Paradigm #2

From Image Comics in 2002, Paradigm #2 carries a hauntingly atmospheric cover by Jeremy Haun that sets a distinctly surreal tone. A strip of film runs across the center, framing a ghostly, luminous image of two translucent figures merging in soft, otherworldly light — while clusters of deep-blue mushrooms spread across both the top and bottom of the composition, grounding the dreamlike imagery in something organic and strange. With Matthew Cashel scripting a story titled "All the Extravagances of an Irregular Fancy," this issue promises the kind of thoughtful, unsettling storytelling that made early 2000s Image a haven for ambitious creator-owned work.