Sometimes, There Aren't Enough Supervillian Musicals Around

Looks like Josh Whedon wasn't just sitting on his thumbs during the writers' strike:

1) Why, Joss? Why? Why now, why free, why us?

Once upon a time, all the writers in the forest got very mad with the Forest Kings and declared a work-stoppage. The forest creatures were all sad; the mushrooms did not dance, the elderberries gave no juice for the festival wines, and the Teamsters were kinda pissed. (They were very polite about it, though.) During this work-stoppage, many writers tried to form partnerships for outside funding to create new work that circumvented the Forest King system.

Frustrated with the lack of movement on that front, I finally decided to do something very ambitious, very exciting, very mid-life-crisisy. Aided only by everyone I had worked with, was related to or had ever met, I single-handedly created this unique little epic. A supervillain musical, of which, as we all know, there are far too few.

The idea was to make it on the fly, on the cheap – but to make it. To turn out a really thrilling, professionalish piece of entertainment specifically for the internet. To show how much could be done with very little. To show the world there is another way. To give the public (and in particular you guys) something for all your support and patience. And to make a lot of silly jokes. Actually, that sentence probably should have come first.

I just watched the first episode, and it's a winner!

It's being release for free streaming on the net, and it looks like you can order all 3 episodes for around $4 on iTunes. For me, the first episode alone is worth $4.

Give Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog a try!

Episodes are to be released on July 15, 17, and 19, and they will be taken down on the 20th.

(Heads up from Tales of the Rampant Coyote)