As a long-time reader of comic books, one thing that always bugged me is when superheroes would lounge around in their off time, fully decked out in their costumes (worse is when they would just stand around in ultra-heroic poses for no apparent reason). So with RUNNERS, I wanted to ground the series in a certain reality by having characters change outfits occasionally, with the exception of Bocce (but that’s more of a personal choice on his end).
In this scene, Roka has lost the vest layer and Ril’s jacket is open. All the characters have also taken off their weapons, which makes a bit of sense since they’re all on “relax” mode. That being said, Cember does look funny to me without his signature hat.
I imagine most folks favorite “runners hottie” is Sky. But mine would definitely be Grissom.
You and David Petersen (or Mouse Guard fame)! He really seems to like Grissom as well, and I even did a sketch of her for him way back at one of the NY Comicon shows when we were sitting at the same booth. Naturally, I love Grissom too, so you can expect her to show up again at some point…