Serenity #1 solicitation

[torippu]

WOOOOOHOOOOO!

Shipping in July from Dark Horse Comics (solicits available here (http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0504/04/dhjuly.htm)):

SERENITY #1

Written by Joss Whedon and Brett Matthews, pencils by Will Conrad, colors by Laura Martin.

This fall Joss Whedon makes his big-screen debut as writer/director with Serenity, the big-budget feature follow-up to his cult-hit TV show Firefly‹the story of a ship full of mercenaries, outlaws, fugitives, and one law-abiding prostitute running across the fringes of space. Now Whedon pens a three issue miniseries based on the film with Brett Matthews, whose previous credits include Spider-Man specials with Daredevil and Wolverine, episodes of TV's Firefly, an Angel miniseries, and the animated Chronicles of Riddick feature Dark Fury.

The crew of Serenity once again find themselves broke and on the wrong side of a number of very large firearms, making the first issue a case study in how to mix intense, Whedon-style character interaction with cinematic action and violence. Artist Will Conrad and colorist Laura Martin paint a rough and wild world of adventure across a strange and dangerous universe. Each issue of this series features three covers, one for each member of the Serenity crew, drawn by the biggest names in comics. Issue #1 features Mal by John Cassaday, Inara by J.G. Jones, and Jayne by Bryan Hitch.

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on July 6.

Inara cover (http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0504/04/serenity1.htm)
Mal cover (http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0504/04/serenity1b.htm)
Jayne cover (http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0504/04/serenity1c.htm)

I hate variant covers, but I loved this series while it was on TV and anything I can do to support the long term growth of this property means that I'm more than happy to spend the extra $6 to track down the other covers.

[kevhines]

Is this an adaption of the movie? instead of a new story?
booo! I don't want to be spoiled before the film comes out (in the FALL?)

[torippu]

Is this an adaption of the movie? instead of a new story?
booo! I don't want to be spoiled before the film comes out (in the FALL?)
Hmm, the solicit is a little confusing. At the Whedon panel at Wonder-Con this year, Joss said that it was supposed to be a story that bridges the end of the TV series with the beginning of the movie. I'm hoping that's the story that we get.

[Loren]

I think this 'in-between' tale was originally intended as a direct-to-video animated prequel (a la "Van Helsing: The London Assignment"). But the DTV project was eventually abandoned, so the story was used for a comic mini instead.

Loren