High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "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.