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New comic series highlights creator-owned heroes
If you have spent much time at all chatting it up with comic book writers or editors at comic conventions, you have probably heard several mentions of the phrase “creator-owned comic” or...
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Shyamalan meets King and Lynch in Seeley and Norton’s “Revival” #1
Review by C.J. Bunce Any Midwesterner will find the quaint farm community in writer Tim Seeley and artist Mike Norton’s new Image Comics “rural noir” series Revival very familiar. Even if you live in...
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Preview–Ed Brisson and Michael Walsh’s new time travel story, Comeback #1
Image Comics has several new and interesting titles beginning in November, with many new creators, including: Clone #1, by David Schulner, Juan Jose Ryp and Felix Serrano Great Pacific #1, by Joe...
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Joe Harris’s Great Pacific–A great use of the comic book medium
By C.J. Bunce The TV series Arrow has done some surprisingly good things with the classic DC Comics character Green Arrow. Many elements of Green Arrow’s more than 70 years as a popular superhero at...
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Review–Stephenson’s Nowhere Men takes a look at the future of fringe science
This month Image Comics released a new series aimed at the “science is cool” movement and possibly fans of the Fringe TV series. Nowhere Men begins by focusing on four men: Dade Ellis, Simon Grimshaw,...
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New releases–Marvel Comics and Image Comics serve up a Frank Cho two-fer
Marvel Comics, under its new Marvel NOW! brand, released Savage Wolverine #1 Wednesday, Frank Cho’s new writer/artist project. And it’s everything you want it to be. Better yet, it might as well be...
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Image Comics releases Creator-Owned Trigger Girl 6 compilation
One of my favorite ways to get introduced to new comic book worlds is through Dark Horse Comics’ monthly anthology series, Dark Horse Presents. We’ve reviewed several stories here at borg.com that...
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Howard Chaykin goes retro in 2013 with two new titles
There’s no rest for the weary, and one of borg.com‘s favorite writer/artists, Howard Chaykin, seems to be proving that, producing new stories and art everywhere you turn. In 2013 he is working on two...
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Velvet–Brubaker and Epting team up again with new spy series
The former Captain America creative team of Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting are back. Tomorrow Image Comics is releasing their creator-owned spy series, Velvet. This time, it’s not another spy book...
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Review–Get your Western-meets-sci-fi-fix with “Copperhead”
Review by C.J. Bunce Fans of Firefly and Common Grounds have a great new comic book series to look forward to each month. Image Comics released Issue #1 of Copperhead this past week, a new Western...
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Previews–Superb series Afterlife With Archie, Copperhead, and Wild’s End...
If you’re wondering what some of the best comic book series are from 2014, you need look no further than your local comic book store right now. Three of the top ten series of the year have new...
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borg.com’s Best Reads of 2014
The last day of the year is finally here, and with that the last of our reviews of the best content of 2014. We’ve previewed comic books each month thanks to publishers like Dynamite Comics, Dark...
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Missed out on Image’s Descender? Try Issue #1 free this weekend
If you missed out on writer Jeff Lemire and artist Dustin Nguyen’s 2015 sci-fi comic book series Descender, you have a chance to catch up. You can purchase for download Issues #1-5 at Comixology at...
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IDW/Image’s Wynonna Earp comes to Syfy Channel next month
It’s a supernatural Western from a creator-owned property published by Image Comics and IDW Publishing. Wynonna Earp is a modern-day gunslinger. And demon hunter. She’s the brainchild of comic book...
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New bundle offers low-cost access to graphic novels from four independent...
Happy Free Comic Book Day! If you can’t make it to a comic book store today, why not try some digital comics? Four independent comic book publishers–Dynamite, Image, IDW Publishing, and Oni...
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Happy Birthday! borg.com reaches five year anniversary
Hey, looks like we made it! Five years ago today, Elizabeth C. Bunce, Art Schmidt, Jason McClain, and I had already spent a few months talking through the technical details for the launch of borg.com....
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Comic book shops celebrate 25th anniversary of Image Comics today
On February 1, 1992, comic book creators Erik Larsen, Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld, Todd McFarlane, Whilce Portacio, Marc Silvestri, and Jim Valentino came together to form a new comic book company. The...
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Tellos Returns–Unprecedented fantasy volume to feature more than 200 artists
A secret project nearly three years in the making was shared this month with the announcement of a tribute to the artist who created the fantasy comic book series Tellos. Artist Mike Wieringo, a...
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Preview–Image Comics’ sci-fi Western mash-up Copperhead returns today
We rated it the Best Sci-fi Fix of 2014 and it’s back after a year-and-a-half break. It’s the brilliant Image Comics sci-fi Western mash-up Copperhead. Fans of sci-fi Westerns like Firefly should...
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Action and intrigue drive new Image/Top Cow series, Samaritan: Veritas
Fans of the television series 24 and Mr. ROBOT should check out a new series from Image Comics/Top Cow now available at newsstands: Samaritan: Veritas. Written by Matt Hawkins with artwork by Atilio...
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