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bardiphouka7.Serenity:Those Left Behind
Joss Whedon,Brett Matthews, Dark Horse 2006 104 Pages
Alas, the series is gone and the movie seems to be determined to be a one off, so this is what we have left. And it is not,all in all, a bad thing to be left with. Will Conrad does a very good job of visually recreating the world of Firefly. And it is nice to spend an hour or so with old friend. I enjoyed the book (which is actually a collection of comics but I never have the patience for that..sort of like those megavolume fantasies that..but I digress>)
One thing I did notice reading the reviews in Amazon. It seems the more the person is a Browncoat the more lukewarm they were about the story. Not sure why. For my part, Firefly may be gone but you can't stop the signal. Especially if he pens more books like this.
8.JLA:Riddle of the Beast
Alan Grant et al. DC Elseworlds 2001 104 pages
9. Marvel 1602
Neil Gaiman et all. Marvel 2004 248 pages
It is natural to list these two books together, which is probably not fair to JLA: Riddle of the Beast. For one thing, Alan Grant is quite a good writer in the comic field, but he is not Neil. Only Terry Pratchett is Neil but they've a deal worked out for that. It is all in the Jacket.
Anyway, back to the books. There were several other problems. JLA is a thee and thou high fantasy using characters from JLA. 1602 is an alternate history using characters loosely based on Marvel characters. Neil was also given a lot more space to develop both characters and story. Again, both of these books are collections of loose comics. In the DC story, a different artist did each chapter. And there are a number of (short) chapters. Which in a collected form can be distracting. The JLA version is, I believe, now out in paperback. Which if you are going to get it I would suggest. 1602 is a hardback book, because you are going to want to read it again and again, and lend it and..etc.
Joss Whedon,Brett Matthews, Dark Horse 2006 104 Pages
Alas, the series is gone and the movie seems to be determined to be a one off, so this is what we have left. And it is not,all in all, a bad thing to be left with. Will Conrad does a very good job of visually recreating the world of Firefly. And it is nice to spend an hour or so with old friend. I enjoyed the book (which is actually a collection of comics but I never have the patience for that..sort of like those megavolume fantasies that..but I digress>)
One thing I did notice reading the reviews in Amazon. It seems the more the person is a Browncoat the more lukewarm they were about the story. Not sure why. For my part, Firefly may be gone but you can't stop the signal. Especially if he pens more books like this.
8.JLA:Riddle of the Beast
Alan Grant et al. DC Elseworlds 2001 104 pages
9. Marvel 1602
Neil Gaiman et all. Marvel 2004 248 pages
It is natural to list these two books together, which is probably not fair to JLA: Riddle of the Beast. For one thing, Alan Grant is quite a good writer in the comic field, but he is not Neil. Only Terry Pratchett is Neil but they've a deal worked out for that. It is all in the Jacket.
Anyway, back to the books. There were several other problems. JLA is a thee and thou high fantasy using characters from JLA. 1602 is an alternate history using characters loosely based on Marvel characters. Neil was also given a lot more space to develop both characters and story. Again, both of these books are collections of loose comics. In the DC story, a different artist did each chapter. And there are a number of (short) chapters. Which in a collected form can be distracting. The JLA version is, I believe, now out in paperback. Which if you are going to get it I would suggest. 1602 is a hardback book, because you are going to want to read it again and again, and lend it and..etc.
