Runners Review
Last weekend, I was lucky enough to attend C2E2, Chicago’s coolest comic book convention. Now, I love C2E2 and I try to visit it in some form every year. Of course, my favorite part of any con is artist alley. I love rubbing shoulders with fellow independent creators, making new contacts, and finding some hidden treasures. This year, I found one such treasure. That treasure is a science fiction graphic novel series called Runners. Runners is about a group of space aged smugglers, desperately trying to make a not so honest living in a not so honest galaxy. The crew is made up of the gruff Captain Roka, his easily angered, yet pragmatic second in command Ril, the young recruit with a kick ass glowing arm, Bocce, the gleeful, gambling sharpshooter Cember, the enormous stone like warrior Bennesaud, and the amnesiac stowaway Sky. Together, they try to make their way in the galaxy. Sadly, they aren’t very good at it, because they constantly find themselves in heaps of trou