Paradox

A Sci-Fi Oneshot Comic by Phillip Sevy

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Paradox is a 28-page, scifi comic by comic artist/writer Phillip Sevy (Tomb Raider, The House). Intercut between multiple time periods, the story follows a boy who is racing to prevent a paradox that creates him but also threatens to destroy reality.

In less than 3 days, we’ve nearly hit 50% of our goal. If you haven’t pledged yet, please do! And then help spread the word!

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Don't be an oxymoron: Read Paradox! - PopNerdTV

A paradox is defined as “a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true.” This perfectly defines the events

Our Kickstarter is going great (a post on that shortly), but check out this glowing and flattering review of Paradox from the folks at PopNerdTV.

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And WE’RE LIVE!

Here’s the kickstarter campaign to print Paradox! So, if you enjoyed the comic and story over the last month, here’s your chance to pledge and help get the book printed and in your hands.

It’s a simple, straightforward campaign. We’ve got high-res digital copies, physical copies, commissions, and portfolio review reward levels.

Donate and spread the word!

Thanks so much!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/phillipsevy/paradox-by-phillip-sevy

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The End... for now.

Well, Paradox has come to an end.

It was an incredibly fulfilling journey for me. I first came up with an idea about a character going back in time and conceiving himself back in... 2011, I think? That story idea was discarded and forgotten, but that concept of the self-creating paradox stayed with me. in 2013, I gave it a go again and worked on it for months - a lot of it while I was running - but couldn’t manage to get it to work.

At that time I was trying to build a narrative that would go for 20 + comic issues - to run as a long-form, ongoing story. But the story logic (or lack thereof) would keep collapsing on itself. So, with all ideas I love but can’t crack, I put it on a mental shelf and moved on.

After I finished up Tomb Raider, it was just before the holidays started, so I knew I’d have a break from work for the rest of 2016. I was working on another story (which I still hope will see the light of day sooner than later), but I kept having this nagging idea in the back of my head to do a short-form story that I could post daily. A “hey, I’m still alive and making comics” sort of thing. But what story to tell?

Then it all came together. The first three titles originally came to me as “The Father” “The Son” and “The Holy Spirit” - and I just launched into this idea of telling the story all at once - overlapping/intercut narratives (which I LOVE). And I got onboard with this idea of a father and a son - their relationship. I couldn’t find a way to make “The Holy Spirit” work, so they were quickly changed, but within a day, I had the whole thing outlined then written. An the next day, I started drawing. 

Less than 28 days later, I had the whole thing done. I didn’t tell anyone about it or ask for endless rounds of feedback from my faithful and dedicated friends. I just did it. To do it. To put it out there and be like “Hey, this is me as a storyteller.”

And as I wrote it and drew it, it became much more personal. The journey of a boy from child to parent and how his perception of his own father changes became something that I was writing from personal experience. By the end, there were all sorts of things that I hadn’t intended to be injected into the themes and narrative. 

I hope you liked it. Maybe even loved it. Maybe hated it. I don’t know. But it was a story that you read. And that’s always a good thing.

If you liked it, turns out, I’ve got another comic launching TODAY (though it wasn’t my intention to use this as a selling point to get you to buy other things). I’ve been working with artist Drew Zucker for a few years on a horror comic called “The House.” The first issue - coming in at a whopping 39 pages for a mere $1.99 - is available on Comixology here:

https://www.comixology.com/The-House-1/digital-comic/445726?ref=c2VhcmNoL2luZGV4L2Rlc2t0b3Avc2xpZGVyTGlzdC9pdGVtU2xpZGVy

AND, if you really liked Paradox - well, guess what, I’m launching a kickstarter to PRINT the book. Soon you’ll be able to own a physical copy of the book. More details on that tomorrow.

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Paradox. Page 28.

The end.

But, of course, I’ll have something to say tomorrow. 

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One of the things that excited me about the project as I was breaking it down was the ability to revisit previous pages, but with a new insight so that the scene played very different. 

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When writing this, I knew there would be an inflection point in the middle, where everything caught up to each other and things sprung forward in, hopefully, surprising ways. This page was my inflection point. 

I hope you enjoys what comes next...