Paradise

What happens when you close your eyes for a moment and wake up centuries later in a world that barely resembles the one you left behind? That’s the nightmare awaiting the protagonist of Paradise, a mind-bending sci-fi series from Russell Nohelty and Wannabe Press.

One moment, you’re living your ordinary life. The next, you’re frozen in time—suspended in cryogenic slumber while the world transforms around you. When you finally wake up, nothing is familiar. The city you knew is gone. The people you loved are dust. And the dystopian reality you’ve stumbled into? It’s actively hiding secrets that could shatter everything you thought you knew about identity, truth, and what it means to be human.

Paradise isn’t just another time-displacement story—it’s a twisting exploration of how easily reality can be rewritten, how memory can be weaponized, and how survival in a broken world requires questioning every assumption. The series pulls no punches, diving deep into themes of manipulation, resistance, and the terrifying question of whether the “truth” is even something we can trust.

Here’s what makes this comic special: it served as the creative crucible for Worst Thing in the Universe, Nohelty’s ambitious novel that expanded these same themes into an even grander scale. If you love the comic, the novel takes everything to the next level—and vice versa. It’s rare to see a comic that directly birthed a novel, making Paradise essential reading for fans of Nohelty’s work.

If you’re craving stories about ordinary people thrust into extraordinary circumstances—think cryogenic suspense meets Black Mirror-style reality bending—this is your next obsession. Pick up the first volume and discover what paradise truly costs.