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Comics will continue...

POSTED BY: PARADICIO
UPDATED: Thursday, March 9, 2006 06:54
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Monday, February 13, 2006 10:00 AM

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Dark Horse’s Dirk Wood has confirmed yesterday that Joss Whedon will be working on new Serenity comics, bringing us new adventures in the 'verse, which are canon (ie fact). He says they will be "set within the continuity of Firefly".

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Monday, February 20, 2006 6:48 AM

SIKKUKUT

Wow!

It's so nice to know how I'll be spending my money. I believe this is called budgeting, or something.

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Monday, February 20, 2006 7:25 AM

LAUGHINGMUSE

For the most part, budgeting is highly overrated. Just keep swiping stuff from the grass-eating stsho. Easier that way...

I can mildly enjoy the stories in the comics, but I've never been a comics / graphic novel kind of gal. Must be some sort of learning disorder. (It's also irritating, since that's one of the few ways we're getting anything new and canon out of the Firefly universe these days.)

Mankind makes tools; we use them to augment our hands, arms and legs.
The computer augments the brain and this makes it very unpopular with totalitarians. - Charles J.C. Lyall

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Monday, February 20, 2006 10:53 AM

SIKKUKUT

HOLY CRAP.

You... you... you got... my user name...

*dies*

No, I'm serious, that has never happened before in years of posting under this handle on at least 4 different geek-heavy message boards.

You win the gorram prize!

Um, on topic, I like comics fine, but I much prefer the moving images to the static ones. Still and all, it's something.

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Monday, February 20, 2006 12:47 PM

LAUGHINGMUSE

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Originally posted by Sikkukut:
HOLY CRAP.

You... you... you got... my user name...

You win the gorram prize!

And mom worried that all that reading wouldn't ever amount to anything...wanted me to 'get out' and 'get some sun' and other silly suchwhich. *piffle* (Then again, she said Star Trek would give me nightmares. When a five-year-old can look at an ep and think, "Geez, that's cheesy", I don't think nightmares are the biggest problem.) I've read and re-read those books, and the shiny never rubs off 'em.

And now, for something completely on-topic:

I hope that Joss gets to continue some moving-picture form of the Firefly universe. The cast+crew all seem to actually enjoy working with each other, and they all seem to really enjoy the universe that Joss built. Doing something you love, with people you actually like and respect...it doesn't get much better.

And, of course, the whole "paychecks" thing probably doesn't suck.

I like good narrative stories, and I'll admit - sometimes my brain can get hung up on inconsequentials like "the artist didn't represent that person / character the way I imagined". This gets in the way of enjoying graphic novels.

Mankind makes tools; we use them to augment our hands, arms and legs.
The computer augments the brain and this makes it very unpopular with totalitarians. - Charles J.C. Lyall

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Friday, March 3, 2006 3:08 AM

SCRUFFYHANSOLO

has there been anymore news on the comic?
i am chompin at the bit to get my hands on
shiny stuff. i would have expected to see more
excitement from the community about this. we
need to make this the biggest selling comic
on the market. hell of all time. look at
what other popular independant and even not
as popular comics have done.

Spawn- movie, cartoon, big time toy line

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles- bad movies,
toy lines, cartoons

The Crow- good movie and some bad ones,
toys, TV show

Judge Dredd- really bad movie

Faust- Bad direct to video movie

the list keeps going but you see my point.
this can be a huge chnace and we can't let
it slip by. i will be doing my goram part
and i hope everyone else does thiers.

))<>((

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Friday, March 3, 2006 5:04 AM

GWEK

I haven't heard any updates on the comic front, but I know the first issue of the last miniseries was Dark Horse's best-selling title the month it came out (so we were doing our job!).

While you're waiting for the comic, why not check out www.stillflying.net? This is a fan-based project dedicated to a virtual continuation of the series in script format. We've already produced 7 episodes (bringing season one to a close with an adaptation of "Those Left Behind") and will be back with season two later this spring.

Keep flying!

www.stillflying.net: "Here's how it might have been..."

