Category Archives: Firefly

Serenity: Leaves On The Wind #6

Posted on Jan 23, 2017 by NFB

So, the time has come to finish up this page by page analysis of Leaves On The Wind. And we’re finishing things off with an extra-long issue… Page One A quick set-up to re-orient the reader, though they did it … Continue reading →

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Serenity: Leaves On The Wind #5

Posted on Jan 16, 2017 by NFB

After the very lacklustre fourth issue, Leaves On The Wind trundles onward. Page One The person River tells the crew to run from in the top panel always looked liked the player character in Bully to me. Anyway, this page … Continue reading →

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Serenity: Leaves On The Wind #4

Posted on Jan 9, 2017 by NFB

OK, after the last issue’s surprise ending, lets continue on. Page One The remaining crew of Serenity, minus Mal, glower down at something. We’ll try and conveniently ignore the fact that Simon’s eyes appear to be looking in two different … Continue reading →

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Serenity: Leaves On The Wind #3

Posted on Jan 2, 2017 by NFB

So, a new year but same old Serenity. Let’s take a closer look at Leaves On The Wind #3. Page One #3 opens very clearly on a dream sequence, River lost in a white negative space. I thought reading first … Continue reading →

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Serenity: Leaves On The Wind #2

Posted on Dec 19, 2016 by NFB

Let’s continue. Page One #2 begins with a nice exhibition of what the Alliance is: an opening shot of the Tahoka class, that city in space, and then the interior, where Jubal Early and the two Alliance officers enjoy a … Continue reading →

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Serenity: Leaves On The Wind #1

Posted on Dec 12, 2016 by NFB

So we come to Leaves On The Wind, the official full scale comic continuation of the Firefly/Serenity story, written by Zach Whedon with art work by Georges Jeanty. In the next six entries, I’d like to take a walkthrough through … Continue reading →

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Serenity: It’s Never Easy/The Warrior And The Wind

Posted on Dec 5, 2016 by NFB

Before we move on to the very later Serenity comics release, I’d like to take a look at two more of the short-form comics that have been released over the years on Free Comic Book Day, with two very varying … Continue reading →

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Ron Glass

Posted on Nov 28, 2016 by NFB

Saturday evening brought the sad news that Ron Glass had passed away at the age of just 71. Glass has a storied enough career with plenty of notable roles, but of course I and many others associate him almost entirely … Continue reading →

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Serenity: Zoe’s Pregnancy

Posted on Nov 21, 2016 by NFB

The final page of Float Out is the big surprise, the one thing about the piece that makes it connect to the larger canon in a huge way. The rest of the story, the three friends, their stories about Wash, … Continue reading →

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Serenity: Wash The Hero In Float Out

Posted on Nov 14, 2016 by NFB

Wash was not an underdeveloped character in the course of either Firefly or Serenity. One episode, “War Stories”, focuses largely on him, and he had his moments in the film too. But, it would be fair to say that, owing … Continue reading →

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