Transmediating the Whedonverse(s) Essays on Texts, Paratexts, and Me
This book explores the transmedial nature of the storyworlds created by and/or affiliated with television auteur, writer, and filmmaker, Joss Whedon. As such, the book addresses the ways in which Whedon’s storyworlds, or ‘verses, employ transmedia, both i
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Transmediating the Whedonverse(s)
Juliette C. Kitchens · Julie L. Hawk Editors
Transmediating the Whedonverse(s) Essays on Texts, Paratexts, and Metatexts
Editors Juliette C. Kitchens Department of Writing and Communication Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Julie L. Hawk Department of English The University of West Georgia Carrollton, USA
ISBN 978-3-030-24615-0 ISBN 978-3-030-24616-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24616-7 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover image: oxygen This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
I first encountered the work of Joss Whedon after coming home late one evening and catching the first episode of Angel on the UK’s Channel 4 in the autumn of 2000. The show had debuted in the USA a year earlier and already had an airing in the UK on the subscription-only satellite television channel Sky One, so I was considerably behind both international and UK-based audiences in terms of my viewing experience. To my shame, I had never paid much attention to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but, after quickly becoming hooked on Angel, I began catching up with BtVS’s fourth season as it aired on BBC2 throughout the end of 2000 and into 2001. Narratively, the so-called Buffyverse had sequentially expanded into its spin-off series Angel, but, for me, the journey was quite different. Encountering Angel before watching its parent series, I had three seasons of BtVS to catch up on in order to make sense of some of the intertwining storylines and crossovers in episodes such as “I Will Remember You” and “Five by Five,” as well as getting to better know the characters of Angel, Cordelia,
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