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May 17 2008

(SPOILER) Entertainment Weekly feature on Dollhouse. There's some intriguing info from Joss and a couple of new pics as well.

May 16 2008

"You're killing me! You're better than this". Joss on how he intervened to save Eliza's career.
(SPOILER) MyCup O'Joe: a sneak peek at Runaways #30. Joe Quesada presents a plethora of pencilled preview pages for people to peruse of the Purple One's penultimate issue of Runaways. More...
(SPOILER) Dollhouse Exclusive Clip. Sneak peak at Dollhouse featuring Eliza Dushku and Tahmoh Penikett.

May 15 2008

Joss Whedon - The L.A. Times interview. In which he talks about Dollhouse, being part of the Fox family and Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog.

May 14 2008

Dollhouse news from Joss! Lots and lots of juicy tidbits to be had. Kristin confirms that Joss mentioned a 13 episode order. Also Joss posts here as well.

May 09 2008

Golder Trailer Award winners announced. Joss was one of the judges on the panel. The ceremony will be broadcast on May 26th on MyNetwork TV.

May 07 2008

(SPOILER) For the discussion of Buffy #14. The Buffster takes the fight to Japan in the third part of Drew Goddard's 'Wolves at the Gate' arc.
(SPOILER) Discuss Angel: After The Fall #7. The 'First Night' interlude continues as we find out more about what happened after 'Not Fade Away'. And preview pages for this issue can be found over at Newsarama.

May 06 2008

"It's going to be make a lot of people want to sing". Felicia Day talks about "Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" and when it will get released.

May 04 2008

The Top 100 Comic Book Runs Master List. Joss Whedon and John Cassaday's run on AXM takes the #38 spot, while Brian K Vaughan's Runaways comes in at #33 and his Y: The Last Man #13. More...

May 01 2008

(SPOILER) Buffy 8.14 "Wolves at the Gate", Part III preview. Dark Horse has released a preview of the 3rd chapter of Drew Goddard's current story arc of Buffy Season 8. ETA: Three extra preview pages to read at Newsarama! More...

April 28 2008

Matt Roush talks Whedon. Again! This time he answers a question about why certain producers find it hard to duplicate the success of their first hit show in future attempts. More...

April 25 2008

Neil Patrick Harris talks Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. And now we find how he came to star in Joss' internet musical.

April 24 2008

(SPOILER) Another review of the Dollhouse pilot script. "There's a pervasion of the creepy lurking throughout this pilot. Different kinds too. There's a sci-fi creepy in it and there's a stain-on-your-soul kind in there too". More...

April 23 2008

Joss Whedon's 10 finest moments. Den of Geek! picks Joss' best work from television, comic books and film.
Dollhouse begins shooting today. Great to see Joss back in action.
A stake in Buffy. Rhonda Owen wonders if Buffy is now technically considered an "undead" franchise. More...

April 22 2008

Visual rundown of the new Dolls. AfterEllen.com gives us pictures and a brief listing of the final cast and characters of Dollhouse! Plus, a beardy Joss picture. *Mild spoilers in the nature of thumbnail character descriptions and snippets of gushy reviews*
Dose.ca reports that Wonder Woman is on again (and features a Joss quote). Two guys still writing it.

April 20 2008

Bid for 'Angel: After The Fall' comics signed by Joss Whedon and Brian Lynch. Some of the proceeds will go towards Equality Now.
Joss Whedon to guest in Robot Chicken again. Seth Green announced that the first episode of the next season will feature Joss and Ron Moore.

April 14 2008

Joss Whedon, Sugarshock! and Buffy Season 8 nominated for 2008 Eisner Awards. Buffy is nominated for "Best Continuing Series" and "Best New Series", Sugarshock! for "Best Digital Comic" and Joss is up for "Best Writer". More...

April 10 2008

Torture in the 'Verse. The author ponders on what's behind the "eroticized male torture in Joss' work".

April 09 2008

Joss Whedon is one of the judges for the 9th Annual Golden Trailer Awards. Also on the jury are Morgan Spurlock, Eli Roth and Tony Hawk. More...

April 08 2008

Serenity: Better Days #2 shipping this week. According to Diamond's shipping list.

April 07 2008

(SPOILER) Variant cover art for Buffy #16. The artwork is by Georges Jeanty and the issue will be out on July 2nd.

April 06 2008

(SPOILER) Info and cover art for IDW's After The Fall comic books in July. Comics Continuum has the details for Angel: After The Fall #10 and Spike: After The Fall #1.

