Sorry, Captain. I'm real sorry. I shoulda kept better care of her. Usually she lets me know when something's wrong. Maybe she did, I just wasn't paying attention...

Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'


Other Media 2: It's Astounishing!

Discussion of comics, graphic novels, and more. Except for capes. No capes!

Please use spoiler font for new releases until after the weekend following release.


Frankenbuddha - Sep 19, 2009 7:14:18 am PDT #2468 of 5059
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Holy FUCKOS!!! RIO!!!

Got no Joss questions at this moment. Must ponder.


Frankenbuddha - Sep 19, 2009 7:16:05 am PDT #2469 of 5059
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Maybe your husband can make it more concise. I'm really more interested in the second half of the question. I've always wondered how comic writers feel when their story and characters go into someone else's hands. It would make me very twitchy.

Not just comic writers, but people who've created characters that have lived on under new writers.


Polter-Cow - Sep 19, 2009 7:19:58 am PDT #2470 of 5059
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Oh, yeah, it's not exclusive to comics. But I think it happens a lot more. And it's not even characters you've created but also established characters/stories you've written. And then the next writer may step in and undo half your plot for all you know.


Rio - Sep 19, 2009 7:27:20 am PDT #2471 of 5059
Are you ready to be strong?

Oh, I really like that question. Thank you.


sumi - Sep 19, 2009 7:34:25 am PDT #2472 of 5059
Art Crawl!!!

Rio! Lovely to see you!!


Polter-Cow - Sep 19, 2009 7:34:40 am PDT #2473 of 5059
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

You're welcome! I wonder whether he had any long-term plans for Klara or Hisako, for instance, and what he thinks of the characters presently. Does he bother conceiving a future for the characters beyond what he'll get to write? Because it's likely the next writer will have no idea what his thoughts were and take the character in a different direction.

And it's different from running a television series because even though different writers are writing your characters, you still get to supervise. Collaborative storytelling is stressful! If you're a control freak like me.

Be sure to come back and post a link to the interview!


amych - Sep 19, 2009 7:46:28 am PDT #2474 of 5059
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I have no Joss questions. Only RIO!!!!! asscaps and exclamation points.


DavidS - Sep 19, 2009 7:55:42 am PDT #2475 of 5059
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Rio!

I've missed you terribly.

I'll think up some questions.


DavidS - Sep 19, 2009 8:04:12 am PDT #2476 of 5059
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Two questions:

1. As a fan of musicals and a director of action sequences, do you think an action sequence can serve the same function as a song in a musical? That is, can you choreograph the action to reveal character and advance the plot rather than just create the spectacle of somebody outrunning a fireball?

2. When you did the uncredited rewrite of "Lover's Walk" on Buffy you reportedly locked yourself in a hotel room with a stack of punk rock cassettes by Husker Du and The Replacements. What did you listen to when you wrote "Objects in Space" (Firefly) and "Epitaph" (Dollhouse)?


P.M. Marc - Sep 19, 2009 8:10:39 am PDT #2477 of 5059
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

RIO!!!!

Does Joss consider blueberry an appropriate flavor for a bagel, or should it be reserved for muffins?

Also, when is he going to move on from feminism 101 to a more advanced class? Where mature women have agency, too?