Leaf on the wind9/19/2023 He focuses on the emotional look of the characters and not the “every character must look like the screen actors.” Which can sometimes sink an adapted property book. I’ve been a huge fan of him since he penciled Buffy Season 8 and Season 9. George Jeanty does a marvelous job of recreating the look and the feel of Joss Whedon’s space universe. THERE’S NO PLACE THAT I CAN BE, ONCE I DRAW SERENITY Though when the dying phrase of one of the main characters of the film is repeated again and again, it does make a reader question the dialoging abilities of the writer. Maybe Whedon brother Zack isn’t the writer that Joss is, I’m not sure. However, the dialogue felt off throughout the issue. I understand that this is a completely different medium so it must be judged accordingly. While this issue was enjoyable, I did notice myself not caring for the characters as much as I had in the movies. This is where the issue starts to fall apart slightly, and the cracks can be seen. I understand that we have to setup the new status quo and bring new readers into the fold, but the opening pages of this issue reminded me of the aggravating and constant TV panels of The Dark Knight Returns. There’s a lot of talking in this book which is surprising for a Western. So now that everyone in the ‘verse is hunting for them, what is the crew of the Serenity going to do? Have a baby of course! Plus an old enemy from the TV series makes an appearance and decides to join the hunt as well. A new revolutionary group and the Alliance want to find Serenity. They’ve kept a low profile, but that doesn’t mean that people aren’t hunting them. (Do you see where this story is going?) Malcolm Reynolds and his crew are on the run after revealing to the universe that the empirical organization called The Alliance created the murderous and frightening humans called The Reavers. This book picks up several months after the film Serenity, nine months to be exact. So how was the return of Serenity? Let’s just say it was a good thing this book is written by one of the Whedon brothers. Most writers would have had severe panic attacks when faced with bringing this crew back into comics, and trying to continue a storyline that Joss Whedon didn’t get to finish. This book was so highly anticipated that it could have imploded on itself. It was going to have high expectations placed on it by any fan that loved to hear Joss Whedon’s fast paced dialogue in a western environment. TAKE MY LAND, TAKE MY MONEYīringing the crew of the Serenity into comics, and continuing their story was always going to be a big deal no matter which publisher did it. Now, they’re back, and we can finally learn where their stories go after all these years. Then they showed up in a big movie and a couple of the crew died. Previously in SERENITY: LEAVES ON THE WIND: The crew of the Firefly class ship called Serenity had 14 adventures before they were canceled by Fox. Browncoats rejoice! Captain Mal Reynolds and the crew of the Serenity are back in this brand new comic series from Dark Horse.
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