April 02 2008

(SPOILER) For the discussion of Buffy #13. Drew Goddard's "Wolves at the Gate" arc continues. So come and tell us what you thought of it.
(SPOILER) Discuss Angel: After The Fall #6. The start of the First Night interlude, find out what happened on the night of Not Fade Away.

March 28 2008

For a strong, vampire-free, America. Vote Whedon/Minear this November. More...
Joe Quesada thinks that Joss Whedon is one of the comics industry's "800-pound gorillas." Scroll down a little more than halfway through to see the Marvel Comics editor-in-chief say that Joss is one of the big hitters who always deliver their A-games. (Minor spoilers for various Marvel series throughout.) More...

March 27 2008

(SPOILER) First look at Buffy #16. This has epic written all over it.

March 24 2008

(SPOILER) Scott Allie on Serenity, Buffy and the Joss Whedon Universe. Excellent interview with the Dark Horse editor. Spoilerish for Joss' next arc on Buffy season 8.
Will Fox give Dollhouse a chance? TV Guide's Matt Roush gives his answer.
Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog fan site. And on the right of the home page, a link to "The Assumed To Be Official Site". More...

March 19 2008

(SPOILER) The past, present and future of Astonishing X-Men. Marvel editor Nick Lowe chats about Joss' X-Men run and calls it "the most consistently excellent X-story ever". In the second part of the interview, there's some discussion of Joss' Dead End Kids arc on Runaways.
(SPOILER) Discuss Angel: After The Fall #5. Big cliffhanger? No doubt. Stunning revelations? More than likely. So come and tell us what you thought of the latest chapter of Angel's adventures. More...
"Joss Whedon is a geek, J.J. Abrams is a nerd". McG explains the difference at the Chuck panel at PaleyFest '08.

March 17 2008

(SPOILER) Cover art and info for 'Angel: After The Fall' #8 and #9. These issues will be out in June along with the first hardcover collection of the series.

March 16 2008

Joss Whedon confirms his new project "Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog". Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion and Felicia Day will star in it.

March 13 2008

(SPOILER) The making of Serenity: Better Days #1. Great feature over at the Dark Horse site. Reading the script for the first six pages is a wonderful treat.

March 12 2008

(SPOILER) Serenity: Better Days #1 discussion. I have it and it's shiny! More...

March 11 2008

(SPOILER) Spike:After the Fall-coming in July from IDW! A 4 issue spin-off of Angel:After the Fall from Lynch,Whedon and Urru. More...
(SPOILER) First look at Serenity: Better Days #2. Comic Book Resources has a five page preview of the second issue. This'll be out on April 9th.
Serenity: Better Days #1 (of 3) shipping this week. According to Diamond's shipping list. More...

March 10 2008

Thrice Mentioned Whedon in this week's "Lying in the Gutters." We're called "fanboygirls" from the man who made the biggest noise over Buffy #12 in previous installments of his Comic Book Resources column. Also what Australians are paying on eBay and there's some "Wonder Woman" fallout as well. More...

March 09 2008

More from Brett Matthews on 'Serenity: Better Days'. IGN.com has a top notch interview with Brett about the upcoming Serenity mini-series. There's some nice insights into the 'Verse and indeed the fandom as well.
(SPOILER) "What makes it about Buffy?". Messrs Whedon and Allie provide a handy overview of Dark Horse's Buffy season 8. Don't read if you've still managed to remain totally unspoilt for Buffy #12. More...

March 06 2008

(SPOILER) Media coverage of Buffy #12 continues. ABCNews.com speaks to Joss and comic book experts about that aspect of the story. And MTV.com has a word with the writer himself Mr. Drew Goddard.

March 05 2008

(SPOILER) For the discussion of (the rest of) Buffy #12. Asides the plot arc that The New York Times revealed, some other stuff happened in this issue. Come tell us what you thought of it all. Also a big huzzah to Drew Goddard's return to Buffy. More...
(SPOILER) Joss Whedon speaks to The New York Times about Buffy #12. The new plotline is going to generate a huge amount of discussion in the fandom.

March 02 2008

"Dollhouse is going to be an awesome show". More comments from producers Craft and Fain regarding Joss and Eliza's new show.
(SPOILER) Whedon chips - or Joss' influence in the future. Philip Palmer pays tribute to Joss (and Buffy season 4) in his debut sci-fi novel 'Debatable Space '. Link goes to the relevant page from the book on Amazon's Online Reader. More...

