11/13/2022 0 Comments Carry on rainbow rowell art![]() ![]() My goal is to write it the way I did Carry On, where it’s clear that the characters have been together for a while, but you the reader are just meeting them. IT WILL ABSOLUTELY BE FRIENDLY TO NEW READERS. The most common question I’ve gotten on Twitter is, “Will the series be friendly to new readers?” In the new run, we’re going to let them choose: Do they want to be Runaways? What does that even mean? These are a bunch of kids who never really chose to be a superteam they just ended up in the same boat. The first six-issue arc will be a getting-the-band-back-together story. (When you talk about the Runaways, there’s a lot of, “Is s/he dead? Hmm. Our series will pick up inside Marvel comics continuity, where the characters have been scattered to the four winds and occasionally crushed. I think the TV show is more of an origin story – with somewhat different characters. I didn’t have any details about the show when I was writing. I should say that the comic series will be totally different from the TV series. ![]() Kris is also a Runaways fan, so all his designs come out of a deep knowledge and love for the characters. The last few months have been so much fun – digging into the characters and then working on their evolution with Kris Anka. (While I finished Landline, Carry On, “Kindred Spirits” and my graphic novel with Faith Erin Hicks.)īy the time I was ready to roll (or run) (haha), Marvel was announcing a Runaways TV series with Hulu, which felt like serendipity. That editor, Nick Lowe, and I have been talking about how to bring the team back for three years now. ![]() I was really surprised that he was open to the idea. So … when a Marvel editor reached out to see if I’d be interested in writing comics, my first thought was bringing back Runaways. The series was canceled in 2009, but I always felt like there were so many more stories to tell about the characters. I didn’t realize it at the time, but it was the sort of story that I wanted to write for myself. I was reading a ton of Marvel comics in the early 2000s, but Runaways was the one that I spent all month waiting for. They betray their parents and save the world. Our main characters obviously can’t let that happen! They … well, they run away. Their parents are out to annihilate humanity in exchange for eternal life. Runaways follows six teenagers who find out their parents are in a secret supervillain club called The Pride. He’s one of my favorite writers in any genre. Maybe you’ve heard of Saga? Or Paper Girls? Those are also Brian K. Vaughan and artist Adrian Alphona in 2003. The series was created by writer Brian K. ![]()
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