Serenity, the new girl in school, wants to be the world's worst blue-haired badass, but the truth is she's the lonely daughter of an alcoholic mom, who, in a moment of hope, named her child for the serenity prayer. Enter the school's Christian group, led by the gorgeous and hip Derek and his friend Kimberly. High-jinks ensue: Serenity steals money; almost flunks her drug test; and then Tinkerbell, her pet tarantula, gets loose and scares the school.
The book is a pretty little thing, pure shojo, in color; it's the sort of pop-sparkly item likely to grab the attention of consumers. The plot is easy to follow and never drags but the plot line in 3 can feel a bit canned. And all those lessons about relationships that you find in shojo, anyway, seem to offer a pretty good fit with the morality Serenity wants to promote.
But creator Buzz Dixon has an uphill battle. Comics aficionados don't like Serenity. A lot of Christians don't like Serenity, either.
He didn't like what he saw. Another Christian critic objected to an image of Serenity putting on a pair of shorts. But none of that may matter. Wal-Mart likes it, and the chain is going to start carry it in June, when vol. Serenity isn't sugar-coated. Derek is a recovering alcoholic.
Kimberly, the pastor's daughter, can be nasty, but she's a good leader. Sally, a cute African-American, who blackmails Serenity into attending prayer group, is upbeat and the smartest of the bunch, but her mother is in a wheelchair. The teacher who supports the Christians on campus has a hook instead of a right hand.
Dixon and his marketing partner, Marlon Schulman, know what they're doing. Dixon started in comics 20 years ago writing pages for no less than Jack Kirby, creator of The Fantastic Four. Then he wrote for animation: G. Joe, Transformers, even the girly cartoon My Little Pony, so he knows how to write a fast plot that doesn't skimp on character. Schulman worked for Bandai in the mid '90s, and founded AnimeVillage with them in '' And artist Min Kwon, who moved from Korea to New Jersey in her teens, is straight out of the Rutgers' art program and conversant with the now-popular style of Korean manga.
Unfortunately, Serenity's weakest point is the art. It's stiff, the backgrounds are lifeless, and the images feel secondary to the story. Kwon hasn't yet tapped into the subtlety of Korean manga, and her work lacks the gorgeous visual overload of the good Japanese stuff.
Serenity isn't a classic the in making. It's not Full Metal Alchemist, but it's good enough manga. I predict many will like what they see. May 31, 3. Jun 1, 4. Anyone into Christian Manga? Because I'm confused The manga ran for ten volumes and concluded in The manga has gained some notoriety on 4chan , where it was hated by Anonymous for portraying the prayer group as a bunch of creeps who claim to love Serenity but not like her, for giving Serenity a massive stroke of bad luck as if God Himself is out to get her, and for overall lazy artwork and writing.
Normal 4chan reactions, to be sure Sep 30, A television series?? I can only find the Serenity comics at the christian bookstores, which I think is kind of lame Oct 4, Serenity was probably the worst thing I have ever read. I think a Christian manga is an awesome idea The first volume was pretty disappointing, seriously, all kinds of really outdated slang and censoring Serenity's cursing was really cheesy.
I don't think looking at the world through the bad girl's eyes is a great idea either The art is pretty good and it's refreshing to have a color manga, but all in all, I hope it radically improves. No nonChristian is going to appreciate it because the art isn't as good as what's in most mangas and the story in itself isn't the greatest. One or the other has to save the manga from being undesirable.
But yeah. Their later volumes ARE a bit better, but still trying a bit too hard. You must log in or sign up to reply here. Show Ignored Content. Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? Serenity is a line of comic books published by Dark Horse Comics from to It is a canonical continuation of Joss Whedon's Firefly television series and the film Serenity, which are all part of the Firefly media franchise.
It was not an ongoing series; rather, it consisted of a number of miniseries and one-shots, released sporadically.. Starting in , Boom!
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