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It's been heartening to see such a positive response from the folk here when the Dogbreath chaps put out a call to arms, but did you know that Zarjaz and Dogbreath aren't the only small press comics produced by folk on these boards? In fact some of the contributors to those fine publications can often be found producing work elsewhere.

Just launched yesterday, here is the latest comic from the PARAGON stable - Cushing & Sons

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Written by Mark Howard (aka the Legendary Shark) - the pen behind the brilliantly epic Flesh tale in Zarjaz recently and illustrated by daveycandlish (with cover colours by Jim Cameron and lettered by John Caliber) this is inspired by our love for the old Hammer Horror films of our youth, as Mark puts it in his introduction;

I decided to build my own fantasy world based on a fusion of the Hammer films and the actors who so gloriously made them what they were. When I realised that there was a legitimate chronological gap between the films The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires and Dracula: AD 1972 which just cried out to be filled, my massive ego told me that I was just the writer to fill it.
And so I stole the Van Helsing character and changed his surname to Cushing in honour of the Man Himself, set my sights on the early 20th Century to cash in on that whole Indiana Jones vibe and then just let rip.

So when I saw the script I decided to try for a Paul Grist vibe to the art

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And who wouldn't want to read an adventure story of hunting were-lions in Africa?

This 32 pager has been designed to be read on an e-reader but as it is a pdf, it can be read on any machine or tablet capable of downloading it. Did I mention it's FREE?!!

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I'd love to know what you think of it - you can download a copy from
http://www.lulu.com/shop/dave-candlish/cushing-sons-ebook/ebook/product-21129866.html

It is also available as an A5 printed version - squarebound, like a Commando comic - for £2 +p&p for those who prefer things old school
http://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?contributorId=785432

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Have a read and let me know what you think - we already have Book Two planned, so there will be more adventures for Cushing & Sons - monster hunters!

Awesome. There truly are some superbly talented folks who have hung out here over the years. Paragon is always a solid read and I'm about to download me the heck out of this.

Awesome work on these publications as usual lads. The lap top is primed for the download now :-)

Cheers for the free read, Davey. You've done a grand job of capturing the Paul Grist style you were aiming for, and the were-lion is worthy of Hammer's effects shop. Sharky's script manages to capture the attitude of the original material to both foreign travel and human sexuality, although - given the author - I was expecting much more obvious railing against the iniquities of capitalism. Cheers, again, and good work all round.

Thanks for the comments chaps - much appreciated.  :)

Did anyone download onto an e-reader? How did the format work for you? Or would you prefer A4 size artwork?

I realise some folk don't have/want accounts with lulu.com (even though it's free and only takes a couple of minutes to sort out) so I've started to serialise this on the PARAGONcomic blog

http://paragoncomic.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/cushing-son-part-one.html

Go have a look and let me know what you think...

Downloading this now :)

For anyone not wanting to set up a lulu account, bugmenot will give you a log in username and password for this site and many others

http://www.bugmenot.com/view/lulu.com

Just downloading my copy now. I had a lot of fun writing this and I've been itching to see the finished thing for ages now. Hope you like it - there's even more sexuality in the next one!

It's great to see so many folk clicking the links and having a read of this  :)
And here's the fourth and final part loaded up on the blog

http://paragoncomic.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/cushing-son-part-four.html

I hope you enjoy it - let us know what you think!

A page from Paragon comics time travelling, alternate universe hoping Samurai Jikan. It's from the story Reflections Pt 1. Written by Matthew McLaughlin Locust of Death.

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I can't wait to publish the whole of Archie's episode of Jikan, but not only that, I've persuaded Jason Cobley to bring his small press icon Captain Winston Bulldog to the PARAGON stable

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Jason created the character 30 years ago and was the inspiration for me to start my own comic so I am seriously stoked to have him within the pages of PARAGON. If you haven't read the adventures of Bulldog, now is the time to do so; all three collections are FREE to download from lulu.com

http://www.lulu.com/shop/jason-cobley/the-greatest-adventures-of-captain-winston-bulldog/ebook/product-17555283.html

Go on, treat yourself!

Nice work on 'Cushing & Sons' guys
I'll start on 'Bulldog' tomorrow!

Cheers

Chi

Quote from: El Chivo on 08 September, 2013, 12:16:25 AM
Nice work on 'Cushing & Sons' guys
I'll start on 'Bulldog' tomorrow!

Cheers

Chi

You've got to get us those two panels for Muertoads so Davey can run it!  ;)

As soon as I've got it, I'll run it  :)

How about in a PARAGON Christmas annual in  a month or so? An old school hardback - who's up for it?