If the DVDs and soundtrack isn’t enough – and it isn’t – go check out the free Dr. Horrible comics at Dark Horse Presents. First up is “Captain Hammer: Be Like Me,” written by Zack Whedon, drawn by Eric Canete and colored by Dave Stewart. Excellent look at Captain Hammer’s life before the events of the show, and hilarious all by itself. Read it here.
Then there’s “Moist: Humidity Rising,” Dr. Horrible’s sidekick’s awesome origin! Well, kind of awesome. Well, not really. I wasn’t as impressed with this one, even though Zack penned it as well (art by Farel Dalrymple and Dan Jackson). It hits all the points – got his powers, met Billy, dreamed henchmen dreams – without any memorable lines or interesting twists or much plot at all. It’s just… there. Which, come to think of it, also describes Moist, so maybe it works after all. Read it here.
And out this week, “Penny: Keep Your Head Up,” by Zack Whedon and Jim Rugg, a sweet tale of her activist beginnings.
The links to any of these three comics, for the life of me, will not work. I get the page, the darkhorse banner, and then a huge space of black until the the bottom banners. It’s not like the browser’s still loading or anything either. Do you know of any other place that has uploaded the comics? Thanks.
I agree with makito, except I can’t even get the darkhorsepresents page to come up. I’ve even joined myspace to see them but nothing still comes up.
So as makita has already asked, is there any other place online that has uploaded, or mirrored, the comics? Thanks from me too.
I’m with Dave. It’s the New Year, and the page doesn’t seem to be there anymore, despite Myspace saying that the account still exists.
I’d love it if you could tell us anywhere else we could look at the comics, because they’re hilarious (except for the Penny one, which I haven’t read yet.)