The final three Serenity comic covers by rklenseth

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The final three Serenity comic covers

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Tuesday, May 17, 2005 4:20 PM

Serenitymovie.com's latest news item are the final three Serenity comic covers featuring River, Simon, and Wash.

You can find it here; http://browncoats.serenitymovie.com/serenity/index.html?fuseaction=too
ls.shownews&news_id=151

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Tuesday, May 17, 2005 4:27 PM

STARPILOTGRAINGER

Sweet, thanks for pointing it out. I'm definately getting the River one.

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Tuesday, May 17, 2005 4:32 PM

REAVERDELI

Jayne looks tough. It captures what he is all about. And he has a look like he just said, "Gorammit Mal, what is the ruttin plan?"

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Tuesday, May 17, 2005 4:57 PM

GUNRUNNER

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Originally posted by StarPilotGrainger:
Sweet, thanks for pointing it out. I'm definately getting the River one.

WHAT you mean your not getting all 9 of them!!

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Tuesday, May 17, 2005 5:03 PM

STARPILOTGRAINGER

No, I'm not rich and not insane. If either of those weren't true, I'd buy all 9. ;)

It's the contents that matters to me.

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Tuesday, May 17, 2005 5:12 PM

GUNRUNNER

Well I’m not rich but I am insane and I’m getting all three. All those covers just look so good I don’t think I could not buy each one. At 2.99 (according to the Dark Horse Site) it seems fairly cheap.

SPG I would start saving change.

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Tuesday, May 17, 2005 5:21 PM

JADEHAND

Wow, those are all great covers. Thanks for the link. I can almost hear Wash saying "Everyone knows, I'm the funny one." Simon, with a gun? He should stick to taking those things(bullets) out of people and leave the other thing to the professionals like Zoe, Jayne, Mal, and River : )

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Tuesday, May 17, 2005 5:28 PM

MANWITHPEZ

Important people don't do field work.

Those are just so SHINY! I love the Simon cover! I love them ALL!!!

I gotta have them...Gotta Have Them ALL!!!

They're worse than Pokemon!

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

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Tuesday, May 17, 2005 5:36 PM

RICKKER

I have told my local comic dealer to get me one copy of each cover. We saw the first in the prieviews catalog scheduled to ship in July. The catalog had a fairly good add for it, which usually means they like it and expect it to rock. I'll probably be getting an extra of each issue for a friend. Man these covers are amazing. Oh and by the way my local comic shop is Spy Comics in Federal Way WA.

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Tuesday, May 17, 2005 5:39 PM

KELLAINA

Shiny!

Eagerly anticipating hunting them all down!

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Tuesday, May 17, 2005 5:41 PM

THATWEIRDGIRL

Quote:
Originally posted by manwithpez:
Those are just so SHINY! I love the Simon cover! I love them ALL!!!

I gotta have them...Gotta Have Them ALL!!!

They're worse than Pokemon!

Don't cha just love Psyduck?!

I totally got to have the Simon cover...and the Kaylee...and Pezzy don't let me buy all of them.

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Tuesday, May 17, 2005 7:00 PM

HELL'S KITTEN

Just wait 'til the trade paperback or graphic novel (hardcover edition) comes out with an all NEW cover. You know it'll happen. (For those of you who are comics-impared, the TPB and GN are compilations of the individual issues.) Moo hoo haa haa....

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Tuesday, May 17, 2005 9:59 PM

FRAY101

Love the Wash one - not quite so convinced by River & Simon. For one thing, Simon's pointing a gun & looking menacing!

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 1:11 AM

MANWITHPEZ

Important people don't do field work.

Quote:
Originally posted by thatweirdgirl:
Quote:
Originally posted by manwithpez:
Those are just so SHINY! I love the Simon cover! I love them ALL!!!

I gotta have them...Gotta Have Them ALL!!!

They're worse than Pokemon!

Don't cha just love Psyduck?!

I totally got to have the Simon cover...and the Kaylee...and Pezzy don't let me buy all of them.

Hey! I'm not gonna stop you, I'm going to be too busy trying to buy them all. Besides, if me and you ever ran into each other at the comic store,I'd wonder if the Apocalypse was coming. My only problem with buying them all is that I'm a comic reader...not a collector. I take them home, and I READ them. So, I don't see the need to buy all of them, but their cover's are so cool. I think one or two might be produced short...I think I know which ones too.

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 2:33 AM

INEVITABLEBETRAYAL

As an immense comics fan, I cannot wait for these to come out. I will buy all nine covers, and the TPB and the GN. Call me crazy if you will; don't care.

Love the new covers; River is just so creepifying--the gun seems so completely out of place; it's quite jarring. Wash seems to be...well, Wash; what's to say about him? He's him.

The only one I have reservations about is Simon. Now, don't get me wrong--it is certainly a well-rendered likeness of Sean. But it doesn't seem to be a good likeness of Simon (if you take my meaning). It would appear that our doctor has become two things that he manifestly was not in the series: 1) proficient with firearms, and 2) a badass. As was said earlier, Simon ought to stick to taking bullets out, not the other thing. His performance on Niska's skyplex as much as proves that.

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 4:07 AM

CYBERSNARK

As I said over in the Blue Sun Room, I'm thinking (hoping) that it's not a gun, just a spare part being held in a vaguely threatening fashion.

It'd be just like Joss to (have the cover artist) pull a joke like that.

Speculation follows:

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Mal & company go off, leaving Simon & Kaylee alone on Serenity. Kaylee tries to flirt, Simon puts his foot in his mouth, and Kaylee sends him off to the hold to get a fuel converter (or whatever).

While Simon's getting the part, the Bad Guys storm in, catching him unprepared. Thinking quickly, Simon raises the "weapon" and threatens to blow their leader away if they don't leave now.

