Joss Whedon

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June 23, 1964 in New York, New York, The United States

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comics & Graphic Novels, Humor

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Joss Whedon (born Joseph Hill Whedon) is an Academy Award-nominated and Hugo Award winning American screenwriter, executive producer, director, occasional composer and actor, and founder of Mutant Enemy Productions. He graduated from Winchester College in England and he went on to receive a film degree from Wesleyan University in 1987.
He is the influential writer/director/ producer and creator of the pop culture phenomenon, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV-series, 1997-2003) ‘. He is also known for other genre TV-series like, Angel (1999–2004) and Firefly (2002).
He has written several film scripts for others ('Toy Story'(1995) etc.), as well as writing and directing the movie sequel to his Cult TV-series ‘Firefly’; ‘Serenity (2005)’. He went o...more

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Average rating: 4.00 · 76,107 ratings · 4,681 reviews · 130 distinct works

	Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 1: Gifted by Joss Whedon (Writer), John Cassaday (Artist) 4.18 avg rating — 6,357 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Serenity: Those Left Behind (Serenity, #1) by Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews, Will Conrad (Illustrator) 3.93 avg rating — 6,157 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Vol. 1: The Long Way Home by Joss Whedon, Georges Jeanty (Illustrator), Jo Chen (Illustrator) 3.99 avg rating — 5,385 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	Fray by Joss Whedon, Andy Owens (Inker), Karl Moline (Penciller) 4.07 avg rating — 4,441 ratings — 7 editions	My rating:
	Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 2: Dangerous by Joss Whedon (Writer), John Cassaday (Artist) 4.13 avg rating — 2,954 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Vol. 4: Time of Your Life by Joss Whedon, Jeph Loeb, Karl Moline 3.89 avg rating — 2,485 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 3: Torn by Joss Whedon (Writer), John Cassaday (Artist) 4.17 avg rating — 2,187 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Better Days (Serenity, #2) by Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews, Will Conrad (Illustrator) 3.90 avg rating — 2,230 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 4: Unstoppable by Joss Whedon (Writer), John Cassaday (Artist) 4.27 avg rating — 1,919 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Vol. 5: Predators and Prey by Joss Whedon, Jane Espenson, Steven S. DeKnight 3.82 avg rating — 2,083 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Whedon's and Cassaday's Astonishing X-Men (7 books)
by Joss Whedon, John Cassaday (Illustrator)

4.20 avg rating — 14,835 ratings

Astonishing X-Men (7 books)
by Joss Whedon (Writer), John Cassaday (Artist)

4.13 avg rating — 14,145 ratings

Serenity (4 books)
by Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews, Will Conrad (Illustrator)

3.94 avg rating — 10,957 ratings

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus (7 books)
by Joss Whedon (Series Creator), Tom Fassbender, Jim Pascoe, Amber Benson (Goodreads Author), Cliff Richard, Jane Espenson, Scott Allie

3.97 avg rating — 4,537 ratings

Angel: After the Fall (8 books)
by Joss Whedon, Dave Ross, Kelley Armstrong (Goodreads Author)

3.70 avg rating — 4,002 ratings

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“Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck.”
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“People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy.”
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“I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of. ”
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Planetary, Vol. 1 All Over the World and Other Stories

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by Joss Whedon and Karl Moline

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Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1 Back on the Street

by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertston

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