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Science-fiction legend Harlan Ellison is returning to comics in the company of Concrete creator Paul Chadwick, with the two collaborating on a brand new graphic novel for DC Comics next year titled Harlan Ellison's 7 Against Chaos. According to an announcement on Syfy's Blastr blog, 7 Against Chaos is "a graphic novel that's singular, powerful and unpredictable" that'll see the award-win

These days we'd probably call it a "motion comic," but back in 1992 when Dragonfly Entertainment adapted Paul Chadwick's Concrete story "Watching a Sunset" into animation, they referred to it as a "video portfolio." It involves a lot of pixelated waves and trippy music as Concrete decides to take a walk and hang out at the bottom of the ocean (he's made of stone, reme

On sale this week is Dark Horse Presents #1, a revival of the legendary indie comics anthology whose original first issue in 1986 launched what was to become one of American comics' most venerable publishers, Dark Horse Comics. The series was notable for debuting major works and creators including Frank Miller's Sin City, Paul Chadwick's Concrete, Eric Powell's The Goon and many more...

Creation and Creator, both hard at work. Concrete in the fields, left. Chadwick in the studio, right. Paul Chadwick's Concrete debuted in 1986 in Dark Horse Presents #1, and quickly became a touchstone work in what might be called the "alternative mainstream" of comics, the non-superhero comics from publishers like Dark Horse and Comico that sought to emulate the aesthetic strengths of