Comics, while a glorious diversion in and of themselves, can also be an informative and fun tie-in to a TV show or movie franchise, providing back story, or just more story. Done right you can have something as stellar as the Buffy Season 8 comic book, and then when done not so right you can wind up with the new X-Files comic dud.
Really, truly, I don't want to come off sounding like some dweeb fangirl gushing over all things 'Fringe', but just as the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, so too have I climbed willingly into this handcart to careen wildly on my eternal descent. Resignation to one's fate can be a virtue, if one wears sensible shoes.
Like nearly everything in my life, I discovered the 6 issue 'Fringe' comic by accident one day at New Dimension Comics. The counter girl was yelling at me, saying that I was too early to pick up the latest in the Buffyverse, so I was feigning shopping to kill time. As often happens while faux browsing, I found something I wanted, needed, had to have. That something was issue #2 of the 'Fringe' comic, issue #1 having sold out ( I later found a copy of it at Phantom of the Attic in Pittsburgh).
Now that the special 6 issue edition of the comic has wrapped up, and the second season of the broadcast version of 'Fringe' is set to resume on September 17 at 9pm, I have an appreciation for the wealth of backstory provided in the comics for both Walter Bishop and William Bell. Two young, brilliant, if somewhat undisciplined, scientists. The comic definitely augments those two characters, and given how 'Fringe' ended it's first season, any information on Bell is more than welcomed! Thankfully it's not just information for information's sake, but framed in tales of time travel, floating heads preserved in jars, clones with heterochromatic eyes, among other freaky goodnesses.
With some luck the comic will return during the show's hiatus again next summer and give fans something to tide us over once more. Until then, I have only the Batwoman comic and the Buffy stuff to divert attention.
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6 comments:
Can't wait for the show to come back!
It's always such a thrill whenever you drop by anonymous. I feel as if I've known you forever, yet you are a mystery to me.
My favorite part of Fringe is John Noble...it's like seeing a nicer, but crazier version of Denethor. Wow, is MY Geek slip showing, or what?!
Rad Brad, your geek slip IS showing ;) I had to look the reference up! Anyway, I adore Noble's work as Bishop. Easily my favorite character on tv since Scully.
Hell Yeah, Buffy Season 8!! Are you reading Angel Season 6 as well? I'm trying to get into it, but unlike Buffy 8, the art in Angel just kind of...sucks.
ACK! Sorry I didn't see this sooner, Phoenix! I also hate the new Angel comic. The writing AND artwork are subpar, to be sure.
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