Alex Paknadel On Embracing, Elevating, The Alien In All Against All

Alex Paknadel is irritated by writers who think they are too good for “genre fiction.”  “No one wants to be Ian McEwan, who absolutely insisted what he was doing wasn’t science fiction,” he tells me over Zoom, and he would know.  Paknadel holds a Ph.D. in English literature. His master’s thesis was titled, “‘They’re Nuts…

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In Darkhold: Spider-Man #1, Men Would Literally Rather Keep Alive Their Undead Wife Than Go to Therapy

Peter Parker attempts to face his greatest foe: the lies he tells himself in Darkhold: Spider-Man #1. Written by Alex Paknadel, art by Dio Neve, colors by Jim Charalampidis, and letters by Clayton Cowles. Think about the biggest lie you’ve ever told. You’re thinking about the bad things: the fake job experience you put on…

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TKO’s Roofstompers a Tight, Twisted Tale

Wherever Alex Paknadel’s name shows up, deeply engaging and strange comics are sure to follow. TKO Studios’ Roofstompers, despite its brevity, is no different. Paknadel is joined by artist Ian MacEwan and letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou for a stunning and twisted take on a time-traveling tale whose scope opens at such a steady pace it’s hard…

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Witness the Gamma of Prehistory in The Immortal Hulk: Time of Monsters #1

Tonight’s Double Feature in Immortal Hulk: Time of Monsters. First— “Time of Monsters”, a tale of the first Hulk, a tragedy of unyielding philosophy written by Al Ewing and Alex Paknadel, art by Juan Ferreyra, and letters by Cory Petit. Second, a trip to the cinema with the sinister Scarecrow in “A Little Fire” written…

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Alex Paknadel on Redfork, the Systemic Problems of Appalachia, Misery Tourism and Writing for the TKO Format

Redfork is a six-issue miniseries/six-part graphic novel by writer Alex Paknadel, artist Nil Vendrell, colorist Giulia Brusco and letterer Ryan Ferrier. It follows Noah as he leaves prison and returns to his Appalachian hometown, where he discovers sinister forces both without and deeply within that community. It is available now from TKO Studios. This interview…

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Advance Review: Giga Mines New Stories out of Old Mech Concepts

Nobody knows why the skyscraper-sized mechs known as ‘Giga’ fought their bitter, centuries’ long war. All they know is that when the fighting finally stopped, the dormant Giga became humanity’s new habitat and new gods in one. When disgraced engineer Evan Calhoun finds an apparently murdered Giga, his society and the fascistic tech-centered religious order…

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