Joss Whedon is taking over “Runaways”
Joss Whedon is taking over “Runaways” when Brian K. Vaughn leaves! This was announced today in Baltimore during a retailers seminar. Joe Q. also announced it during an interview on Newsarama where he said:“Quite simply, Joss and Brian K. Vaughan speak quite often and I guess they got talking Runaways, which is one of Joss’ favorite titles. When Joss heard that Brian was leaving he called us up and asked if he could do the story following Brian’s last.
So, while I would love to tell you that I used my powers of manipulation and seduction to lure the ever-illusive Whedon out of it’ natural habitat within the jungles of Hollywood, I had nothing to do with it but I’m thrilled nonetheless. And Michael was hand picked by Joss to illustrate the story. This is fantastic for Michael as I feel he’s a brilliant talent in need of wider recognition and I think this will be the project to do just that!
What Brian along with co-creator Adrian Alphona has managed to accomplish with Runaways is truly astounding. It was launched during a time when the market was completely unresponsive to anything that wasn’t starring recognizable characters and yet here it is still healthy and chugging along. Joss’s desire to write the next storyline is only going to cement this book further into the minds of fans and retailers as a must read title similar to X-Men or Spider-Man.
This of course is in no way a slight to the work that BKV has done on this title, Joss just comes from that Buffy world and there is no discounting the huge throng of people that follow his every move. To be honest, the person happiest about this is BKV, because Joss brings his white-hot spotlight and shines it on his baby.”
The news of Vaughn leaving the title broke last week, which I wrote about here. I’m thinking if Whedon is taking over I have no choice but to continue reading “Runaways.” Newsarama also did an interview with Whedon which is here.