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Friday, March 3, 2006 7:34 AM

LEIASKY

Can't say as I really liked the other comics. The art was pretty horrible. But, I suppose anything to keep the stories coming is better than nothing.

"A government is a body of people usually notably ungoverned."

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Friday, March 3, 2006 7:40 AM

FLACO

Joss has always said he wants to continue working in the 'verse; in some form, any form. The comics are a good outlet for him to keep it flying. (And I'm not a comic book kinda guy but I did buy the first three.)

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Saturday, March 4, 2006 11:44 PM

ALGUS

I enjoy the comics but I am a voracious reader and they DO not last me. I got through the anthology in around 30 mins.

Still, I will get the comics if they come out, even if I have to actually enter a comic shop instead of just ordering them ;)

Personally I'd rather see some books, hopefully ones that were well written and counted as canon. And maybe a hardback or two instead of a bunch of mass-market paperbacks that fall apart too easily and go out of print after six months.

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Where's the KABOOM?! There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom! *sigh* Delays...delays...

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Tuesday, March 7, 2006 4:18 PM

SCRUFFYHANSOLO

i completely agree with you about some well written books. there are some very talented sci-fi writers out there and i think it would be a great way to continue. i know it has worked well for other properties. i love comics but i am like you and it takes me little to no time to read through a stack of them. hey i know they can do a monthly comic that is 150 pages. wouldn't that be shiny.

no power in the verse
))<>((

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Tuesday, March 7, 2006 6:05 PM

LAUGHINGMUSE

I would love well-written books. However, there are some authors (no names mentioned...) who basically recycle certain stock phrases for which the character is well known, don't seem to put much work into coming up with a plot, and this gets passed off as an original work in whatever universe. I won't buy that. (And, thanks be, I halfway suspect that Joss wouldn't go for that.)

On an only-slightly-related note, I haven't read anything by Keith DeCandido, the author of the Serenity novelization. Has anyone read that? How good was it? Could it have stood on its own as a good novel? (Like I said, I know nothing of this person's writing style.)

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Mankind makes tools; we use them to augment our hands, arms and legs.
The computer augments the brain and this makes it very unpopular with totalitarians. - Charles J.C. Lyall

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Tuesday, March 7, 2006 6:28 PM

SCRUFFYHANSOLO

good point i have had those problems with some writers as well. i think the writers who tend to use "catch phrases" probably never have taken the time to care about the character they are writing about. i would think Joss would need to have a say in a writer so they could be written by people who understand and like these characters.

))<>((

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Wednesday, March 8, 2006 10:39 AM

LEIASKY

>I haven't read anything by Keith DeCandido, the author of the Serenity novelization. Has anyone read that? How good was it?

The writing was pretty poor. I was real disappointed.

"A government is a body of people usually notably ungoverned."

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Wednesday, March 8, 2006 11:20 AM

SUICIDALDUCKLING

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Originally posted by LaughingMuse:

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On an only-slightly-related note, I haven't read anything by Keith DeCandido, the author of the Serenity novelization. Has anyone read that? How good was it? Could it have stood on its own as a good novel? (Like I said, I know nothing of this person's writing style.)

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i can't speak for everyone, but I enjoyed it. He followed the shooting script pretty well. Any details he added seemed consistant with the characters. i had already seen the movie by the time i read the novel, so i'm not sure i'm that good of a judge on how it stands on it's own, but it references quite a few of things from the series which helps give more characterization than the movie had time for. If i had to complain about something, it would be there were too many series references. Also, it's probably not descriptive enough to stand on it's own as a novel, but personally i don't like a lot of description and the more description he had the more likely the novel might conflict with the movie. The high points for me were the character interactions and internal monologues. They seemed spot on to me and helped flesh out things from the movie. Again, a lot of this is a matter of opinion though, so your mileage may vary.

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Thursday, March 9, 2006 6:54 AM

CYBERSNARK

I thought the novelization was fine, though with the same problems as above. I just chalk that down to KRAD himself being a Browncoat and wanting to recap the series for anyone who might pick up the book not knowing about the background. Y'know, looking to make converts.

All the other DeCandido books I've read (various other fandoms) have been awesome, so I may be a bit biased.

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We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.

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