“If it was such a good show, why did it get cancelled?” you may ask. Black Donnelly’s, Freaks and Geeks, Family Guy, Deadwood, Arrested Development. What you just read was an incomplete sentence full of television shows that were also cancelled. Being cancelled doesn't make a show bad, the fan base dying after the cancellation does. Oh, I almost forgot one: Star Trek (yes, the original).
Anyways, Firefly wasn't treated very well by FOX. Fifteen episodes were filmed for the first season; three were never aired, two aired on the same night. There was also two separate occasions that FOX gave the viewers two weeks between episodes. It switched aired nights more than I’d ever seen in any other show too. All in all, it seemed like FOX bought it on accident to begin with and was just trying to put it out of misery. Plus, this aired in 2002, long before NBC and FOX realized that the internet was a super easy tool to gain viewership.
Joss Whedon tried to sell the show to other networks, failed, and decided to pitch it as a film. Universal bought it up, and the film Serenity was released in 2005, making just shy of $39 million in the box office. It was a great show, and a great movie. At the end of both, fans were left
But Whedon wasn’t done there. Or should I say, the Whedon’s weren't done. Joss and his brother, Zack, wrote a total of 9 comics. I just recently finished the "Leaves on the Wind" series, a six book series telling a story shortly following the conclusion of "Serenity". The illustration in the books is phenomenal, definitely something that you should let yourself appreciate with a slow eye wander every page. My wife had never read a comic book before I introduced her to this, and even she appreciated it, proving that you don't have to be a fan of comics to enjoy the latest installment of Firefly. You only have to be a Browncoat. Which, especially after being a part of yet another ending, I consider myself to be.
The six issues of Leaves on the Wind will be re-released as a consolidated hardcover on November 18th of this year. Otherwise, they can be purchased anywhere comics are sold individually.
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