February 23 2008

(SPOILER) 'Angel: After The Fall ' #1 Director's Cut Edition out in May. It'll have "Brian Lynch's complete script and his writer's annotations". IDW have also released plot info for issue 7 as well. And if that doesn't whet your appetite, then pop over to SlayAlive to have a look at the fan-inspired limited edition covers for issues 6 and 7.

February 19 2008

The making of Negotiations - A short film featuring Joss Whedon. How Joss helped out a budding filmmaker. More...

February 15 2008

Television Without Pity speculates on what would happen if Joss Whedon took over 24. Also Rob Thomas and some other familiar names.
(SPOILER) Five page preview of 'Serenity: Better Days' #1. Lovely to see the crew again. And in a related vein, if you want to know the inside story behind the cover for the third issue then click here.
Eliza Dushku talks Dollhouse, praises Joss. Little snippet of an interview over at the Edmonton Sun.
Full steam ahead for Dollhouse. The chairman of 20th Century Fox Television tells the L.A. Times that Joss is "now busy writing both the pilot script and scenes for auditions".

February 14 2008

(SPOILER) First look at Runaways #29. It's out next week and Comic Book Resources has a six page preview.

February 13 2008

Starpulse Entertainment News Blog spotlights Joss. Nothing we haven't heard before, including the oft-told urban legend that Firefly DVD sales led to Universal greenlighting Serenity, but the article covers most of Joss's career, mentioning both Dollhouse and Goners as upcoming projects.

February 12 2008

"An entire world of (perhaps unsuitable for work)". Comic Book Resources has more quotes from Y: The Last Party plus a few more shots of Joss doing karaoke. More...
Wizard Magazine interview with Joss Whedon now online. A really substantial interview covering Buffy season 8, Dollhouse, Astonishing X-Men, Runaways and pie.

February 11 2008

"It's the most morally gray thing I've ever done". Joss Whedon tells io9 why Dollhouse is very different than his previous work.
'Negotiations' - a strike film. It features Joss and fellow Whedonesquers.

February 10 2008

Wizard Magazine's coverage of the "Y: The Last Man" wrap party. Joss was the keynote speaker at last night's event. Pics of him, Brian K. Vaughan and indeed Grant Morrison can be found here (MySpace account required to view). And if you want even more coverage, io9 also has a feature about the party.

February 09 2008

When Michael Muhney met Joss Whedon on the picket line. And more pics of Joss picketing on SciFi Strike Day can be found at WireImage and Getty Images.

February 08 2008

Joss Whedon talks future projects. He tells IESB.net that he will hopefully be filming his Summer Glau ballet "sometime in the late spring/early summer" and that "there's a few things I'm trying to do without the studios either for the internet or shorts". And there's some brief comments from Joss about the strike and support from the fans here.

February 06 2008

(SPOILER) For the discussion of Buffy #11. Buffy in danger? It must be a Wednesday. More...

February 05 2008

Buffy Season 8 #11 "A Beautiful Sunset" ships this week. Joss-penned 1-shot shipping tomorrow according to Diamond's shipping list. More...
Patrick on Joss Whedon: Joy, Art and Realism. Writer Geoff Klock debates a friend's criticism of the ongoing BtVS comic series, revisiting some familiar flashpoints in the show's history (S6-7) while offering his perspective on Whedon's vision for the characters. More...

February 04 2008

Those Buffy cast members that'll be appearing at Paley Fest 2008. "Creator Joss Whedon will be on hand; cast members who have said they will join him so far include Amber Benson, Nicholas Brendon, James Marsters, Emma Caulfield, Eliza Dushku and Michelle Trachtenberg". And Seth Green as well.

January 31 2008

Summer Glau talks about that Joss Whedon dance project. She told reporters at a press conference this morning, "it's something that we're working on as much as we can". And SyFy Portal has tidbits from her about how the Firefly cast "would all come back if we got the opportunity".

January 25 2008

In the future, there will be robots. Joss Whedon talks artificial intelligence and lots more with the GeeksOn team for a full ninety minutes. Yes ninety minutes. It's one of the best podcasts you will ever listen to. More...

January 24 2008

(SPOILER) Astonishing X-Men #24 review. IGN's VERY positive review of Astonishing X-Men #24. The word "classic" is used quite freely.

January 23 2008

(SPOILER) Cover art for Astonishing X-Men #24. The final part of Joss' Unstoppable arc comes out today. The variant cover can be seen here. More...

