PARAGON comic - a small-press, old-school annual

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PARAGON comic - a small-press, old-school annual

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I hope you don't mind me posting this here but this forum seems the ideal audience for this small press comic. I grew up reading British action/adventure anthologies in the 70s and 80s. This isn't a pastiche nor really an homage but a continuation of that tradition.
Don't be put off by the label 'small-press'. You can see from the images the quality of the artwork of those involved. I've been publishing PARAGON for a number of years now and had a number of professionals contribute to it; Si Spencer wrote a script for it (writer on Vertigo's Bodies), Shaky Kane, PJ Holden, Garen Ewing, Jim Campbell, HdE and Steven Denton have all had a hand in previous issues. It is a quality comic. It's the reason I call it PARAGON!

For the last few years I've been publishing an annual as well as the regular comic and here are a few shots from this years;

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and a couple of panels from other strips within it's pages

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and a little one pager featuring one of my favourite characters. What if Dudley Watkins drew the adventures of the elephant headed Hindu God?

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The softback version is A4 in size, 68 pages and squarebound. A collection of adventures of the regular characters (Jikan, the time travelling, demon hunting samurai; Bulldog, the anthropomorphic defender of the skies above Blighty; the adventures of Icarus, the boy who flew too close to the sun, melted his wings and crashed to earth - and was rescued by aliens; Ganesh, the elephant headed Hindu god and Spencer Nero, the British agent who finds inhuman strength when he dons the ancient Janus mask) by a plethora of talent. Stories vary in length from one page to 32 and include a text tale just like the annuals of yesteryear!

You can buy it form here
http://paragoncomic.blogspot.co.uk/

and for those feeling flush you can even buy a hardback version for that full on retro feel!
Publisher of anthology comic PARAGON - view the PARAGONcomic.blogspot for details!

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Re: PARAGON comic - a small-press, old-school annual

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I haven't read any Bulldog Empire in ages! Thanks for reminding me Davey.
I started to say something sensible but my parents took over my brain!

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