I was suspicious of Mal at first because I couldn't get over Caleb

so very much this. I think I was halfway through Train Job before I finally decided I could trust the guy.

I love the way Joss resolved the Buffy and the Immortal yuck

I laughed out loud in line at the airport.

I want to play!

Are you in Los Angeles? If I get my way we'll be playing again on Thursday. If I don't get my way it'll either be the Firefly rpg or a Forgotten Realms module (Shattered Gates of Slaughtergarde) that I've been running.

Um, didn't Mal come before Caleb?

For those of us who watched Firefly on Fox.

Yes Mal came before Caleb but some of us came at the Whedonverse ass-backwards.

In real air time, yes, but if you watched in some real-time/DVD combo way, not so much.

I mean, I didn't, but I can see how it might happen.

Okay, but there are limits to what Joss can be called to account for.

I think what happened was that Joss gave Nathan and Gina short-term roles on Buffy and Angel because at the time he was still trying to find a home for Firefly, and this was a way of letting his actors make a living while "their" series was in limbo, and not letting them wander off to other jobs until the final word came.

Eh, I didn't read it as calling JW to account. He reuses actors he likes to work with, and it can cause cognitive dissonance sometimes. It can also cause squee, because a lot of his fans like a lot of the actors he likes to work with. Everybody wins, even though they might occasionally be confused.

I forgot to say:

Welcome Whedongeek! How did you find the Buffistas?

raises hand Of course I am!

t high-fives Jilli

He originally wanted to work in comics, not be a rock star. He interned at DC and everything. He is a complete geek, bless him. And yes, I was very pleased with the first issue.

Yeah, I knew Gerard had a background in comics, which is cool. I just rewatched Life on the Murder Scene with some friends the other night, and in the section where he talks about the comic he's working on, he mentions a character bit that ended up in The Umbrella Academy (the guy whose head is transplanted onto the body of a gorilla). I love watching him dork out about his ideas. And it's fun reading UA and recognizing certain themes in his work (REVENGE!).

I didn't manage to make it to the signing, alas. I tried, but by the time I got there, the line was ridiculously long and they were out of wristbands anyway. Sad!