Paradigm (2002 Image) comic books 2003-2005
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Issue #5
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(W) Matt Cashel. (P) Jeremy Haun. (I) Jeremy Haun and Elizabeth Jacobson. The Concept: An ongoing epic charting the up's and down's of an ensemble cast as they struggle to survive in an ever-changing world of magic, new-reality, betrayal, obsession, guns, trolls, insanity, sex, and talking cats. This Issue: Chris Howells' mind-bending adventure into the fringes of "Ultimate Sanity" has left the walls of familiar reality thinned. Feast your eyes upon new character, Summer, as she awakes in bloody bedsheets only to discover she's been pulled into a quest not her own. Join new and old friends alike as we join Ethan and Audrey over an order of fried rice and wantons at Mr. Kimm's Far East Inn as they come to terms with Chris' role in the "new world". The evolution's seeds begin to sprout, dear reader, don't be left out. BW, 32pp. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #6
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(W) Matt Cashel. (P) Jeremy Haun. (I) Elizabeth Jacobson. (Cover) Jeremy Haun. The Concept: A soap-opera charting the final generation of mankind, where every scene counts, and the status-quo of times past is forgotten. Starring an ensemble cast and focusing on both their individual and connecting lives, Paradigm is a personal yet epic exploration of a world where passions, under-city dwellers, trolls, fairies, government syndicates, and talking cats thrive. Comes with two action-packed cliff-hanger endings! This Issue: "All About the Community"?Following Ethan and Audrey's night of coping, Ethan realizes people need to be told of what occurred in the metro two nights earlier. Meanwhile, Summer attempts to dance her blues away at the local rave only to find herself embroiled in a conspiracy not her own. And last but not least, Dick introduces us to the Presidents of the Apocalypse, the sultan stripper, and Rusty. B&W, 40pp. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #7
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(W) Matt Cashel. (P) Jeremy Haun. (I) Elizabeth Jacobson. BW, 40pp. The Concept: "Coincidental Residue"?Another great jumping-on point! A soap-opera charting the ups and downs of the final generation of "mankind" where every scene counts and seemingly ambiguous truths are finally understood. Paradigm is a comic series that allows the everyday bar conversation and lovers' spat to take the fore-front of GONZO world changing events. An epic tale, a heroic quest, of an ensemble cast that attempts to remember the past in a new world where passions, under-city dwellers, trolls, fairies, conspiracies, and parallel hopping detectives thrive. Paradigm is an experiment in progress. This Issue: A traveler from far away arrives in the city of Bogsdale carrying with him an evil not intended for this world. At least that's what the dwarf told him. Meanwhile, Ethan and his new cat find themselves on the receiving end of sociopathic Dick's hand cannon, Rusty leaves the restroom, and Summer discovers that "trust no one" is more than a catchy pop-phrase. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #8
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(W) Matt Cashel. (P) Jeremy Haun & Seth Merriman. (I) William Haun. BW, 40pp. The Concept: A soap opera charting the final generation of mankind as we understand it. Where every scene counts and the status quo of times past is forgotten. Starring an ensemble cast and focusing on both their individual and connecting lives, Paradigm is a personal, yet epic exploration of a world where passions, nazis (what?), irish pubs, government cabals, talking cats, and naked shadow sprites that look like Woody Allen thrive. The barriers of reality are thinning as we sleep. Fight for the sitcom and stop the POP evolution today! This Issue: "SWIRLY THINGS"?Summer goes on the lamb,Andrew Dreiser returns, and Dick gets naked. Seth Merryman writer/artist/creator of the world's most influential comic book, "SWIRLY THINGS" finds his writing day circling the drain when Dick (leader and co-founder of the Presidents of the Apocalypse-and defender against the evolution invasion) arrives on his front door step; guns drawn, unconcious beauty thrown over his shoulder and a squad of militants on his tail. All this and Andrew Dreiser finds poison gas under the local "MeatyBurger". Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #9
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(The Real Swirly Things! - Written by Matthew Cashel. Art by Jeremy Haun and William Haun. Paradigm is a continuing soap opera charting the ups and downs of an ensemble cast as they attempt to continue living a "normal" life in an ever-shifting reality complete with talking cats, sultan strippers, Beastials, sad men, Welcomers, mean women, Militants, the Presidents of the Apocalypse, and new and improved answers for those nagging questions. With all that, who has time for periods? This issue: Detective Andrew Dreiser returns (!) and this time he has the right questions. There is a society that infiltrated the city of Bogsdale years ago. It continues to thrive to this day, owing its allegiance to powers unknown. Through the help of an old high school friend, Andrew Dreiser discovers just how dire Bogsdale's reality has become. The question is, will he do anything about it? Poison gas containers in super-center basements, high school flames, disappearing evidence, doll fetishes, agoraphobic comic book creators, and Dick...naked! Face it, gang, this issue has it all (and it can be read all on its lonesome)! 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.50.
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Issue #10
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(W) Matt Cashel with dialogue assist by Erik Larsen. (P) Jeremy Haun. (I) William Haun. (Cover) Jeremy Haun. BW, 40pp. The Concept: Paradigm is a soap-opera charting the final generation of mankind as we know it. Focusing on an ever growing and/or dying ensemble cast, Paradigm is status- quo defying with an ever-evolving plot that bears it out. This is the linear arc, gang, so now is the time to get in on the ground floor and find out just what "Fight for the Sitcom" and "Join the POP Evolution" really mean(s) and why they are at such nasty, violent, and world-morphing odds. This Issue: The Beastials viciously attack a small town, Summer finds herself in the top secret headquarters of the Presidents of the Apocalypse, Audrey makes a BIG revelation, Zeke introduces Nick to the under-city, and Ethan still doesn't clean his apartment. All this and Summer receives a visit from one or more Image Universe stalwart regulars! AND we find out where Lug the dog has been hanging all this time. Cover price $3.50.
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Issue #11
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Written by Matthew Cashel. Art by Jeremy Haun and William Haun. A soap opera charting the final generation of mankind as we understand it. Paradigm is an experiment in encapsulating all the talking cats, Beastials, dwarves, conspiracy theorists with big guns, and seemingly ordinary men and women who populate our every-day lives into one gonzo outlined tangent that will one day explain just how important the eighties truly were. This issue: Ethan considers reading the scrapbook of information and discusses history with the Stranger only to be faced with a revelation from a most unexpected source. Nick and Zeke enter the underworld and begin the quest that will bring them face to "face" with the "HUB" of Bogsdale himself. And Dick throws Abe out of the garage. Strippers, tupperware and magic potatoes -- a stop on the road to what comes next. 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.50.
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Issue #12
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Written by Matthew Cashel. Art by Jeremy Haun. Paradigm is a planned and outlined trip into the unknown, charting the final generation of mankind brought about by one individual's life-style choice. Paradigm is a soap opera following the every-day and not-so-every-day individuals of Bogsdale as they attempt to understand, cope with, manipulate, or just plain fight the enforced evolution. This issue: As college campus riots tear apart the city of Bogsdale, Dick contacts Rusty as to the whereabouts of the missing journal pages, Ethan decides to throw a party, and Nick and Zeke complete the tests of the under-city that will grant them access to the city of Bogsdale's history. Closing out the first year of publication, this issue ties up the themes of year one and sets the stage for the magic, wonderment, fear and endless pop-culture references that year two will provide. And we finally discover what the repeated page in issue #7 was really all about. 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.50.
