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The new year brings more "Serenity"

When the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 comic turned out to be so true to the television series — and so much fun — many Joss Whedon fans dared to hope that more of his canceled shows would continue in graphic form. Angel fans got their wish in November (with mixed reviews) and now comes confirmation that a new Serenity comic will be published in March 2008.

Serenity: Better Days is a three-issue series set between the end of Firefly and the 2005 Serenity feature film — the same setting as Serenity: Those Left Behind, which was published in 2005.

The hardcover version of the first series was released in November as a collectors' edition, with a new cover by Adam Hughes. The oversized collection includes pinups from a variety of guest artists and behind-the-scenes original material developed especially for this edition. So, take note if you have a Firefly fan on your gift list. (If you are the Firefly fan on your list, feel free to print out this post, highlight this paragraph and send it to Santa.)

Better Days takes a look at the early years of the Firefly crew and how the gang deals with newfound wealth after they pull off their first successful heist. The creative team from Those Left Behind returns, with Brett Matthews as Whedon's co-writer, Will Conrad as artist and Hughes as cover artist.

In an interview with Publishers Weekly, Whedon explains why the graphic version of Firefly/Serenity is more of a challenge than Buffy.

"It's easy with Buffy in a way because it's a pop idea, it could have been a comic book before it was a movie. Serenity doesn't really lend itself to that in the same way. You can tell fun, compelling stories about it, but you have sort of an ensemble drama that you're making into a comic book, so you have to find stories that are gonna move in a different rhythm than Buffy stories."

Whedon also said he is very possessive of Serenity.

"If something's going to be said about Serenity, it's going to be said by me. It's too close to me still. It's the child that never got to grow up and go to college."

That's good news for fans, because it means that even though we might have to wait awhile in between Serenity stories, the ones we do get will be Whedon's. And that's always worth waiting for.

Is a new Serenity comic series good news for you? What other Whedon stories would you like to see in graphic form?

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Submitted by

the linster

on December 10, 2007 - 9:00am.

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Great News!

Submitted by

Shannon (23 posts)

on December 10, 2007 - 10:12am.

I loved the series. Less happy with the movie. Another Whedon comic series should be good reading. This is one show I still miss.

Firefly = Love

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Jess (54 posts)

on December 10, 2007 - 10:22am.

I am a huge Firefly/Serenity fan... I mean, the show was much better than the movie but my beaf with the movie is more the character deaths and the fact that the River storyline changed a little too much from the show's Pilot.

Anyway... I'm really excited about this. I haven't read "Those Left Behind" but mostly b/c I can't find the non-hardback version (and I'm poor lol). I'm glad this takes place before Serenity because it would just be such a sad thing to not have all the characters together.

I just think that Joss should continue to do anything and everything that comes from his head... I'll follow that man into Hell lmao I'm looking forward to "Dollhouse" so this strike better get resolved soon! haha

Interviewer: "Why do you write these strong female characters?"
Joss Whedon: "Because you're still asking me that question." - Equality Now speech
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YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Submitted by

Kaytiana (189 posts)

on December 10, 2007 - 10:24am.

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There has been so much good Whedon news recently!!!!! It makes me so happy!!!

buh looks and sounds lame.

Submitted by

Nathiest (764 posts)

on December 10, 2007 - 10:40am.

buh looks and sounds lame. New ANGEL series though? That I can't wait for.

-Nathiest

Hurray!

Submitted by

notl33t (119 posts)

on December 10, 2007 - 10:57am.

I haven't actually read all of the Serenity comics yet, but I'm excited that they're going to do even more! If only all of these comic book extensions could bring back the shows we know and love . . .

IS ALIEN RESERECTION JOSS?

Submitted by

Kira_me (20 posts)

on December 10, 2007 - 11:07am.

I am so hyped about all these Joss projects finaly comeing to light. when he is behind the weel of a show it usualy get's steared in the right direction and I look forward to some fabulous strong femail charecters comeing to us in both tv with "the doll house" and in comic book form. One thing that I always wanted to see more of was the mithology that joss created with the final alien movie, "Alien resuerection". the whol riply being half alien half human intrested me more than any other ailien movies did and Ripley and Call had such amazing chemestry that it is a shame that all the comics curently releced for that world are based after Alien 3.

so yes bery exsited about all the joss stuff and I wish that a comic was made following the life of Ripley clone 8 and Call. the story was so firefly that it could practicly be set in the same universe, you can definatly see the joss touch on that film...eg giving the male charecters femail names, giving the ship a more coloquial name and just the over all desighn and feel of the film.

ok well thanks fot the update afterEllen...I wouldent be able to live without this site.

Much Love
Kira

SO MUCH HAPPY COMING FROM

Submitted by

Shae (97 posts)

on December 10, 2007 - 3:26pm.

SO MUCH HAPPY COMING FROM ME RIGHT NOW.

Can Kaylee and Inara finally make out?

Up until the punching, it was a real nice party...

Angel

Submitted by

jennifer from p... (1259 posts)

on December 10, 2007 - 4:29pm.

I don't know what to think of this yet. I think that it's a good sign that it's going to be a Dark Horse title instead of IDW...the clowns who publish Angel. I have to say that I'm very disappointed in the Angel comic. The writing is unnecessarily brutish, which, I suspect, is a false bravado that Lynch is affecting for reasons known only to himself and his shrink.

I will the Serenity/Firefly (or is that the other way around?) comic a whirl once it's released, but my heart will always belong to Buffy & Co.

yay

Submitted by

angel winters (228 posts)

on December 11, 2007 - 1:31am.

finally something good about not only that series but joss himself....so far he's been doing great...its like he's on a roller coaster of awesomeness.

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