The Runaways Thread

[TheCorpulent1]

It's annoying, but Joss Whedon's name is a lot likelier to sell books than "Runaways."

 

[Darthphere]

I wouldn't buy a book called Joss Whedon.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I would. I want to know if every relationship he's ever had has been irreparably shattered due to gruesome death or soul-crushing despair. At the rate he uses that plot point, it's gotta be some kind of repressed personal angst playing out in his comics.

 

[Darthphere]

With lesbians?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Possibly.

 

[Darthphere]

Probably.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

btw, for those who are looking for Runaways as the Young Avengers What if? it's found as a 2nd story in the "what if" house of M series. part 2 comes out next week.

 

[Specter313]

It was a surprising place for an announcement, but nonetheless, Marvel has announced the new creative team for Runaways via G4’s Attack of the Show.

Blair Butler broke the news that Kathryn (Patsy Walker: Hellcat) Immonen and Sara (NYX) Pichelli will be the new team on the series, following Terry Moore and Humberto Ramos – whose run ends in April. Upcoming Ultimate Spider-Man artist David Lafuente will draw covers for the series.

In the segment, Butler said “Marvel promises that one Runaway will die in the new story arc, and one might live again.”

Click on the link above for the full segment.

The new team will most likely begin in June (issue #11) which has an issue solicited, with the information for the issue being listed as "classified."

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/030925-Runaways-Team.html

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Hmm. With Ramos off, I might have to give the new team a try. Has Runaways been good under Moore?

 

[Kevin]

One Runaway will die, huh? We all know it won't be Molly or that other little *****, so meh.

And The only Runaway I care about coming back is Gert. No disrespect to Alex, I just like Gert better. But let's be real, she's not coming back.

 

[Jennifer Walters]

Hmm. With Ramos off, I might have to give the new team a try. Has Runaways been good under Moore?

No, they found Whedon's sort of mangled body of Runaways, then preceded to try to put it out of misery, it fought so hard, but it just....it just couldn't take it.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

One Runaway will die, huh? We all know it won't be Molly or that other little *****, so meh.

"That other little *****" is as much a part of why I'm not reading Runaways anymore as Ramos' art. One snotty, obnoxious child who tries too hard to be funny I could deal with; two is just too much. I really, really wish the redhead who could dance on air returned with the Runaways instead.

 

[Specter313]

No matter how hard they try to escape, it seems the Runaways cannot stop being regulated by adults. As of RUNAWAYS #11, in stores June 24, they find themselves up against a new duo determined to rule their lives: writer Kathryn Immonen and artist Sara Pichelli.

Immonen claims the job came as a dream come true.

"Right around the time that I was putting the finishing touches on my 200 part Gemstone/Marvel crossover where Daisy Duck and Patsy Walker go shopping, the phone rang," the writer jokes. "[Editor] Nick [Lowe] and I had been talking about some other possibilities for a project after PATSY WALKER: HELLCAT and I'd been chopping away at some ideas and then out of the blue, really, he called and asked me if I wanted to have a go at RUNAWAYS. I'm telling you, glaciers receded and species became extinct in the silent gap that followed. I'm a huge, huge fan of the book. What could I say except 'yes'—after I'd stopped laughing hysterically."

A fan of the title from the beginning, Immonen has always found RUNAWAYS to be a refreshingly strong character-based book.

"The strength of the Runaways for me is absolutely in their interaction," she reveals. "It was incredible; smart and funny, clever and twisty and, of course, totally heartbreaking. They're at their best, so to speak, not when they're punching villains but when they're helplessly pounding away at each other. When I sit down most every morning with this book, I'm remembering what it was like to be in high school, to be 16 or whatever."

After accepting the job, Immonen turned towards plotting, keeping in mind a few core concepts she wanted to be faithful to.

"Way more kissing and generally inappropriate behavior," she teases. "But beyond that, I'm really focused on rediscovering where the real risk lies for them as talented minors with great personal resiliency but limited external resources. It's like living from paycheck to paycheck, except that they have to forge those too. We're working hard to get them to live up to their name, both literally and metaphorically."

However, no matter what responsibilities they take on, the Runaways remain teens. Immonen addresses that dichotomy early in her run as the group works together to throw themselves a prom, a rite of passage that most teens probably take for granted.

"At the core, you've got a bunch of kids reaching for some kind of stability or normalcy but they're all old enough to know that it's not going to happen. They're like the most screwed up bunch of homeschoolers ever. They're not going to go ice skating during public hours for the purposes of socializing with their peers. They're going to break into some abandoned roller rink and strap on the wheels at three in the morning."

Artist Sara Pichelli came on board to help the writer fully realize the lives of the Runaways. While Immonen began the book without knowing who would be drawing it, the collaboration has gone off well.

"I confess I don't have much to add except holy wow," she says. "Sara is an inspired choice and I think the results are going to be overwhelmingly good. The pages coming in from her work look just lovely. We've both kind of jumped into this with both feet but from opposite sides of the pool but we're on track to take gold in the three meter synchro in Vancouver 2010."

Together the team has dedicated themselves to delivering the best possible stories for RUNAWAYS. Immonen sums up her approach as:

"It's absolutely not about change for the sake of change. It's all about the insane love I have for all the characters—past and present."

http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.7394.Runaways~colon~_The_New_Girls

 

[Charlie No-One]

Karolina better not kiss him.

 

[Star]

That panel confuses me to no end. Although I do look at it and imagine Victor and Nico are being all, "What the ****? Doesn't she like girls?"

 

[Kevin]

Wait, I've been away from this book for a looong time. Question: Where's Xavin?

 

[Manic]

I heard he/she went back to space for some reason or another. I don't know. I dropped it a few months ago.

 

[Star]

Does ANYONE still read it?

 

[Anubis]

Well, everybody knows that all Lesbians are bi.

 

[Havok83]

Does ANYONE still read it?

I dropped it soon after Whedon had them time travel

 

[Manic]

If Karolina was really bi, that'd make her such a manipulative B-word for forcing Xavin to constantly turn into a girl. Shapeshifter or not, it's gotta be annoying to literally lose your balls just to be with the girl you love.

 

[Anubis]

Well, she is a woman.

I'm just saying. Hang around enough Lesbians, you're bound to sleep with a couple if she's drunk enough. Straight Guys on the other hand, don't get drunk and sleep with dudes.....at least not dudes that they know are dudes.....but that's a whole other debate.

 

[Ion Kenshin]

I stopped reading this when Ramos was doing the art cause I just couldn't get past it. I did miss reading the Runaways though so I may jump back in again when this starts.

 

[Eros]

The Runaways fad along with the young avengers fad seems to have come and gone.

 

[Ion Kenshin]

The Runaways fad along with the young avengers fad seems to have come and gone.

I loved the Young Avengers. I'm so maddend by the fact that they would disappear and only show up during events lik CA and SI and even they it wasn't a solo book they teamed up with the Runaways which is cool and all but I want my YA solo book back.