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molokov's review
5.0
A must for big fans of The Guild and Felicia Day. Lots of lovely pictures (I never realised how /accurate/ Helen's Codex costume was until now! She got the look perfect) and huge amounts of behind the scenes info from the cast and crew.
The Guild is the webseries that really kicked off the popularity of ALL webseries as a creative medium, and Felicia's own star has risen since she created it (although Dr Horrible did help quite a bit). As a huge fan of her work (and the show), this book filled me with great joy to read.
The Guild is the webseries that really kicked off the popularity of ALL webseries as a creative medium, and Felicia's own star has risen since she created it (although Dr Horrible did help quite a bit). As a huge fan of her work (and the show), this book filled me with great joy to read.
nancyotoole's review
3.0
I'm not normally into these Official Companion type books, but seeing how I really love The Guild, I thought it would be worth checking it out. Now that I've read it, I'm glad to report that this is true. Although I wouldn't consider this to be a must read for fans, if you find yourself exiting season 6 wanting more, then I would recommend checking this out.
The Official Companion was put together by Titan Books but pretty much all of the content comes from interviews from the cast and crew. The book has a section devoted to each season, and each cast member, as well as memorable aspects of the series, such as the music videos and comic books. To be honest, I kind of wish they had organized this book a little better (for example, when you finish reading about season one, you don't just flip to stuff about season two. You have to go though several other sections first), but the way they have it set up is perfectly fine, and there's a table of contents in front to help guide you. The Official Companion is also filled with tons of great photographs, albeit ones of inconsistent quality. I guess this can be blamed on the fact that they didn't have the nicest cameras on the show for the first season or so.
Some of the content inside was familiar to me, such as Felicia and Kim Evey's explanation of The Guild's very humble beginnings, but there was plenty of new information too. I enjoyed getting to learn more about how the show was made, from the script writing process to the props, and liked the sections that focused on the most memorable aspects of the show (such as that romance cover style poster done of Codex and Fawkes). One thing that permeates all these interviews is a genuine enthusiasm for the show. This started out as a passion project. Even when the show became profitable, that passion never really left, which is really satisfying as a fan to see.
Reading this book made me nostalgic for The Guild, and sad that we probably won't be seeing any more seasons online (it sounds like Felicia wants to bring the show to television or something similar). As mentioned before, these companion books aren't really my thing, but I think they did a pretty good job with this one. I'd recommend checking it out from your library if you're a fan.
The Official Companion was put together by Titan Books but pretty much all of the content comes from interviews from the cast and crew. The book has a section devoted to each season, and each cast member, as well as memorable aspects of the series, such as the music videos and comic books. To be honest, I kind of wish they had organized this book a little better (for example, when you finish reading about season one, you don't just flip to stuff about season two. You have to go though several other sections first), but the way they have it set up is perfectly fine, and there's a table of contents in front to help guide you. The Official Companion is also filled with tons of great photographs, albeit ones of inconsistent quality. I guess this can be blamed on the fact that they didn't have the nicest cameras on the show for the first season or so.
Some of the content inside was familiar to me, such as Felicia and Kim Evey's explanation of The Guild's very humble beginnings, but there was plenty of new information too. I enjoyed getting to learn more about how the show was made, from the script writing process to the props, and liked the sections that focused on the most memorable aspects of the show (such as that romance cover style poster done of Codex and Fawkes). One thing that permeates all these interviews is a genuine enthusiasm for the show. This started out as a passion project. Even when the show became profitable, that passion never really left, which is really satisfying as a fan to see.
Reading this book made me nostalgic for The Guild, and sad that we probably won't be seeing any more seasons online (it sounds like Felicia wants to bring the show to television or something similar). As mentioned before, these companion books aren't really my thing, but I think they did a pretty good job with this one. I'd recommend checking it out from your library if you're a fan.
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