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Firefly Lives - New Comics in 2008

Posted by Zonk on from the told-you-they-couldn't-take-the-sky-from-me dept.

gambit3 writes "'Serenity: Better Days' will be released as a 3 part comic in early 2008. The series is a step back in time to the early years of the Firefly crew, and the fledgling gang's turbulent attempts to cope with success after they pull off their first successful heist. It features the same creative team as Those Left Behind, with the story by Joss Whedon and Brett Matthews, art by Will Conrad, and Adam Hughes providing all three covers this time." Ironic, considering today's brand-new poll.

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  1. Re:Meh! by freeweed · · Score: 5, Interesting

    a great - or even a good - actor can make a passable pulp script a cult phenomenon. Anthony Stewart Head and Nathan Fillion are great examples of this

    Man, I wish I could mod you +1000.

    Sorry folks. I love Joss. Seriously love pretty much all the man has ever done. But without his cast, his work isn't 1% as good. Joss writes good. With the right actors he writes GREAT. Every comic I've read based on Whedon work has seemed like a sad attempt to cash in on a hot franchise.

    Then again, I'm not into the 250 Star Wars Universe novels released every year, even though I love the movies. So take what I say with a mountain of salt. I'll hand in my Comic Book Guy badge now :)

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    Endless arguments over trivial contradictions in books written by ignorant savages to explain thunder in the dark.
  2. Re:I bet you really didn't see the series by Fweeky · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Space-guns that make laser sounds, but look exactly like period Western firearms? They didn't make me think "laser", they made me think "guns in the future use a different mechanism to propel their bullets". *shrug*.

    Every space hooker has a heart of gold Hm? There are maybe 4 fleshed out enough to make a vague assessment; two of them are trained "Companions" and not exactly hookers, one's a double-crossing bitch and one shoots the father of her child in the face at point blank range in front of him.

    "Am I a lion"? What? He's a nutcase. Like many nutcases he probably has some sort of auditory processing or sensory integration disorder (which would explain much of his other odd behavior). He mishears Simon and thus a non sequitur is born when he repeats what he thought he heard back. This isn't uncommon in real life.

    Interesting characters like this was the entire point of Firefly for me. If you wanted a western, I can perhaps see why you were disappointed; I've never liked westerns.