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Post by Alyrenee on Feb 23, 2005 16:56:27 GMT -5
Dark Horse to Publish 'Serenity' Comics3-Issue Prequel to Sci-Fi Film Due This Summer February 22, 2005 Joss Whedon announced at WonderCon that he was supervising a three-issue comic book series (from Dark Horse Comics) that would serve as a prequel to the movie Serenity, which is due out from Universal Pictures on September 30th. The Dark Horse comics, which are being written by Brett Matthews (Angel), will be released this summer and will serve as a bridge between the cancelled Fox TV series Firefly and Whedon's new Serenity film. Each of the three Dark Horse Serenity comics will come with three variant covers, each of which will feature one of the nine principal players in the film. John Cassaday, who is currently illustrating Whedon's Astonishing X-Men series for Marvel, will be drawing Mal (Nathan Fillion) for one of the covers of the first comic in the series.
Whedon also announced that, after a short respite, he and Cassaday will return for second 12-issue stint on Astonishing X-Men and then finish up their storyline in giant-size Astonishing X-Men Annual.
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Post by DanMan on Feb 23, 2005 17:32:33 GMT -5
I think the art they've released so far looks great! I'm even more excited about the Astonishing news though. I guess they're returning to doing Annuals, which I think is stupid personally. With this team though, I'll certainly buy it.
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Post by Alyrenee on Feb 24, 2005 14:03:03 GMT -5
yeah, cassaday is the MAN...i totally adore his Planetary books. they rule.
I havne't picked up astonishing yet...i keep meaning to buy the trade but forgetting...
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Post by cosmicspidey on Mar 9, 2005 1:40:45 GMT -5
I don't think Marvel is bringing back the annual, I just think that's the best way Joss could describe it. You might call it a book-end if there was one at the start too. Maybe something along the lines of Avengers Finale.
Aly, I just got into Planetary recently. I bought the first trade becuase of Cassady's art and was hooked. Do you know if the third trade is out yet? I know the book suffers from an erratic schedule, so I'm not even sure what issue the comic is at at the moment. I'm only up to #12.
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