Cherubs!

Cherubs!
Page count	104 pages
Publisher	Desperado Publishing Dark Horse Books
Creative team
Writers	Bryan Talbot
Artists	Bryan Talbot (layouts) Mark Stafford
Original publication
Date of publication	28 November 2007, 2015
ISBN	0979593999

Cherubs! Paradise Lost is a fantasy graphic novel by British artist Bryan Talbot, who wrote the script and provided the layouts, with the finished art by Mark Stafford. ^{[1] [2]} The first book, or 'cantica', was published by Desperado Publishing in November 2007. The first and second books were combined to complete the story in a hardcover edition published by Dark Horse in 2015. ^[3]

Talbot describes it as "an irreverent fast-paced supernatural comedy-adventure." ^[4]

Plot

In "Cantica I: Paradise lost," on the trail of the murdering archangel Abaddon, the Cherubs get stuck in the mind-numbing mediocrity of Limbo - but not for long. They escape and make it to New York City, where, looking for signs and portents, they foil a mugging and are befriended by Mary, a sexy 'exotic dancer'. But she has a problem: her boss is Frankie Dracula, and his vampire minions are out to kill her!

In "Cantica II: Hell On Earth," Mary and the Cherubs are drawn into a battle with the massed forces of Hell whilst attempting to foil Abbadon's plans to instigate the apocalypse.

References

1. Mark Stafford's site
2. Mark Stafford at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original )
3. ( ISBN   978-1-59582-984-9)
4. Bryan Talbot: An Artistic Wonder From Wearside Archived February 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine , interview with Paul Gravett

External links

• Cherubs! Paradise Lost on the Desperado Publishing site
• Cherubs at the Official Bryan Talbot fansite
• Interview with Bryan Talbot and Mark Stafford, 2008, about Cherubs! on Resonance FM