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Whatever happened to "Paradigm"?

Abraxas

04:39 / 01.11.05

For some reason I felt strangely compelled to reread the book in the last few days. I would have loved to see this thing continue after its so-called hiatus. What happened?

I know that Jeremy Haun has done some other stuff (I recall a recent Desperadoes mini series) but is Matt Cashel still out there? Mysteriously, even Google doesn't seem to be much of a help here. The Paradigm website doesn't seem to exist any longer. Does anybody have an idea how to to get in touch with these creators, like e.g. boards they visit or some such thing?

Strangely enough, I seemed to recall having read the book five or six years ago when the Image publication only dates back 2-3 years. Weird, isn't it?

Harhoo

08:42 / 01.11.05

Hah! I remember Paradigm; first (and only?) issue was slightly confusing mess, but the sort of slightly confusing mess that promised that the whole thing was going to be pretty aces.

Have no idea what happened to it, but if memory serves, it was self-published first, then due to it's success it moved to Image who reprinted the original and then silence. I reckon I read it at least three years ago, and would put it nearer four or five. My memory is, alas, v. unreliable in these circumstances.

Benny the Ball

09:15 / 01.11.05

It made it to issue six or seven I seem to remember, maybe even beyond. The reprints were from only a couple of years ago, three at the most. I'd completely forgotten about this. Look through some old issues, the creators used to list books, films and websites of interest - there may be a link through this to them - it even had their contact addresses in there I seem to remember.

Abraxas

12:42 / 01.11.05

Actually, the Image run consisted of 12 issues (Sep '02 through Nov '03) with a trade collecting the first 4 issues published Aug '03. In the penultimate issue a one-year hiatus (not "cancellation" according to the creative team!) was announced after which the whole thing should have risen like a phoenix from the ashes, but alas ...

It would be great if some veterans from the Paradigm board could shine some light on what really happened.

Bard: One-Man Humaton Hoedown

00:06 / 03.11.05

Paradigm: Segue to an Interlude

That was the name of the trade, for those wanting to look for it.

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