Takes a Bath

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