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In all fairness to Fox, their proposed space western sounds more like a Jonah Hex ripoff than a Firefly/Serenity wannabe. Credit where credit is due, I suppose.
I love writing for the Evil Fox Exec. Despite appearing only a handful of times, I have his entire back story fleshed out in my head. He’s a troubled man that wrestles with the moral implications of his many unfathomable sins, while simultaneously reveling in his god-like powers. He wasn’t born this way. He was made into a monster. He’s a walking study in nature vs. nurture. He started at Fox in a lowly, but creative position. The highers ups noticed his go-getter attitude and began molding him to their sinister will. With each promotion came more money, more power and more dubious job duties. At first he was only asked to cancel shows that had already had several seasons, good promotion and still suffered from low ratings. He thought of it as mercy killing. Then he was told to create shows that would garner a small but devoted fanbase JUST so they could be canceled and replaced with reality-dance contests. Fox’s hate-engine is fueled by sadness and he was loading it’s doom-furnace one shovel full at a time.
OK, he’s basically Lindsey McDonald to Fox’s Wolfram and Hart, but I still enjoy the tiny, evil space in my head the EFE occupies. Expect to see more of him in the future.
Tags: evil fox executive, firefly, fox, joss whedon, tv
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September 15th, 2009 at 3:19 am
omg the kittens are extra cute, well done Joel
September 15th, 2009 at 3:19 am
Entirely TOO cute.
September 15th, 2009 at 3:20 am
I LOVE the evil Fox Executive. I don't know why, since he's the arch nemesis of all that is good in TV.
September 15th, 2009 at 3:26 am
so the kitten is jesus correct???
September 15th, 2009 at 3:43 am
Oh dear sweet baby jesus, it's the thing of nightmares….oh there's also a guy eating cats maybe he's related to Denise. Just needs a dash of MSG.
September 15th, 2009 at 3:57 am
The cuter, the tastier!
September 15th, 2009 at 3:58 am
Yet another full of win comic. Nicely done, Joel!
September 15th, 2009 at 4:11 am
"This part gets kind of splattery." FoxExec FTW!
September 15th, 2009 at 4:14 am
While I'm cautiously optimistic about a new sci-fi show on FOX, this would mean something else may get shitcanned to fit in the schedule [pleasebearealityshowpleasebearealityshowpleasebearealityshow...].
September 15th, 2009 at 4:51 am
He got neutered and eaten for our sins.
September 15th, 2009 at 4:54 am
If Fox was really truly smart and gave up their evil ways they would get down on their knees and beg Whedon to come back and do Firefly again.
September 15th, 2009 at 5:24 am
I do enjoy comics with the fox exec. he should get his own tag. I wonder how long this new show will last. unless it sucks, then it'll stick around for a while
September 15th, 2009 at 5:34 am
I maded you a Jesus, but I ated Him.
September 15th, 2009 at 7:06 am
Whee! More fun with the evil, murderous FOX Executive. I wonder if he kills baby penguins too. That's like the highest level of evil there is, killing penguins. Once you pass that point… well, you're pretty much just plain doomed. Perhaps if you're lucky, you'll get off easy and just be sentenced to a limbo dimension… the purgatory kind. You're not very lucky if you're sentenced to the other kind of limbo dimension, cause seriously, who wants to listen to "Limbo Rock" for the rest of eternity?
September 15th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
"Bigtime Lols on this side of the table" completes me.
September 15th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
I can has Jesusburger?
September 15th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
I hear he clubs baby seals while their mother's watch.
September 15th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
I hear he clubs baby seals while their mothers watch.
September 15th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Meh, clubbing baby seals is for people who want to be supremely evil, but can't bring themselves to harming penguins. I'd club a baby seal, if I wanted to be like that, which I don't, but I'd never even think of killing a penguin.
September 15th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
I'm thinking you secretly want to rule the world with an iron fist.
September 15th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Don't know about the show but if they take the idea off in a different direction from Firefly it could be neat (with no hands on from Fox execs of course). For example, how about something like Neil Stephenson's Anathem but based in the Western genre?
Sadly something will have to die and hopefully those kittens are reality show kittens.
September 15th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Of course, but I'm not gonna club any baby seals to do it unless there's no other way, and I'm definitely not gonna kill penguins to do it.
September 16th, 2009 at 12:38 am
On the note of Jonah Hex, I personally plan on watching that as a crappy cam, projected on a wall, with the ambient sounds from a shitty, downtown theater. I want it to be as close to a B-movie experience as possible, as the movie itself looks like it's going to be complete shit.
September 16th, 2009 at 12:39 am
What if the baby seals and the penguins organize an underground resistance to your totalitarian rule?
September 16th, 2009 at 1:01 am
how long till we see a force choke or force lightning from the EFE?
September 16th, 2009 at 1:34 am
Then I'll club the damned baby seals and develop a penguin mind control device.
September 16th, 2009 at 4:04 am
Fox will look up and shout "Save us!"… and Whedon will whisper "no."
September 16th, 2009 at 4:16 am
You have no idea the power of the fox side.
September 16th, 2009 at 6:45 am
hey! you must have gotten some internet. its been a while.
September 16th, 2009 at 8:28 am
Oh dude, come on!
September 16th, 2009 at 8:29 am
The FOX is strong with this one.
September 16th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
not yet, just university comps during the day. Keep it up!
September 16th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHAH! I love this.
September 17th, 2009 at 3:23 am
You forgot a small detail about the Evil Fox Exec, Joel, the part about him having been raped by his astronaut uncle.
And yes, the fox exec is EXACTLY like I've pictured him.
September 18th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Did anybody else notice that the bag says "Execu-lunch". Like its a prepackaged meal he bought specifically made for Fox executives.
September 19th, 2009 at 12:05 am
Danke. Maybe I'll comment more often. And pick a better username.
October 27th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
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