'Big Fan' starts out as a low-key comedy, but gradually picks up dark overtones and seems like it's going to take its audience to some uncomfortable places. But he refuses to take legal action against him despite the admonishments of his family, because he'd rather see his favorite player able to lead his team to a win than seek remuneration for himself. When they approach him, a misunderstanding leads to Oswalt getting badly beaten by him. On a night out on the town, he and his buddy catch sight of their favorite player and follow him to a nightclub. Patton Oswalt plays a dumpy 37-year-old loser who lives with his mother and spends his life living vicariously through the glories of the New York Giants.

Every publisher is shutting down for the following week.”Īlways ready with a brilliant aerial maneuver and a terrible one-liner, Wash was pilot of the Firefly-class ship Serenity in Joss Whedon’s cult-classic TV series before being killed in the movie.'Big Fan' is an unpleasant movie about an extremely unpleasant man. After June 2, there’s no new comics on June 9 – they’re letting everyone take a breather. And if Oswalt is to be trusted, “Serenity: Float Out,””It’s the greatest comic book ever written.

It will retail for $3.50 with two cover variants by artist Frank Stockton and Jo Chen. “Serenity: Float Out” is set to be released by Dark Horse on June 2. So it was that kind of frustration of, ‘Why can’t there at least be more comics?’ At that point, he goes, ‘If you think of anything, go ahead and pitch me’ – which was probably a very polite way of going, ‘How do I get this guy away from me?’ And then I ended up pitching stuff to him.” “I had read all the ‘Firefly’ comics, which were great but also very frustrating, because they were expanding on that world, filling in more hints about that world that previously had been hinted even less. And was polite enough not to go, ‘Ok, yeah, whatever,’ and actually listen to me,” Oswalt said. “We were talking in between takes, and I was going on about ‘Serenity’ and how much I loved it, and how I was bummed that it didn’t last. In an interview with CBR, Oswalt discusses how his opportunity to pitch “Serenity” came up during filming for “Dollhouse,” another of Joss Whedon’s shows.

Acclaimed writer/actor/comedian/who-thinks-he’s-too-big-for-us-and-declined-our-interview-request-last-year Patton Oswalt (The Goon, Batman, JLA, Ratatouille, Big Fan) is set to pen the next chapter in Serenity by bringing back one of Firefly’s most beloved characters in this special one-shot issue!

Serenity by Patton Oswalt