>Throughout the fall of this year, Dark Horse is releasing a series of 9 one-shot comics like Abe Sapien, a couple of Star Wars comics, Sugar Shock from the Dark Horse/ Myspace anthology, the Goon, and probably the most anticipated of these is the Dr. Horrible comic.

For those not familiar (where have you been?) Dr. Horrible is the main character from the wildly popular online mini series titled: Dr. Horribles Sing Along Blog, Starring Neil Patrick Harris of Doogie Houser, and How I Met Your Mother fame. Dr. Horrible is the villain you feel for, and who sings! This is the brainchild of Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon who was inspired by the success of the BTVS episode called Once More With Feeling, otherwise known as the musical episode of Buffy. I have to say, I’m not a fan of musicals, but the Buffy musical episode was awesome, so I saw Dr. Horrible online and thought it was incredible. The good doctor is just like you or I. He pines for the attention of the cute girl he met at the laundry-mat, he’s a bit of a nerd, so is a bit of an outsider, and oh yeah, makes a freeze-ray and gets into a tussle with a muscle bound super-hero who ends up stealing the girl of his dreams. You know, stuff we all relate to. The one shot comic, by Joss’s brother Zack Whedon, takes us back to Horribles childhood and the roots of his criminal super-genius. We see his first encounter with the girl at the laundry-mat, and his first encounter with arch-nemesis Captain Hammer. It’s a real hoot that comes with your choice of three covers.

Speaking of Joss Whedon, coming soon from Dark Horse: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Scoobie-gang sidekick Willow will have her very own comic coming out on Christmas eve-eve. (That’s Dec. 23rd) It looks like a good time to be a Joss Whedon creation.

-Jim

---

Both comments and pings are currently closed.