Boxed (Paperback)

A government operative tasked with quarantining sentient A.I. is forced to team up with his ex – an A.I. designed to seduce him - in order to take down an even greater threat: a rogue A.I. who has taken over the Center for Disease Control.

Since the first superintelligent A.I. went rogue and massacred the world’s top computer scientists, it has been government agent Frank Savage’s job to contain—or “box”—sentient artificial intelligence before they can become a threat to humanity.

When Hippocrates, the Center for Disease Control’s A.I., exceeds its programming and locks down hundreds of thousands of people, Frank is forced to turn to Pandora— an A.I. he onced boxed—to contain it. The problem? Pandora is a “honeypot” A.I. designed to seduce and destroy its targets... and Frank’s ex-girlfriend. With the fate of humanity on the line, can Frank trust Pandora, or will their shared past threaten the entire mission?

Boxed is a grounded Blade Runner-meets-Silence of the Lambs sci-fi thriller by Mark Sable (Miskatonic, Graveyard of Empires) and Jeremy Haun (The Beauty, The Realm). Brought to you in print for the first time by Mad Cave Studios, with brand-new bonus content! Originally released digitally by Comixology Originals.

Mark Sable is a writer for comics, film and television, best known for such creator-owned comics as Image Comics "Graveyard of Empires" and Boom! Studios "Unthinkable.",Artist on Miskatonik (Aftershock), Dylan Dog (Bonelli), and Last of the Gladiators (Dynamite).

Jeremy Haun is the co-creator of The Beauty, currently being adapted into a prestige television series by Ryan Murphy for FX. Haun is also the co-founder and creative director of Ignition Press, a new prestige American comics publisher, and the host of the video podcast series, Curious Haunts. Haun has worked with virtually every major publisher in the industry in his 20+ year professional career including Marvel, DC, Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics, BOOM! Studios, and many more contributing to franchises including Batman, Captain America, Constantine, The Darkness, and Spawn. 

NICK FILARDI has colored for just about every major comic book publisher including DC, Marvel, Image and Dark Horse. He's currently also coloring Cave Carson has a Cybernetic Eye, and The Realm. When he isn't buried in pages, you can find his digital likeness pulling up other artists with tips and tricks at twitch.tv/nickfil, making dad jokes at twitter.com/nickfil, and just spreading dope art at instagram.com/nick_filardi. He lives in Florida with his 3-legged dog and lovely fiancée.

Thomas Mauer has lent his lettering and design talent to Harvey and Eisner Award nominated and winning titles including Image's POPGUN and OUTLAW TERRITORY anthologies and Dark Horse Comics' THE GUNS OF SHADOW VALLEY. He started working in comics in 2005 and made it his full-time career in 2007.