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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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Suicide Squad–The next “Dirty Dozen” gets two dozen new movie posters
How much marketing do you need to advertise a movie anyway? For DC Entertainment, when your The Dirty Dozen-style ensemble cast movie features twelve distinct lead characters, that apparently...
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Topps trading card chronicle culminates with artistry in Star Wars Galaxy
Ten years after Return of the Jedi, Topps trading cards editor and writer Gary Gerani was tasked once again to meet fan demand for more Star Wars trading cards. Many years before he would create...
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A day for a round-up of rabbits?
Happy Easter! Along with the Easter Bunny, how well do you know the famous rabbits of print and screen? We thought we’d dig in and see what we found and a few dozen surfaced that you probably know,...
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Time for a Planet Comicon roadtrip? Do or do not, there is no “try”
Never been to a comic book or pop culture convention before? Always wanted to go to San Diego Comic-Con but you don’t have the vacation time available or the funds? Planet Comicon is next weekend in...
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Syfy’s new Krypton series is far better and bigger in scope than you may have...
We knew from early trailers and buzz going back literally years now that Syfy’s new series Krypton was going to cover Superman’s family’s distant past. Even back here at borg.com in 2014 we previewed...
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How about a Chaykin or Thorp-inspired story? Look for a young John McClane in...
Another “prequel that is also a sequel” is in the works, and this time it’s for one of the action genre’s biggest franchises. Director Len Wiseman confirmed at a Television Critics Association event...
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Frankie Boyle’s Rex Royd–An outrageous and unexpurgated anti-hero for fans of...
Review by C.J. Bunce It helps to know upfront that Scottish comedian and personality Frankie Boyle always wanted to write comics. His inspiration wasn’t from the decades of superhero comics, but Alan...
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Valance the borg hunter, Jaxxon, and more return as Marvel Comics brings back...
Review by C.J. Bunce Let’s take a trip back 33 years ago to a galaxy not all that far away. It was my very first issue of the only comic book I ever subscribed to. It was the end of the school...
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Secrets of the Force–Altman and Gross explore the Star Wars franchise in next...
Review by C.J. Bunce If you skip over the commentary from the critics and modern writers, and focus on the quotes from the past from the actual filmmakers and actors, you may find some new details...
View ArticleGreen Arrow, borg superhero of the future?
Green Arrow, a borg? Seriously? I’ll explain. But first some background for those who don’t follow him or (gasp!) never heard of the longbow hunter, especially since DC Comics last week announced...
View ArticleRetro review–Rex Stout’s “Nero Wolfe, Black Orchids” a blast from the past
Review by C.J. Bunce Before I watched the brilliant A&E television series Nero Wolfe, as far as I knew that was the name of the author, as the big print NERO and WOLFE are the biggest words on the...
View ArticleWaiting for John McClane in 2013? Try Howard Chaykin’s Die Hard: Year One
If you happened to watch this week’s episode of TNT’s hit TV series Leverage, you’ll have seen one of the best constructed episodes of the series so far. The “Brains” Nathan Ford, played by Timothy...
View ArticleNevsky: A Hero of the People, from the film, the score, and the legend
Review by C.J. Bunce Depending on your background Alexander Nevsky may mean something different to you. To the people of Russia he is the greatest Russian of all time, according to a poll conducted...
View ArticleHighlights from Planet Comicon 2013 Day One
The biggest and best pop culture and comic book convention in Kansas City’s history was held this weekend as Planet Comicon 2013 filled the Bartle Hall at the Kansas City Convention Center with...
View ArticleHoward 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...
View Articleborg.com–800,000 views and our second anniversary
We kicked off borg.com as a way to catch up on entertainment news, books and movies back on June 10, 2011. We’ve posted what’s new each day to provide “your daily science fiction, fantasy, and...
View ArticleComic-Con 2013 begins–Dynamite reveals big news with several major genre...
As part of its opening day reveal of San Diego Comic-Con International 2013 news, Dynamite Comics issued an unprecedented barrage of announcements. These include a new monthly continuing the NBC...
View Articleborg.com’s Best of 2013, Part 2
We tried on for size almost every new book that was released from comic book publishers like Dynamite Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing, Archaia/BOOM!, and Image. We tried to sample the best...
View ArticleReview–The “world’s greatest comics” in a single hardcover volume?
If you are looking for an introduction to critically acclaimed comics in one volume while also getting a dose of exposure to some newer talents, Atomeka Press has teamed up with Titan Comics to release...
View ArticlePreview–Chaykin returns to classic noir with new Shadow series
In the past few years Dynamite Comics has featured several great series and stories featuring Lamont Cranston, the enigmatic Shadow of the golden age of comics. Today legendary comic book writer and...
View ArticleBook review–Star Wars Art: Posters, the latest look at the creative marketing...
Review by C.J. Bunce Whether a piece of art is appealing is in the eye of the beholder. Everyone who gives a considered view to a piece of artwork is entitled to their own interpretation and...
View ArticleRare Star Wars variant cover coming soon from Marvel
So what evil lies behind that door? Can you remember the first comic book that ever landed in your hands? More than a decade ago I first met one of my comic book creator heroes, Howard Chaykin....
View ArticleA tale of two Star Wars–One gets restored, the other… a facelift
With the official change over really coming to fruition in January of the return of the Star Wars comic book license to Marvel Comics after its successful run at Dark Horse Comics–and several months...
View ArticleReview–See thirty years of comic book artistry in Star Wars Art: Comics
Review by C.J. Bunce With three new Star Wars comic book series beginning this year as the license returns to Marvel Comics, we’re taking a look at the second book in Abrams Books’ series of hardcover...
View ArticleFirst look–Suicide Squad movie cast suits up
The comic book world’s take on The Dirty Dozen is coming to life next year with a big screen version of Suicide Squad, the DC Comics group of criminals who take on missions in exchange for lighter...
View ArticleStar Wars Special Edition moves from movies to Marvel Comics
Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of Star Wars: A New Hope and long before we had any guess about what might happen in the prequel trilogy, George Lucas, for good or bad, retooled all three...
View ArticleWhat if Ryan Sook was the artist on Green Arrow?
We’ve been pretty lucky to both know and regularly cross paths with some great artists who have worked on the many years of Green Arrow stories in the DC Comics monthly series, and others who haven’t...
View ArticleReview–Stunning new book reprints original Chaykin artwork from 1970s Star...
Review by C.J. Bunce IDW’s latest Artifact Edition has so much going for it it’s difficult to know where to begin. For a lifelong fan of Marvel Comics’ original comic book adaptation of the original...
View ArticleCover gallery–Micronauts to return from the Microverse this Spring
Derived from a licensed Japanese line of toys called the Micromen, which themselves were small-sized versions of a 12-inch action figure called Henshin Cyborg, Micronauts toys took America by storm...
View ArticleNew 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...
View ArticleFourth Planet Comicon at Bartle Hall lands this weekend–Who to look for
In addition to great creators from outside the Midwest, like legendary writer/artist Howard Chaykin, artist Bill Sienkiewicz, and of course, Stan “The Man” Lee, the great thing about returning to a Con...
View ArticleWerewolf by Night–Good Halloween viewing awaits in a solid MCU entry
Review by C.J. Bunce If you’re like many people, you probably barely have enough time to keep up with the movies and TV series of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and maybe have only heard of things like...
View ArticleThe Mandalorian Collection–A compilation of all things Mando
Review by C.J. Bunce Whether your first encounter with Mandalorian armor was via the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special animated feature, or receiving a free action figure in the mail for sending in five...
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