The first issue of a series of four that I bought at the last London ComicCon (May 27-29). I cannot criticise anything of this comic, maybe only that there are not more.
The introduction is by Nathan Fillion, speaking about his first contact with comics when he was a child, his feelings about superheroes and how Joss Whedon gave him an opportunity to become one of them.
The art by Will Conrad is great and not only make more real with his amazing drawings but gives more force to the story. The dialogues are great as a part of one of the series.
After we have an introduction to Firefly universe by Joss Whedon, when we know what we didn’t have the time during the emission or with the film.
Firefly fans have something here even if is not all the possibilities that we were waiting for with the TV series.
There are three more graphic novels of this series, and for me, this, the first and the last one are the best.
Joss Whedon is the middle of five brothers – his younger brothers are Jed Whedon and Zack Whedon. Both his father, Tom Whedon and his grandfather, John Whedon were successful television writers. Joss’ mother, Lee Stearns, was a history teacher and she also wrote novels as Lee Whedon. Whedon was raised in New York and was educated at Riverdale Country School, where his mother also taught. He also attended Winchester College in England for two years, before graduating with a film degree from Wesleyan University.
After relocating to Los Angeles, Whedon landed his first TV writing job on “Roseanne”, and moved on to script a season of “Parenthood”. He then developed a film script which went on to become Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992). Whedon was very unhappy with the final film – his original script was extensively re-written and made lighter in tone. After this he earned screenwriting credits on such high profile productions as Alien: Resurrection (1997) and Toy Story (1995), for which he was Oscar nominated. He also worked as a ‘script doctor’ on various features, notably Speed (1994).
In 1997, Whedon had the opportunity to resurrect his character Buffy in a television series on The WB Network. This time, as showrunner and executive producer, he retained full artistic control. The series, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” was a popular and critical hit, which ran for several seasons, the last two on UPN. Whedon also produced a spin-off series, “Angel”, which was also successful. A foray in to sci-fi television followed with “Firefly”, which developed a cult following, but did not stay on air long. It did find an audience on DVD and through re-runs, and a spin-off feature film Serenity(2005) was released in 2005.
Other projects have included comic book writing, the sci-fi drama “Dollhouse” and the screenplay for Marvel blockbuster Avengers Assemble (2012).
Brett Matthews is known for his work on The Vampire Diaries (2009), TheChronicles of Riddick: Dack Fury (2004) and Supernatural (2005).
Co-wrote the comic miniseries “Those Left Behind”, which bridged the gap between the TV series, Firefly (2002), and its feature film follow up, Serenity (2005), with Firefly creator Joss Whedon.
The hand of good fortune 