SERENITY: LEAVES ON THE WIND Comes Home

Serenity: Leaves on the Wind #1 courtesy Dark Horse Comics
Serenity: Leaves on the Wind #1 courtesy Dark Horse Comics

Serenity soared again.

Joss Whedon created the short-lived but passionately loved Firefly television series.

The adventures continued in the feature film Serenity.

Now Browncoats fans know what happens next.

Dark Horse Comics picked up the story of Mal Reynolds and his crew in Serenity: Leaves On the Wind. The six-issue limited series is collected in one hard cover volume out this week. Continue reading SERENITY: LEAVES ON THE WIND Comes Home

MORENA BACCARIN At EMERALD CITY COMICON 2015

Serenity: Leaves on the Wind #1 courtesy Dark Horse Comics
Serenity: Leaves on the Wind #1 courtesy Dark Horse Comics

UPDATE:

Due to filming conflicts Barracin can no longer attend. ECCC recruited fellow Firefly star Jewel Staite to appear at the Seattle event.

Emerald City Comicon recruits two stars from the Whedonverse. Morena Baccarin played Inara on Firefly then in the film Serenity.Baccarin went on to roles on V, Stargate S.G. One and the acclaimed Emmy winning drama Homeland.

 

Baccarin is not just a sci-fi icon but has an incredible list of voice roles playing iconic comic book characters including Talia Al Ghul, Cheetah and Black Canary.

 

Inara’s story (and the rest of the cast of the beloved cult television and series) continued in Serenity: Leaves on the Wind from Dark Horse Comics. Continue reading MORENA BACCARIN At EMERALD CITY COMICON 2015

Top 10 Comics for June 25, 2014

Batman #32 courtesy DC Comics
Batman #32 courtesy DC Comics

Batman #32  The Dark Knight vs. the Riddler for control of Gotham City. The fight that shaped the future of Batman, Jim Gordon and their crusade. The next to the last chapter of Bruce Wayne’s Zero Year by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo.

 

C.O.W.L. #2 A union of fallen super heroes fights to recapture their power, status and love of the public. What are they willing to sacrifice to win back their glory. A retro tale of 1960’s heroes with edge, guts and themes right out of our world today by  Kyle Higgins, Alec Siegel and Rod Reis

 

New Avengers #30 & New Avengers Annual #1 Marvel is conjuring a Dr. Strange movie and here are two intertwined tales of the Master of the Mystic Arts. How far is Dr. Strange willing to go to stop the heroes of a rival universe to save our Earth? Then in the Annual, Strange must return to the Himalayas to settle a debt with a sect of monks unlike any you’ve seen.  The Sorcerer Supreme already bargained in Hell for the power to save the planet -but will he lose his soul? Continue reading Top 10 Comics for June 25, 2014

Top Comics For May 28, 2014

Batman #31 courtesy DC Comics
Batman #31 courtesy DC Comics

Batman #31 Bruce Wayne’s transformation into the Dark Night, how he formed an alliance with James Gordon and how he saved Gotham City from the Riddler. It’s a critical chapter in Zero Year: Savage City by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo.

 

Deadly Class #5 High school is hell but when you’re in an elite academy for assassins in training – every test could be your last. The “hero” is forced to face his bloody past while dodging killer classmates eager Continue reading Top Comics For May 28, 2014

CHIWETEL EJIOFOR And SERENITY at Seattle International Film Festival

courtesy SIFF.net
courtesy SIFF.net

Browncoats and science fiction have a very stellar reason to attend the Seattle International Film Festival. Acclaimed actor Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) will receive a SIFF Award for Outstanding Achievement in Acting prior to the screening of Half of a Yellow Sun on May 19th.

 

Ejiofor is a icon of sci fi from his role in Serenity. The stars of Joss Whedon’s Firefly blasted on to the big screen in this feature film that co-starred Ejiofor as the villain known simply as “The Operative.” Continue reading CHIWETEL EJIOFOR And SERENITY at Seattle International Film Festival

Top Comics for April 30, 2014

The Amazing Spider-Man #1 courtesy Marvel
The Amazing Spider-Man #1 courtesy Marvel

Amazing Spider-Man #1 Peter Parker is back from dead. The true Spidey is back in a brand new series by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos up against a recharged Electro!

 

Forever Evil Aftermath: Batman vs. Bane #1 Forever Evil is over. The Dark Knight is back to retake Gotham City from Bane’s tight grip. It’s the battle of two very different Batmans by Peter Tomasi. Continue reading Top Comics for April 30, 2014