Get your free Buffy and Serenity comic books today.
The first Saturday in May means Free Comic Book Day. There's a Buffy/The Guild flip book (penned by Andrew Chambliss and Felicia Day respectively) and a Serenity/Star Wars flip book (both stories penned by Zack Whedon) up for grabs. Hopefully there's a comic book store in your area that's participating.
Both flipbooks are fun reads.
May 05 2012
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Dude Meister | May 05, 04:24 CET
Simon | May 05, 04:27 CET
Although do we know if the earlier digital mini comic "magical Mystery tour" Will be bundled in Volume 1?? If not would be cool to have the FCBD comic and that together in a future tpb.
Fuelreaver | May 05, 04:42 CET
The main purpose of FCBD is to drive people to comic shops, though, so maybe they'll wait a while before they put it up.
Both issues are recommended, by the way. I liked the similarities between the Mal Reynolds and the Han Solo story (although not having at least a pin-up with the both of them together is a real missed opportunity).
Niels van Eekelen | May 05, 04:47 CET
faith in Angel | May 05, 05:29 CET
lisatwingomez | May 05, 06:09 CET
VicTopher | May 05, 08:12 CET
The big surprise here for me was that I didn't think they would be so overt with the Alien stuff.Dark Horse has the rights to produce Alien comics and it's been one of their big franchise there for years,since the mid 80s I believe.Plus Joss wrote the fourth film and of course Ridley Scott's prequel/spin-off film,"Prometheus" comes out next month.SO I can understand the cross promotion.
So I read a summary before going out to my comic store but I still wasn't expecting the zompire bug Irene to look exactly like the xenomorphs from the Alien films.I mean it looks exactly like the Alien including it's bio mechanical tongue and it's moulting.I was expecting some allusion to the Alien films like the opening page with Buffy doing a homage to the famous Ripley hiding in her underwear in the closet with space suits from the climax of Alien or the zompire bug casting a shadow that looked like a Alien.But this thing is a flat out xenomorph it turns out and IMO makes this a full fledged Buffy/Alien crossover.If Promotheus wasn't coming out than we could say this is the origin for the Aliens. lol
Also the fact that this issue raises the idea that non human things can be sired is interesting.What would a vampire or now zompire dog or cat look like?
The story itself was light which is to be expected from a FCBD issue.I'm figuring this issue takes place between issues 4 and 5.After the first arc with Severin but before the pregnancy scare and Andrew's robot switch reveal.Sort of puts a different spin reading this now knowing what we know about the robot plotline.That this is a robot body that Buffy's mind has been transfered to while her real body is out there with a programed mind living in suburbia.
I would say this issue is light hearted sidebar overall.
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Buffyfantic | May 05, 08:32 CET
Skytteflickan88 | May 05, 08:36 CET
lecter | May 05, 10:55 CET
But hey, I go to the comic shop regularly, and I'd merrily buy these particular comics anyway, I don't need an incentive and am therefore not the target audience, so I don't mind eBay-diving.
Craig Oxbrow | May 05, 12:28 CET
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LKW | May 05, 14:02 CET
gossi | May 05, 14:04 CET
will.bueche | May 05, 14:17 CET
C. A. Bridges | May 05, 15:02 CET
BreathesStory | May 05, 16:32 CET
@theonetruebix | May 05, 16:34 CET
I liked the guild story a lot too, but I really didn't like the art, personally.
aphasia | May 05, 17:25 CET
Risch22 | May 05, 17:43 CET
newcj | May 05, 17:48 CET
I really enjoyed both stories. I thought the Serenity comic really nailed the dialogue especially.
mnspnr | May 05, 18:01 CET
embers | May 05, 18:15 CET
As for the comics, I enjoyed both of them; I'm not a Firefly super-fan (I much prefer the Buffyverse) but I think I actually liked the Serenity/Star Wars books a tad better.
Jelly | May 05, 18:16 CET
Today I had a massage and right next door to the spa was....a comic book store! So in I went and out I came with the freebie, which I read before my wonderful, relaxing massage.
Both the massage the comic were fabulous.
Reddygirl | May 05, 18:23 CET
losthero47 | May 05, 23:58 CET
@theonetruebix | May 05, 23:59 CET
Ozzel | May 06, 20:47 CET
FCBD stories are available now in DH's digital store.
anca | May 06, 23:31 CET
Simon | May 06, 23:42 CET