Paradigm #9

Paradigm #9 brings "Swirly Things" to Image Comics in 2003, and Jeremy Haun's cover design lays out the cast in a striking grid of bold orange and blue panels — a determined man with glasses leveling a revolver dominates the center, flanked by a wide-eyed blonde, a pig in sunglasses smoking a cigarette, a grinning skeleton in a bow tie, a looming tower in a stylized landscape, and a close-up of a sharp-eyed orange figure. The eclectic mix of characters and Haun's confident, graphic color work give the series a personality all its own, blending tension with a knowing, offbeat sense of humor.