{"id":657,"date":"2009-03-19T07:00:31","date_gmt":"2009-03-19T11:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=657"},"modified":"2009-03-18T01:48:32","modified_gmt":"2009-03-18T05:48:32","slug":"runners-comic-book-now-free-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/19\/runners-comic-book-now-free-online\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Runners&#8217; Comic Book &#8211; NOW FREE ONLINE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/runnersuniverse.com\/?p=548\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Runners: Bad Goods\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/runners.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Back in July 2008 I praised the trade paperback, <em><a title=\"Runners: Bad Good review at ONCE UPON A GEEK\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2008\/07\/21\/runners-comic-book\/\">Runners: Bad Goods<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0 Since then, I&#8217;ve been anxiously awaiting the next chapter.\u00a0 Unfortunately, due to the publisher restructuring, the second volume was never released.\u00a0 The good news is the creator\/writer\/artist, Sean Wang, is now giving it away for free to everyone!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Runners<\/em> will now be available as a daily webcomic at <a title=\"Runners: Bad Goods online\" href=\"http:\/\/runnersuniverse.com\/?p=548\">RUNNERSUNIVERSE.com<\/a>.  It will be available to everyone, with no fee, no subscription costs, nothing. New pages will post five days a week, Monday-Friday. The site will start with the first story arc, <em>Runners: Bad Goods<\/em>, in its entirety. Immediately following the conclusion of <em>Bad Goods<\/em>, the second story arc, <em>Runners: The Big Snow Job<\/em>, will begin posting (this is the story that has never been published).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I&#8217;m so psyched about this!\u00a0 <em>Bad Goods<\/em> was a fantastic science fiction comic book tale.\u00a0 I&#8217;m really hopeful others will try it out and enjoy it as much as I have. I&#8217;m even more excited to read <em>The Big Snow Job<\/em>!\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been waiting almost a year for it!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Be sure to check it out at <a title=\"Runners: Bad Goods online\" href=\"http:\/\/runnersuniverse.com\/?p=548\">RUNNERSUNIVERSE.com<\/a>.\u00a0 C&#8217;mon&#8230; it&#8217;s free!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-657\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/19\/runners-comic-book-now-free-online\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" 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