Probably works great until Kaylee wanders in, demanding to know what's takin' so long with. . . the. . . Oh.

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 4:13 AM

STARPILOTGRAINGER

I just think something happens to River, forcing Simon to do his impression of Ghandi.

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 4:25 AM

EMBERS

Quote:
Originally posted by rklenseth:
Serenitymovie.com's latest news item are the final three Serenity comic covers featuring River, Simon, and Wash.

You can find it here; http://browncoats.serenitymovie.com/serenity/index.html?fuseaction=too
ls.shownews&news_id=151

Well I've decided to get me:
1. Jayne
2. Book
3. Wash
(those are the ones that really captured the actors I love)
but I'm buying a more main-stream set for my brother & some friends:
1. Mal
2. Kayley
3. River

I have to say the ones I don't like are:
Inara (way too goofy IMO)
Zoe (not pretty enough, she has a very delicate chin & jaw and they made her look very masculine)
Simon (I'm just not liking gun-slinger Simon)
and what is with the leather jerkin and strap on his arm? Since when did Simon dress up like Robin Hood?
It is just so wrong.

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 5:02 AM

RELFEXIVE

Mmm.... Can't wait for them to become available for pre-order at www.tfaw.com. Then I can order all three of them to go with the other six I've already pre-ordered

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 5:12 AM

EMMA

See, this is why I just don't get Dark Horse - the women have big boobs (check out Inara - very weird) and all the guys have to have muscles (since when has Simon's forearm bulged). Grrrrrrr

I don't know many female Dark Horse fans, and I sure as hell ain't one of them. Having said that Wash looks fabby!

extremely dimensionally transcendental

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 5:21 AM

RELFEXIVE

I'm reminded of the Angel episode Guise Will Be Guise. Maybe Simon has to impersonate some tough border world gunman, and does a little better than the last time he tried to be a diabolical master of disguise

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 6:11 AM

ANTHONYT

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Hello,

Regarding Simon, he has never hesitated to charge into danger when called for. While his efforts may have been inept, they were certainly genuine. He has held a gun, and even fired it. He has taken dives from railings to wrestle with foes, and has even attacked bounty hunters despite being shot. Simon is no gunslinger, but he is very much a hero at heart. I don't think he would hesitate to use a gun if the need called for it. Whether he'd hit anything is another matter.

It is Kaylee who has never been able to face danger head-on. I like the bandaid on her elbow, incidentally.

--Anthony

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 6:35 AM

BROWNCOAT1

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

WOW!!!

Great covers! Can't wait to get all of them!

When did Simon go all bad@$$ on us?!?

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Thursday, May 19, 2005 2:40 PM

VETERAN

Don't squat with your spurs on.

This is exactly what I pictured when the idea of a Firefly comic came up.

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Thursday, May 19, 2005 7:13 PM

NYWOE

Quote:
Originally posted by Emma:
See, this is why I just don't get Dark Horse - the women have big boobs (check out Inara - very weird) and all the guys have to have muscles (since when has Simon's forearm bulged). Grrrrrrr

I don't know many female Dark Horse fans, and I sure as hell ain't one of them. Having said that Wash looks fabby!

extremely dimensionally transcendental

I think what you're describing is a problem with comics in general, not necessarily just Dark Horse. Image is the main offender, imho. But I think comics are diversifying lately accross the board, with attention to demographics other than 14-year old boys, which is good! :)

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Friday, May 20, 2005 1:51 AM

EMMA

Image is definitely a bad one but I am an old-woman and lovingly remember the dawn of Vertigo...

extremely dimensionally transcendental

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Friday, May 20, 2005 4:16 AM

VECTREXER

Gotta agree, Simon is/was a doc. Simon is kinda of pansy. I liked having Simon be the fall guy for the wimp'ish things that happened around him.

Don't believe he has suddenly drank the hair-o-the-dog and guts enough to actually shoot someone.

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Friday, May 20, 2005 4:58 AM

STARPILOTGRAINGER

This is a trend in comics in general, but it's more prominent on the _covers_ of comics, because that's the first thing people see, and comic buyers are still traditionally male. Inside, I think it's slightly better.

And, to use the opportunity to plug one of my favorite comics (and one of Joss Whedon's apparently), Runaways, from Marvel. The characters are teens, the cast are mostly female. None of the female characters are particularly buxom - the only one who is, is actually slightly overweight (at least from a comic-or-TV-character perspective, probably about average from a realistic one). It's a great book all around, though, great dialog, surprising twists, and fun characters.

Although, on the covers for the book, she looks skinny too, which just goes to show what I was saying about the covers. ;)

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Friday, May 20, 2005 7:07 AM

BATMARLOWE

Generally the covers are good, but I gotta say I don't understand the one for Simon. I think it's way out of character. The artist gave River a gun but the pose and expression were right for River. If you were unfamiliar with FIREFLY, the assumptions you would make about Simon based on that illustration would be way off from the Simon we saw in the series. I'm just perplexed that someone o.k.'ed that illustration to represent Simon.

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Friday, May 20, 2005 8:50 PM

NYWOE

Thanks StarPilotGrainger,
I'll have to check that one out.

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Friday, May 20, 2005 9:28 PM

REAVERINA1985RIVIERA

Zoe, Kaylee, and Jayne's covers are perfect! But Simon looks like someone (coughJaynecough) has been feeding him steroids as a joke. "roid Rage would explane why he's holding a gun.

Even art fails to capture the beauty that is Morena Baccaran (hell, even her name is beautiful)

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Friday, May 20, 2005 10:40 PM

NYWOE

I think it's funny how wildly our opinions of the covers vary. The only opinions that seem to be consesuses are:

Jayne looks cool
Inara looks weird

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