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What could cause [UIImage imageWithData] to crash when it comes back
if (self.tempImageStorage) {
    return self.tempImageStorage;
} else if(self.imageData) {
    NSLog(@"%@ %d",self.imageData, self.imageData.length);
    self.tempImageStorage = [UIImage imageWithData:self.imageData];
    return self.tempImageStorage;
}

- (void) processRequest:(ASIHTTPRequest *) request
{
    UIImage * orig = [UIImage imageWithData:[request responseData]];
    CGSize targetSize = isPad()?CGSizeMake(446,150):CGSizeMake(320, 108);
    CGRect fourPanelSize = CGRectMake(0, 0, 1000, 336);
    CGImageRef imageRef = CGImageCreateWithImageInRect([orig CGImage], fourPanelSize);
    CGBitmapInfo bitmapInfo = CGImageGetBitmapInfo(imageRef);
    CGColorSpaceRef colorSpaceInfo = CGImageGetColorSpace(imageRef);

    if (bitmapInfo == kCGImageAlphaNone || bitmapInfo == kCGImageAlphaLast) {
        bitmapInfo = kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedLast;
    }

    CGContextRef bitmap;
    bitmap = CGBitmapContextCreate(NULL, targetSize.width, targetSize.height, CGImageGetBitsPerComponent(imageRef), CGImageGetBytesPerRow(imageRef), colorSpaceInfo, bitmapInfo);

    CGContextDrawImage(bitmap, CGRectMake(1, 1, targetSize.width-2, targetSize.height-2), imageRef);
    CGImageRef ref = CGBitmapContextCreateImage(bitmap);
    UIImage* newImage = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:ref];

    CGContextRelease(bitmap);
    CGImageRelease(ref);

    NSData * thumbData = UIImagePNGRepresentation(newImage);
    NSData * imageData = UIImagePNGRepresentation(orig);

    //Post notification on main thread since it will be updating the UI
    [[NSOperationQueue mainQueue] addOperationWithBlock:^{
        self.tempImageThumbStorage = newImage;
        self.imageThumbnailData = thumbData;
        self.tempImageStorage = orig;
        self.imageData = imageData;

        [(AppDelegate*)[UIApplication sharedApplication].delegate saveContext];

        NSMutableDictionary * userInfo = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithCapacity:1];
        [userInfo setObject:[NSNumber numberWithBool:YES] forKey:@"status"];
        [userInfo setObject:self forKey:@"comic"];

        [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:PCRLoadMediahNotification object:self userInfo:userInfo];
        strongSelf = nil;
    }];

}