With the incredible DVD sales and cult success of Firefly as well as the popular movie Serenity, fans are always looking for something more, which is why they should pick up the beautiful new hardcover edition of Serenity: Those Left Behind. Originally released as a three-issue comic series to link up the end of the Firefly series with the Serenity movie, Those Left Behind features amazing artwork that makes it feel like you're watching the show again. This edition begins with a great introduction by Nathon Fillion, who played Captain Malcolm Reynolds. He relives his childhood reading comic books, explaining how important they were to him, what it was like to want to be a superhero, and how on the day that Joss Whedon cast him as Mal,...
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Dark Horse may have another long-term licensed franchise to play with if the rumors of more Serenity comics are true. First printings of the first two issues with the John Cassaday covers are the ones most desired....
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February 01, 2006: Serenity TPB (Review)
With the war between the Alliance and the independent Browncoats over, Mal Reynolds, captain of the Serenity, and his crew of misfits, fugitives, and would-be outlaws work the frontier. Defeated and directionless, their goal has become simply to keep flying, and Mal is willing to take any job, in- or outside the law, to achieve it. Although their willingness to flout rules has occasionally played to their favor, they may be in over their heads in taking aboard Simon and his damaged sister, River, secretive fugitives from the Alliance. Mal and his crew may not know it, but the hunt is on, and the Alliance is right behind them. Whedon elaborates on his Firefly universe in this small prequel to the movie Serenity. If this story doesn't...
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January 12, 2006: Serenity TPB (Review)
In a world where comic books are strip-mined by film and television executives for new money making extravaganzas, it's nice to see a comic do something in reverse. While license properties are hardly new in the comic world, they are rarely any good and are often rather unconvincing marketing ploys. Not so with Serenity, the successor to TV's Firefly and antecedent to the feature film Serenity. Penned by Joss Whedon and Brett Matthews with art by Will Conrad and Laura Martin, Dark Horse's Serenity displayed the key ingredients of series in a substantial and entertaining way. The wit, charm and violence of the show was evident in the comic but the comic was more than just a paper episode because it formed the vital link between the...
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