Nice artwork. But those pants are a little loose.

BrewBunny | December 13, 22:59 CET

This is the post-Serenity story?

Simon | December 13, 23:11 CET

Presuming that's still the case for the FCBD story, yes.

The One True b!X | December 13, 23:44 CET

Mal, Serenity, gun, something most likely stolen. I like it.

Sunfire | December 13, 23:47 CET

Looks like he got the "four-finger" discount.

alexreager | December 14, 00:04 CET

Niiiice. Slanty gunbelt. Pants maybe a tad loose. Purse goes well with ensemble...

FloralBonnet | December 14, 00:56 CET

Mal has a new shirt! He never had one that red before.

Craig Oxbrow | December 14, 02:32 CET

The presence of stretch denim is an indication of a truly advanced culture.

BreathesStory | December 14, 02:43 CET

Damn...that's one hell of a photo-realistic image of the good Capt. Tightpants, or near enough I thought it was a photo for a second!

;D

Concerning Mal's wardrobe? I think Inara's been applying some of her feminine wiles to get him to dress a tad different. The shade of red his shirt is reminds of a similar shade of one of Inara's outfits from the series. Plus, while I can imagine she appreciates anything that emphasizes Mal's sculpted rear end, I can see her encouraging looser pants to prevent constriction around certain sensitive areas.

BlueEyedBrigadier | December 14, 02:46 CET

Apart from the second half of the twentieth century, the only time and place I can think of where men wore really tight pants (as opposed to tight hose) was Regency England, where young bucks wore skintight doeskin trousers. Those were expensive in materials and tailoring.

The ways to get tight fitting clothing are lacing, tailoring, tightly woven knits, deliberate shrinkage and elastic. Exact tailoring and tightly woven knits are labor intensive. Tight clothing over muscular body parts that move a lot tends to get torn, so the laboring classes don't go in for it. On the other hand, brigands often wear finery above their class to advertise that they don't work for a living.

Sometimes the upper classes wear stiff, bulky or inordinately draped clothing instead of tight clothing. In either case, the message is the same: "I can afford expensive materials and I don't have to move around much."

janef | December 14, 03:15 CET

And anyway, the tight pants of Captain Tightpants weren't part of Mal's every day clothing, so no reason he'd have tight pants on this cover.

The One True b!X | December 14, 03:41 CET

Regarding your qustion Simon I thing the leaf soaring on the wind beside Mal, might indicate it is.

Cabot | December 14, 09:53 CET

That is beautiful!

Invisible Green | December 14, 17:04 CET