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Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion: The TV Series, The Movies, The Comic Books And More: The Essential Guide To The Whedonverse (2012)

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3.88 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

085768986X (ISBN13: 9780857689863)

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

Titan Books

review 1: What's really nice about his compilation is that at the beginning of each section (one for Buffy, one for Angel, one for Firefly, etc.) there's a nice overview of each show, comic, movie that also provides a context for the importance of the piece. The book contains interviews with key players as well as some pretty good academic essays. I'm only going to end up using three or four of them for my Whedon class, but it was still worth a read.
review 2: I didn't get a lot out of this collection, although I probably would have enjoyed it more if I was as into Whedon's comic book writing as I was his tv series and movies. If you do like his comic book work, this collection provides a previously-lacking (that I'm aware of) review of that aspect of his career -- but I... more simply flipped past.That said, I was not particularly impressed by the essays on his television and film work. They lacked the insight of many of the other collections. Because this was published to coincide with the release of The Cabin in the Woods and Avengers, there are brief, speculative essays concerning them, but nothing of real interest. If you need *everything* published about Joss and his works, you'll want this. Otherwise, I'd say you're better off going to the speciality collections focused on the specific works or overarching themes. If I hadn't bought this as an e-book, I'd be trading it in at the used book store. less

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