Joss Whedon FAQ

All That's Left to Know About Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Dr. Horrible, the Avengers, and More

John Kenneth Muir

Providing a career-spanning view of everyone’s favorite geek writer and director, Joss Whedon FAQ offers answers to fans’ questions about one of the most significant pop culture auteurs of the past twenty-five years. The book gazes at Whedon’s early work in Hollywood as a script doctor on films such The Quick and the Dead (1995) and Waterworld (1995), and follows his career as he became the cult-favorite creator of such sensations as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, and Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.

In addition to looking at Whedon’s ascent to blockbuster superhero filmmaking with titles such as The Avengers, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Justice League, this eminently readable compendium explores Whedon’s lesser known but no less fascinating forays into the world of Shakespeare (Much Ado About Nothing) and even big-screen romantic fantasy (In Your Eyes). The book closes with discussions of Whedon’s politics and feminism, as well as a catalog of his (unofficial) repertory company and a list of the most memorable on-screen character deaths in his canon.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Applause

Pages: 400 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-1-5400-0079-8 • Paperback • November 2019 • $24.95 • (£18.99)

978-1-4930-5073-4 • eBook • November 2019 • $23.50 • (£17.99)

Series: FAQ

Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts, Performing Arts / Film / Direction & Production

Joss Whedon FAQ

All That's Left to Know About Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Dr. Horrible, the Avengers, and More

Paperback

eBook

Summary

Providing a career-spanning view of everyone’s favorite geek writer and director, Joss Whedon FAQ offers answers to fans’ questions about one of the most significant pop culture auteurs of the past twenty-five years. The book gazes at Whedon’s early work in Hollywood as a script doctor on films such The Quick and the Dead (1995) and Waterworld (1995), and follows his career as he became the cult-favorite creator of such sensations as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, and Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.

In addition to looking at Whedon’s ascent to blockbuster superhero filmmaking with titles such as The Avengers, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Justice League, this eminently readable compendium explores Whedon’s lesser known but no less fascinating forays into the world of Shakespeare (Much Ado About Nothing) and even big-screen romantic fantasy (In Your Eyes). The book closes with discussions of Whedon’s politics and feminism, as well as a catalog of his (unofficial) repertory company and a list of the most memorable on-screen character deaths in his canon.

Details

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Applause

Pages: 400 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-1-5400-0079-8 • Paperback • November 2019 • $24.95 • (£18.99)

978-1-4930-5073-4 • eBook • November 2019 • $23.50 • (£17.99)

Series: FAQ

Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts, Performing Arts / Film / Direction & Production

Author

John Kenneth Muir is the award-winning author of more than twenty-five books about film and television and the creator of the web series The House Between (2007–2009). He is the Department Chair for Humanities and Social Sciences at South Piedmont Community College. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife, twelve-year-old son, three cats, and a bearded dragon.