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I sent Zack to the comic shop to pick up my
monthly Legion of Superheroes crack because I was
working a twelve hour shift the day it came out.
He came home with the two currently published
Serenity comics. Apparently they're supposed to
bridge the gap between the series and the movie,
which comes out later this month.
The characterization is dead on with the series,
but the art at times leaves much to be desired on
all characters with the notable exceptions of
Jayne and Shepard Book. Half of the time certain
main characters like Mal, Simon or Anara take me a
few second to actually figure out who they are.
This is especially bad in the first panel
concerning Mal in the first comic. Another thing
that strikes me as poor in this comic is the use
of things and people from the pilot. I recognize
them, but I'm a big dork with a mind for useless
trivia. Zack didn't recognize them without
prompting from me.
Story arc is interesting, but I can't help but
feel like this is somehow disconnected from
continuity. It might be the shift of mediums from
film to paper that does that, but it has that
Elseworlds feel to it, and it's kind of a turn off
because I know it's supposed to bridge the gap
between the series and the movie. Additionally, I
can't help but feel that this will simply just
elaborate on the back story that sets up the
movie, because they can't just use the comic to do
so because I'm pretty sure the general public
doesn't know that they exist. I certainly didn't
until Zack came home with them.
Given that I already have two out of the three. I
will probably pick up the third just to know how
the thing ends, but if you haven't picked it up
yet, I'd recommend you skip it. The movie's bound
to make sense without it anyway.
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