The series was originally published as black and white print comics.\u00a0 There were 5 issues in the first storyline, which were then collected in a trade paperback.\u00a0 Wang made the decision around 2 years ago to make it into a webcomic, so he started republishing the original issues online, one page every weekday for several months.\u00a0 Once that completed, he started a second 5-issue story arc in full color, which is currently in issue 4 (it was 2 pages a week for a while, now down to 1).<\/p>\n
The aspect of the strip that I think I like the best is Wang’s alien designs.\u00a0 He’s got a few humanoid characters in the mix, but most look very different, and he’s very careful to think about designing clothes, weapons, and other tools that fit well with the varying anatomy of his characters.\u00a0 It makes for a well-built world that sucks you in easily.\u00a0 It’s also refreshing that human types aren’t the main or even a main force in the galaxy.\u00a0 Almost anyone the reader meets who’s in charge is a non-human.<\/p>\n
The writing is also strong, with characters having very distinct personalities (even the minor ones) and good chemistry.\u00a0 There’s also a really fun sense of humor pervading the series.\u00a0 It isn’t just funny, though, and Wang does still manage to have some emotional impact, and even some overarching menace lurking in the background.<\/p>\n
I highly recommend Runners for anyone who likes humorous science fiction or adventure stories.\u00a0 Check it out.<\/p>\n
It’s been quite a while since I last posted here about a webcomic that I read.\u00a0 Since the last time, there are a few I’ve picked up, and I’ll be posting about them this month. Up today is Runners, by Sean Wang.\u00a0 It’s a sci-fi comic, with a partial adventure, partial comedy bent.\u00a0 The main … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seakingdom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seakingdom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seakingdom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seakingdom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seakingdom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1076"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.seakingdom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1078,"href":"https:\/\/www.seakingdom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076\/revisions\/1078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seakingdom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seakingdom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seakingdom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.seakingdom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/banner_rununiv_468x60.jpg\" "\\"banner_rununiv_468x60\\"")
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