The over-simplified plot of Runaways goes like this: a group of privileged L.A. teens learn, by accident, that their parents are members of an evil organisation by the name of The Pride and go on the run, amassing powers – and a dinosaur! – to fight back against them. Simple enough, really. Online fan speculation suggests that the movie – scripted by BKV himself – will stick to the comic’s original eighteen issue run for its plot. The series has been praised for its “honest portrayal of teens”, as the HR puts it, and fans have raised concerns over how some characters will be tackled: in particular, the characters of Gertrude, a slightly-overweight empath, and Karolina (minor spoiler ahead), a Majesdanian girl who slowly comes to accept the fact she is gay and attracted to her best friend, team leader Nico. While in debate with fellow fans over the Livejournal community The Hostel, Christina Strain, long-time colourist for the series, had her two cents to throw in on the just-announced project: Concerning worries of character changes: “I think, if anything – and this is just me speculating – the one thing we probably won’t have to worry about is the characters staying true to who they are in the books. It’s such a character driven book and I know Brian really does love them. I don’t think they’ll make Gert super skinny, I think she’ll probably be heavier than the rest, I think Karolina will still be a lesbian, even if it’s just in veiled references (which it WAS for most of the first arc) and I think everyone else will stay pretty close to how they’re depicted in the books. This is a Marvel produced movie so you know they’ll treat it better than other studios who are just licensing the property.” She, erm, has a point. Plenty of ‘em, really. I can see myself getting excited for the prospect of a movie, especially with the creator taking time out from The Best Thing On Television That Isn’t The Wire Or Battlestar Galactica to do it, but it’s still early days yet – personally, I’d prefer a TV serial, but so would Strain. As she says on the Livejournal page, people in television say it wouldn’t work due to the lack of parental guardians. Funny, that.