Although only consisting of three fifteen-minute acts and produced by a Hollywood insider—television creator Joss Whedon—
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog is still arguably the webseries that fully put the medium on the entertainment industry map. An online musical containing catchy tunes sung by the likes of Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion and Felicia Day,
Dr. Horrible set the Internet on fire when it premiered in July 2008. Telling the story of, in Whedon’s words, “a low-rent super-villain, the hero who keeps beating him up, and the cute girl from the laundromat he’s too shy to talk to,” the webseries garnered praise from
Time magazine,
Entertainment Weekly and
The Hollywood Reporter. Later release on DVD and CD, and spawning a prequel comic book adaptation,
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog is the perfect example of what can happen when quality storytelling meets the growing potential of the World Wide Web.
Explorations of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Dr. Horrible Conquers the Comic Book Realm Review of the one-shot Dr. Horrible comic book, as well as several online mini comics, that were all written by the musical webseries’ co-creator Zack Whedon.
The Evil League of Evil Exploration of the criminal organization from the webseries Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog as well as its members, both those that appeared in the musical and others created by fans.