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CeeCeeLuvins — Run vol 2 issue 18 miss gert
Published: 2009-04-30 12:34:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 9594; Favourites: 206; Downloads: 287
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Pencils: Adrian AlphonaInks: Craig Yeung
Colors: Me
God, how many years has it been now? Here's an oldie but a goodie, I think. I can say for sure that this is probably the most memorable page I've ever colored and ever will color. A lot of little things that I didn't realize would be meaningful came together in this page. Like the little red trauma lines that I threw in on a whim (back in series one) the first time I colored gert being hurt while psychically connected to Lace... I never realized how strong of an element it would become in the future. Or the fact that I was told early on NEVER to use black in the gutters so this HAPPENED to be is the first time black was ever used for the gutter. Or that I came up with this idea for bleed spatter to fade color a few weeks earlier for another book... It was such a perfect storm of page and hell THIS IS THE PAGE that I would've wanted that storm for.
Anyway, every team member on the book poured a lot of themselves into this page and I think it shows.
BTW it's been a few years now, if this page is spoiling anything for you, I'm sorry, but it's been like... man... 3 years now???~??!!?
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How could you let them kill her D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D:
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Has it really been three years?
This page... this page. Omigosh. It broke my heart. Gert was -and still is- my favorite comic character. She's what got me into comics in the first place, and now they're such a big influence on me, so it's odd to think about how the Runaways kinda found me, not the other way around.
Gert was the chubby kid, and the smart one... I liked her right away. And continued to. And this page... It was so beautiful, I remember wanting to hate it, but I couldn't. It was perfectly done, I would say. And (this sounds terrible, but yaknow) my favorite death scene I've ever read, I think. Subtle and heart-breaking.
...now I've let myself go and write a novel. All I really wanted to say is how lovely this was... I apologize. >.<
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I really wish that Gert could come back, I don't know why, but she was my favorite character in the Runaways, and without her, it just doesn't feel the same, it's not the Runaways anymore.
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I almost cried when I read this part. Gert was my second fav marvel hero eva
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I cried.
The way it was depicted by the creative team was so beautiful that I cried even more...
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makes me cry when i think about it... so sad.
Gert was always my favorite -_-
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This was one of the best pages I've ever seen. It's nice to see it again.
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This page will always tug on the heartstrings. 
I miss Gert.
Thanks for posting it.
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Oh, and, of course, great page! I really love the soft colours and the fading out.
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I miss Gert ... and I miss Adrian Alphone, noone did as well a job as he did on Runaways.
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OH NO! GERT DIES WHAT THE HELL! NO SPOILER ALERTS!
Weird, I thought you posted this before. I guess not. It's the most memorable page that you've colored imo, but I'm biased
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Honestly, hell, I think it's the most memorable page I've ever colored.
WHICH MAKES ME PROUUUUD!
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This panel struck such a cord in me. The coloring was genius! I love how it fades to white.
I MISS YOU GERT
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Kept this one safe on my bookshelf next to my Calvin and Hobbes.
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I Guess this is as much spoiler as saying that Bruce Willis is a Ghost in the Sixth Sense or that Darth Vader is Skywalker's father or even saying that jesus dies in the end. LOL
This still moves me.
You know... I still can't accept her death...
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I still cry every time I see this page. I'm crying now. The washed out colors fading into black and white tile kill me.
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Omg! That page made me tear up when I first saw it. This has to be one of the most memorable comic pages ever for me, I'd have to say.
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Gert!!! *starts to sob* This was a great page... but so sad...
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Gert was my favourite character - still is actually - and this scene really tug on my heart strings. And seeing it again after so long, well, it tug on them all over again. It's such a beautifully sad page.
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God, I remember reading that page so clearly and appreciating instantly what an amazing job was done by everyone involved. It's nice to be able to say well done to you in person(ish) now ^_^
Superb page!
WAAAAAAh - GERT!!!! ;_;
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I MISS HER!!! This page is so beautiful. Very few colors of this image could have made it quite this powerful.
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this actually was one of those moments in comics that were hard to see..... thanks for breaking down the background on the page in your hands.... it was nice to be a part of that=]
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Definitely one of the defining moments of that book, and why I was an avid reader.
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I cried during that page, god I loved Gert so much. But you did a really good job not only with the page but with the whole run.
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I love runaways... and yours colors too!!!
great work!
congratulations!!!
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I love the watercolor texture (that is watercolor right, or is it a brush? x.x ) And I always thought it was cool that Run didn't use black for gutters, but I didn't realize that was an actual note x.x
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I usually can't look at your uploads until several months later to avoid spoilers, here in Spain we have a serious lag going on (although it's understandable, it takes time to translate and letter the stuff), but this is definitely in the you-should-know-this-already category even on this side of the Atlantic.
Uh. I don't even know what to say, this was so shocking and sad. I got my girlfriend to read the series when they were already publishing Whedon's run over here, and she obviously had to fall completely in love with her (who didn't?), and I remember thinking, crap, she's going to be devastated/mad at me like it was my fault, for fueling her fangirlish obsession... I was right, obviously. With time she got over the feelings of betrayal, and now we're back to the cosplay-planning phase. I wish I could figure out how to make an Old Lace costume work UXD
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Aww I remember reading this part! It was soooo sad, and Gert was awesome! Beautiful artwork as well, really depicts the sadness of the scene...*tears up*
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I agree with a lot of the commenters... this is a killer scene (hehe, no pun intended). I really miss Gert, too. Absolutely touching page.
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oh wow, this is so gorgeous! I love the fading splatter effect!
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Oh my, I remember, I felt so sad about this page...
Miss you, Gert
Btw, colours perfectly make the atmosphere.
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Three years, and it still depresses me every time I remember that she's gone ;_;
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