Paradigm (2002 Image) comic books 1990 or later
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Issue #1
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(W) Matt Cashel. (P) Jeremy Haun. (I) Jeremy Haun. (Cover) Jeremy Haun. BW, 48pp. The Concept: Television, downtown bars, relationships, beer and talking cats; Paradigm is an experiment in encompassing all the strange, quirky, and wild happenings currently taking place in the world around us. A way to catalogue not only the history of mankind through pop-culture, but through the hidden and fantastic worlds that surround us. And when unexpected behavior and events begin to occur with alarming regularity, it becomes apparent that a new way of thought has overtaken the city of Bogsdale... and perhaps, the world. This Issue Chris Howells had it all: a beautiful girlfriend of two years, a TV and digital satellite, a job with weekends off; a perfectly ordinary life. But when Wednesday's "date night" arrived, it brought with it more than the usual dinner and a movie. A strange and unexpected event occurred that evening in the city of Bogsdale, in a dark and secluded parking lot behind the old movie house, an event that would leave Chris Howells and the reality in which he believed forever changed. Cover price $3.50.
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Issue #2
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(W) Matthew Cashel. (A) Jeremy Haun. BW, 40pp. The Concept: Paradigm showcases a world very familiar, a world of arguing couples, sitcoms, and 9-5 jobs. A world we all know and understand, a world in hiding. It is within those shadows, however, that the real world of paradigm is waiting. Waiting for a time when the shroud can be thrown back, and the last generation of mankind can truly begin its final years. The evolution has begun, and no one gets out alive. Except for those, perhaps, who embrace the "POP"! This Issue: VCR tapes, recordable DVDs, and episode 22 of Moonlighting; what happens in a world where passions run too strongly, when obsession creates new understanding? What is Ultimate Sanity and what does it have to do with dogs who can't reach the water bowl? Join Chris Howells, Zeke Moore, Andrew Dreiser, and a troll named Dogberry on a collective unconscious journey into the unknown. And remember, enlightenment is only a mini-van impact away. Cover price $3.50.
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Issue #3
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(W) Matthew Cashel. (P) Jeremy Haun. (I) Jeremy Haun. (Cover) Jeremy Haun. BW, 40pp. The Concept: A soap-opera charting the final generation of mankind where every scene counts and the status-quo of times past is forgotten. A comic-series that allows the everyday to take the forefront of gonzo world-changing events. An epic tale of an ensemble cast that attempt to remember the past in a new world where passions, under-city dwellers, trolls, fairies, conspiracies, and talking cats thrive. Paradigm is an experiment-in-progress. This Issue A dizzying journey through a)drunken conversations concerning God, cheating girlfriends and frat parties, b)seedy alleyways, and c)the seamy underworld known only as the metro. IN this issue: Andrew Dreiser attempts to save the world. Chris Howells discusses "private matters". And Zeke Moore loses his last cigarette. All this and the introduction of true liberation. Cover price $3.50.
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Issue #4
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(W) Matt Cashel. (A) Jeremy Haun. BW, 40pp. The Concept: A comic book for everyone. Drama, comedy, adventure, sci-fi, horror, and fantasy. Talking cats, trolls, nutballs with big guns, and the seemingly ordinary men and women who populate our everyday lives. Paradigm is a time capsule full of history and future prophesies intended to change the world. Read carefully. This Issue: Behind closed doors, engulfed in a cloud of paranoia, Zeke Moore questions his role in the upcoming "evolution" of Bogsdale and the world. However, in an apartment of talking shadows, stinky air vents, and mean women the questions may not be his and the answer not one he wants to hear. "The Stillest Hour" with its summary of times past and clues to the future provides a perfect jumping on point for those readers who missed the first wave of Ultimate Sanity. So what are you waiting for? Read Zeke Moore's journal today! Cover price $3.50.
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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.
