Ahahahahahahahahahaha

FruityOatySaladbar | April 22, 00:22 CET

Bwah! He's right. The real Big Bad is self-doubt. And growing up. And realizing your heroes are just as flawed...

I now have the urge to set up Google alerts for "Joss Whedon + good news".

Emmie | April 22, 00:25 CET

Heh, that Marvel executive must have read the message board complaints about decompression, too-long stories without obligatory fight scenes in every issue. Y'know, those complaints that Marvel has been (rightfully) ignoring for ten years now.

Also, I think the Hijinks people would appreciate this link being used.

Niels van Eekelen | April 22, 00:25 CET

I think it would be nice if the link went to the actual comic site. Over here.

The comic itself is funny, which is typical for Hijinks.

ETA: dangit Niels :)

[ edited by danregal on 2010-04-22 00:27 ]

danregal | April 22, 00:26 CET

Hilarious comic l wonder lf tt's making reference to the Wonder Woman incident still funny nonetheless.

zee | April 22, 00:27 CET

Yeah, sorry. I was going to link to the HiJinks page but I wasn't sure how long the story would stay at the headline. Thanks for finding the individual link.

ItsOnlyCody | April 22, 00:28 CET

This is obviously totally bogus. A Hollywood exec actually reading a script? Right.....

zz9 | April 22, 01:48 CET

Bwahahaha! I love a good HE comic!

Kaan | April 22, 01:58 CET

hilarious

mortimer | April 22, 02:25 CET

Too frelling funny.

"He's like the main Avenger."

"You're fired. Forever."

alcabongTV | April 22, 03:17 CET

That's so not like how Joss writes. With Joss, you get to explore his characters, fall in love with them a little at a time, by exploring their ...

(* SPLAT! SPEAR BISECTS QUANTUMAC'S CHEST *)

... gurgle, gurgle... I don't care what you believe, just believe it... gurgle...

quantumac | April 22, 03:38 CET

Hahahahahaha.

aapac | April 22, 04:57 CET

Heh. The funniest bit is in the first panel:

"I have a google alert set up for 'Joss Whedon + Good News.' It's never gone off before."

It's funny because it's true.

WindTheFrog | April 22, 06:08 CET

hahahaha ...brilliant!

a stranger in my place | April 22, 09:22 CET

Heh, well-timed humor in that there comic.

But plenty of Whedon good news over the years. Buffy gets a spin-off, Angel. A few quality comics while Buffyverse was still on TV (Fray and Haunted, Jane's Season 3|4 bridge, for my money), both series lasting a nice amount of time and staying solid for the majority of their runs. Joss gets a show on Fox, yes it gets canceled early, but unexpectedly (at the time, until they started hinting hugely) receives a big screen conclusion. Writer's strike results in one of the coolest independant creative efforts of the '00s, Dr. Horrible. Dollhouse happened, Dollhouse received a second season even ! Plus all the comics that Joss has done, for those that've enjoyed them (or at least appreciate that they're there as an option to purchase, should they want more Whedony goodness--Sugarshock!).

Glass half-full. Whedon and his fans get comparatively way more new material than that of many other niche-name creative types out there, it's been an amazing run since March 1997. We're too eager to bitch about how "the man"/networks/Hollywood/Joe-Mainstream have slighted us/Joss, but those same factors are what have allowed Joss to make available-to-the-masses-on-a-large-scale entertainment as well. I guess that's one of the things the internet is good for, we need to vent somewhere, but...some perspective.

Kris | April 22, 14:45 CET

How did I not see this before I posted this? Durrrr...

didifallasleep | April 22, 17:42 CET

Word, Kris. Still, the embattled minority dynamic helps create fandom solidarity, I suppose.

SoddingNancyTribe | April 22, 17:52 CET

I find it deliciously ironic that, as far as I can tell, the "good news" tag has never been used before.

ManEnoughToAdmitIt | April 22, 20:24 CET

the problem with Captain America isn't Joss cant kill him. He cant kill the character only now, cause he just had being ressurected. The guy needs a little more time between the living before go the grave again. Then, Joss will be the guy to do it.

Brasilian Chaos Man | April 22, 21:08 CET

I love HE and this one is pretty funny. I was kinda disappointed to not see the Evil Fox Executive. this was a great opportunity for him to continue his revenge! and I love comic!Joss.

okelay | April 23, 02:23 CET

I guess I read it differently than you all did. I thought it was condescending, and anybody that puts out any negative propaganda about Joss makes my blood boil. Glad most of yall thought it was funny.

Butler | April 23, 04:20 CET

Butler, despite not liking Dollhouse, Hijinks' Joel is a pretty hardcore Whedon fan.

QingTing | April 23, 14:57 CET

Maybe the webmasters can make a pop-up window anytime someone tags an article as "good news":

Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.

Liar.

OneTeV | April 23, 17:42 CET