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"Pride & Joy" is a six-issue story arc from the comic book series ''Runaways'' (vol. 1), published in issues one through six in 2003 by Marvel Comics' imprint Tsunami, which was created to attract young readers. It was written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Adrian Alphona. While it was initially intended to be a six-part miniseries, the popularity of "Pride & Joy" and new ideas from writer Vaughan allowed ''Runaways'' to grow into a regular monthly Marvel title. "Pride & Joy" has subsequently won several comics awards, including the 2006 Harvey Award for Best Continuing or Limited Series. Although the Tsunami imprint was unsuccessful, "Pride & Joy" (and the series ''Runaways'' that continued it) was one of the very few Tsunami series to do well in sales and to continue being published. The story arc has been critically acclaimed for its simple story set in the typically complex Marvel Universe. Vaughan is known for avoiding the clichés of the superhero genre, locating the group in Los Angeles rather than New York City, where most Marvel Comics superhero titles are set. In order to create an everyday setting and tone, Vaughan included various references to current popular culture, including television series, films, events and celebrities. The story arc's primary purpose was to introduce the main characters, six children who discover their parents are evil after seeing them murder a girl in a sacrificial ceremony. It centers upon the children's relationships with their parents as the children learn that they themselves have inherited their parents' powers. Once The Pride realizes their offspring have disappeared, they begin to use their considerable influence to track down their sons and daughters. "Pride & Joy" sets up the main concept of the series, which involves children versus their parents.〔 〕 ==Production== "Pride & Joy" was launched in 2003 as a part of Marvel's Tsunami imprint, the goal of which was to attract new readers, particularly young readers and the manga audience. Marvel editorial staff agreed to it immediately,〔 〕 prompting Wizard Magazine to name the series as "one of the best original concept from Marvel in thirty years." The imprint was unsuccessful, and "Pride & Joy" (and the series ''Runaways'' that continued it) was one of the very few series from that imprint to continue being published and to do well in sales.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Runaways Hardcover Collection, Volume 1 )〕 Writer Brian K. Vaughan has claimed that he had only planned to create "Pride & Joy" to be set for six months (six issues), but because of the popularity of the series and new ideas from Vaughan, Marvel decided to continue issuing it on for a monthly basis.〔(Brian K. Vaughan, Adrian Alphona leave Runaways with #24 ) Newsarama. Retrieved October 13, 2008.〕 The character of Catherine Wilder was originally designed to look like singer-songwriter Sade. Several of the characters went through subsequent changes as well. In Brian K. Vaughan's original pitch for the series, Karolina Dean was originally called Leslie, a name which would eventually be given to the character's mother. Her parents were originally real estate agents, as opposed to famous actors. Molly was one of the few ''Runaways'' to actually keep the name she had in Brian K. Vaughan's original proposal; she is named after Vaughan's younger sister, Molly Hayes Vaughan, and was supposed to be thirteen years old instead of eleven.〔 However, in the original pitch for the series, Molly's parents were Hollywood actors; this would eventually become the cover story of Karolina's parents.〔 Also, Molly's sibling-like relationship with Chase was originally supposed to be with Gert. Nico Minoru was called Rachel Messina. Her parents were still magicians, but posed as wealthy antique dealers; this cover story was ultimately used for Gert's parents.〔 Nico's source of power was not originally going to be her mother's Staff, but Robert Minoru's spellbook.〔 Chase was originally called John,〔 and Gert was called Gertie. Originally, Gert was meant to give Molly the name "Bruiser."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pride & Joy (comics)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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