IDW Borderlands Origins! Its Borderlands! In a Comic!

Now, some of you may be aware of a craze sweeping the nations of the world, something all the cool kids are doing. Even I've starting having a go. It's Borderlands! The awesomely fantastimazing loot and shoot game that is so amazing it requires the use of the made up word fantastimazing. For those of you who are fans of the game, both the original and the recently released Borderlands 2 you know that it is filled to the brim with excellently crafted characters and some truly stunning locations, and guns, lots and lots for guns. All of which lends itself wonderfully to story telling. So it was only a matter of time before it was picked up for a comic book series. And luckily it was IDW that picked it up, a publisher than is known for its handling of established franchises and bringing out there true potential in a comic book format.

Which brings me to the main point of this post, IDW's new offering 'Borderlands: Origins' telling the tale of how that mismatched bunch of misfits got on the bus in the beginning of the first game. With the first issue telling the story of Roland, an ex-military badass.

And IDW are off to a fantastic start, thanks to writer Mikey Neumann and artist Augustin Padilla. What we have been given is Borderlands as a comic book, pure and simple, no messing about, no trying new things, its Borderlands but on paper. And I thoroughly recommend it to any fan of the games. Due in large to the artwork from Padilla  and Esther Sanz, who together have beautifully brought life to pages in a style that fits right in with the style of the game, taking life, and adding just enough cartoon to make it fantastical without going over board. It really is a pleasure to look at and blends in seamlessly with the already established visual style which makes it all the more enjoyable. 

Then of course we have the writing, and thank you Mikey Neumann, you have done justice to the world of Borderlands. Not only has he taken on the role of writing for a character that has already been established but also writing an entire comic that already had a style or writing before pen hit paper. But it has been done very well, taking the same off sense of humour and level of action and running with it. With the end result being a comic that is not only well written, but also easy to read and doesn't take you out of the world but only helps to submerge you in it. I can honestly say I can't wait for the next issue, to see how the other characters are managed will be awesome! This is definitely one of my new favourites, due mostly to the excellent way an existing love of mine, he Borderlands games, have been handling and given a new dimension. I hope to see more of this.

What Would Doom Do?

He would read this so hard he would accidentally obliterate it from reality forcing him to go buy more. And then dig out that old time machine of his so he can travel forward in time to get the next issue so he doesn't have to wait. And then reverse time so he can read it again for the first time, again, for the joy. And then travel forward in time to read the next issue again, and so on and so forth.

READ IT!!!!!!