January 21 2008

Whedonverse comic book chart positions for December. Buffy #9 took 12th place and Angel: After The Fall #2 came in at no. 52 (ETA: Estimated figures for how many copies got shipped are now available).
(SPOILER) Wizard Universe's Celebration of Astonishing X-Men #24. Wizard interviews X-Men editor Nick Lowe regarding the release of Astonishing X-Men #24. More...

January 20 2008

Eliza Dushku talks Dollhouse. She tells Cinema Blend about training for the show and the likelihood of a date for the premiere.

January 17 2008

"He's very clever, Joss Whedon". David Tennant reveals his love for all things Firefly and Serenity in the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine.
Celebrate 'Y: The Last Man' with Brian K. Vaughan and Joss Whedon. To mark the last issue of Brian's epic saga, 'Y: The Last Party' will be held at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles on February 8th. Joss will be the keynote speaker at the event and all proceeds will go to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.

January 15 2008

Angel: After the Fall #3 shipping this week. Along with 3rd printing of #1 and 2nd printing of #2. More...

January 09 2008

IF magazine exclusive coverage of ME Day Picket at FOX part 3. With quotes from bunches of verse related people and fans as well.
(SPOILER) Joss Whedon's comic books in 2008. Wizard Magazine gives us a brief rundown of what to expect from upcoming issues of Buffy season 8, Serenity: Better Days and Angel: After The Fall.

January 04 2008

Joss' Creations on the Couch: "The Psychology of Joss Whedon" Book Review. Just released, this collection of essays explores the inner motivations and actions of Joss' distinctive, colorful cast of characters from a psychological perspective. More...

January 03 2008

(SPOILER) For the discussion of Buffy #10. A good issue and a great way to start the year. Oh and Brian K. Vaughan says "this script contained a few of the funniest things Joss Whedon has ever written, which is obviously saying a lot". More...

January 01 2008

Joss Whedon - the song. It's off the album "O Great Queen Electric, What Do You Have Waiting for Me?" by Chris Zabriskie. Anyway, Happy New Year. Here's hoping it's going to be a great year for all of us. More...

December 31 2007

The X-Axis Review of 2007: Astonishing X-Men. Comic reviewer Paul O'Brien does a 'year in review' of sorts, and starts with Joss' Astonishing X-Men. More...
Faith and Choice in the Works of Joss Whedon. This book will be coming out in the summer of next year and "examines a variety of Whedon's characters and discusses what can be learned from their struggles and discoveries regarding religion and belief". The synoposis on the publisher's website is really interesting and well worth a look. More...

December 29 2007

(SPOILER) Sneak peek at 'Serenity: Better Days' #1. Four pages of b&w artwork (one with dialogue) courtesy of Dark Horse and Diamond Previews (pdf reader req.).
The most memorable TV moments of 2007. Finding out about Joss' new show 'Dollhouse' was pretty fantastic.

December 20 2007

Joss is No. 26 on Top 100 People List. He made Pop Candy's Top 100 People of 2007. More...

December 17 2007

First March of the Mutant Enemy, Part 2. The Mutant Enemy Day Documentary concludes, interviewing more folks, including William Mapother (Lost) and Joss Whedon himself. As someone who was there, this video (and the part before it) shows exactly what it felt like to be there that day.

December 16 2007

"We have something else, we got crazy eyes". A clip of Joss' ace speech in Boston has made its way onto YouTube. If you want more coverage of the strike rally, then click here for a video from The Cambridge Chronicle. Amongst other things, there's an interview with Joss himself. ETA: All the speeches, including Joss' one in full, can be found here.

December 14 2007

"This is about people just trying to protect their right to make a living". Joss talks about the strike in this interview with KFI AM 640, a Los Angeles radio station.

December 13 2007

(SPOILER) Four page preview for 'Angel: After The Fall' #2. This issue will be out on December 19th.

December 08 2007

Buffy Season 8 gets YASLA nomination. The Young Adult Library Services Association has nominated Buffy Season 8 Vol. 1 in the "Great Graphic Novels For Teens" category.

December 05 2007

(SPOILER) For the discussion of Buffy #9. The last part of Brian K. Vaughan's 'No Future For You" season 8 arc hits the comic book stores today. Pull up a chair and tell us what you thought of this Buffy story. More...

December 04 2007

Whedon, Minear Creative Screenwriting Expo DVDs on sale for $12.95. Remember those cool seminars on the writing process that Joss (with introduction by Nathan Fillion) and Tim did for Creative Screenwriting? Well, those DVDs are now on sale at half-price for the holiday season, and shipping is also discounted. More...

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