#723 + 724 – to the line
Posted on November 3, 2014 by meredith
Whew, fall! This is the last of the October updates - on to November! I'll be traveling a bit so you may see more double pages this month. If you're a Patreon supporter, thanks for helping to fund our first month of color comics! And thanks to Sloane for coloring them! If you haven't pledged through Patreon yet, please consider being a part of it - our total was just barely funded this month, and truthfully I've been losing a lot of revenue on declined pledges (update your info, y'all!) and credit card fees. I'll write a bit more about this soon, but in short: your support really matters!

50 thoughts on “#723 + 724 – to the line”

  1. Siggy

    awww, what a perfect page to be in color!

  2. grace

    love the color on this

  3. mementomori3

    http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcb0kcIdLh1ripy…

  4. bryanew710

    As a runner, I'm happy to see her giving it an honest effort.

  5. david pablo cohn

    Ooohhhh – you *have* to make this a poster. Please, please please? For all of us struggling runners out there?

    1. Shras

      I would buy that as a poster lol, can always use motivation for that

  6. @bschildt

    This is such a perfect representation of those first runs. 🙂

    And great color work.

  7. kamesen

    I love this; the look of 'I do not want to do this' at the beginning to the accomplished 'I did it!' face at the end. Go Hanna! <3

  8. TheAntiHumorEquation

    Glad to see I'm not the only one who uses "come on just make it to that tree oh god just make it to the tree" as running motivation.

    1. bryanew710

      Do what you gotta do.

    2. Zee

      I do a lot of aerobics videos, and mine is “Just to the end of this song” Not the only one, at all.

    3. Sev

      That's actually like, a really often recommended technique.

  9. kev

    This is why the comic is in color.

  10. Skyebelle

    Precisely my experience with beginning a running routine. Perfect.
    It's good to see Hanna smile again, even if it is just in repose.

  11. Zynski

    Runner's High Runner's High Runner's High. Any other smoker's out there who muster up the will to run now and then? So giddy you might actually quit cigs.

    1. feep

      One high replaced another 😛

  12. jds

    Updated my Patreon info! Thanks for the reminder.

  13. Yotomoe

    YOU'RE THE BEST. AROUND. NOONE'S GONNA EVER KEEP YOU DOWN.

    1. Wicked Noone

      What did Peter Noone ever do to you?

  14. HorseGloves

    Good stuff, Hannah. You can't get to where you can run six miles overnight!

  15. Robert

    In the first panel, is Hanna awake in bed and thinking about her latest run, or is she about to fall asleep and this will be her dream about running?

    1. nkh

      I think that's her waking up early and thinking "Oh God, what am I doing to myself".

    2. Sarah

      I think Hanna is waking up early to run.

    3. bacha

      Looks more like Insomnia to me.

  16. a cool dude

    i think its pretty kewl that hanna hasn't been toking up during this transition either. or maybe she still totally is, i dunno, but at least she isn't self-medicating behind a haze of weed. that's some neat character development

  17. koerner

    Couch to 5k?

  18. annainvienna

    Is she using a tabata timer? That three, two, one countdown is an all too haunting memory of that one time that I exercised

  19. Skinny Panda

    I used exercise to get over a break-up once. Now it helps with everyday stresses. It's my thinking time. It's for me; no-one else.

    1. cvanide

      yep ever since I started lifting and running, Ive felt more confident and genuinely happier

      fitness on top of it is like a bonus

  20. Nocloo

    Yeah.

    Yeah, Hanna,

    Yeah, Meredith.

    I can relate to this storyline so humblingly much.

    Thank You

    1. inv3rtebrate

      Same here, buddy, same here.

  21. soo

    poor hannah still sleeps on her side of the bed 🙁

  22. feep

    Dat empty pillow tho 🙁

    1. kamesen

      I didn't notice until now *sobs*

  23. Shade of Blue

    I really like how the perspective has switched from Eve to Hannah. Very gracefully done. You are an excellent storytellerrrrr Mmmmeerredith? (I feel weird just kind of saying the author's name unto the void of internet. But seriously, great work.)

  24. seann

    Endorphins by any means necessary 🙂

  25. Henry

    This page does a better job of capturing what it feels like to start running than anything I've ever seen.

  26. bexwhitt

    Running is assume, I wish I still had knees that worked 100%

  27. Brett

    I'm so proud of Hanna!

  28. @stainedglasssky

    Achievement Unlocked: Exercise High!

  29. Lane

    gorgeous.

  30. Jamie

    Couch to 5k as a major emotional touchstone of our generation.

  31. Julia

    Love seeing what Hannah sees in that sliver of sky panel.

  32. samalamadingdong

    I really like the empty speech bubbles as heavy breathing. Nice touch.

  33. NemoProprius

    These panels… so beautiful… wooow…

  34. Marvin Choi

    Will this be Hanna's new method for baking?!

  35. sarah

    will she quit smoking?

  36. Thomas

    Silly Hanna! You can sit in the sun all day *without* all the running & sweating. 🙂

  37. Beefcube

    Out of all the fantastic "just woke up" faces in this comic, this one is the most perfect by far.

  38. mmkstarr

    Yep.

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