2011 Sponsors

Browncoats: Redemption is a Firefly/Serenity fan film that was created to raise money for the five charities supported by the cast and creator of the TV show and movie. Browncoats: Redemption takes place three months after the events in the film Serenity where we find Captain Laura Matthews and the crew of Redemption unintentionally thrown into a situation viewed by some as a potential catalyst for the second unified rise of the Independents against the Alliance. The Alliance is looking for a scape goat for Miranda while those disenfranchised with the Alliance are looking for a rallying cry to take action. Through all this, a secret about Laura is exposed that shakes the very core of the crew, threatening to break it up, challenge the trust that she’s earned with the Browncoats, and undo all the efforts she has put into place to keep a sense of peace in her life.

Website: www.browncoatsmovie.com

Buffyfest is a collaboration of 3 writers, artists and activists who have created a place to share news and thoughts about the works of Joss Whedon. Based in NYC and LA, Buffyfest has readership in over 170 countries and has conducted over 60 interviews with the cast and crew of the Whedonverse. The founders of Buffyfest have proudly sponsored Can’t Stop the Serenity since 2009.

Website: buffyfest.blogspot.com

Cats Dreaming: beads, fabric, paper, ink. Inspired by the media we work with, we create jewelry, quilts, fabric whimsies, cards, bookmarks, and whatever else strikes our fancy. Often our inspiration comes from the world of Firefly/Serenity – as dedicated Browncoats how can it be otherwise? Other inspiration is provided by the Orient, Celtic & Wiccan traditions, geekery, and a love of cats. The three of us live in Charlotte, North Carolina. We’ve been CSTS sponsors for several years and provided the Firefly fabric fortune cookies for the Browncoat Ball. Please visit us on Facebook or at our Etsy site. –Rob, Kate, & Karen
Website: www.catsdreaming.etsy.com

Creation Entertainment is a leader in conventions for fans of genre television and film. Founded in 1971 and known for inventing the concept of “traveling” fan conventions, Creation has brought its brand of live interactive entertainment events to over three million attendees throughout the United States, Canada and Great Britain. Over 1,000 top sci-fi celebrities: actors, directors, producers and writers have met their fans at Creation produced events.

Website: www.creationent.com

Done The Impossible: The Fans’ Tale of Firefly & Serenity is available on DVD and CD soundtrack through DoneTheImpossible.com and Amazon.com. Done The Impossible has had the distinction of being an Official Selection at many film festivals around the world. The DVD, hosted by Adam Baldwin with voice-over by Jewel Staite, features interviews with Joss Whedon, the cast, crew, and most important, the fans themselves. The story chronicles the rise, fall, and rebirth of the cult TV show “Firefly” as told from the perspective of the fans who helped save it. Fans share what inspired them to become passionate about Firefly, to help save Firefly, attend shindigs, participate in message boards, donate to charities, and become Serenity extras. The CD soundtrack features seven outstanding artists and crosses multiple genres including Celtic and filk: The Bedlam Bards, Brobdingnagian Bards, Dan Sehane, Emerald Rose, Michelle Dockrey, Rob Kuhlman, and Tony Fabris.

Website: www.donetheimpossible.com

DragonWeave Jewelry offers a unique collection of stylish silver jewelry. Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, DragonWeave is run by Nicole Bornak, and features her sister Jillian’s bead bracelet designs. Designs include dragons, gothic and celtic mythology, goddess, angel and animal motifs, Japanese, Chinese and Egyption symbos and striking modern pieces. Nicole and Jillian have also designed Serenity inspired pieces. They are always eager to hear your comments and suggestions, feel free to drop them a line and share your opinions and ideas. They will do their best to make DragonWeave Jewelry a rewarding experience for you!

Website: www.dragonweave.com

Ian Leino is an independent graphic artist, who has worked with a broad range of regional and national clients on a host of projects including identity, packaging, print and apparel design. Many of his personal apparel designs have also been picked up for production by a number of online apparel sites including Threadless, DesignByHumans, Woot and many more. His Serenity Sake design is a fan favorite among Browncoats.

Website: www.ianleino.com

Illusionext is a group of independent film makers out of Utah with strong ties to the Firefly and Serenity fan communities. Illusionext is a strong supporter of Can’t Stop the Serenity and the growing fan film industry across the globe.
Website: illusionext.blogspot.com/

Joss Whedon is certainly our first Lifetime Sponsor. He has delighted fans since he began writing episodes for Roseanne and on beloved movies like Toy Story. Since then he’s given us jewels like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Doctor Horrible’s Sing-along Blog and Dollhouse. Of course, for us here at CSTS, Joss is THE MAN responsible for giving us the very shiny Firefly and her big damn companion movie, Serenity – the flagship of our Can’t Stop the Serenity efforts.

Keelhauler Transport & Trading Company is the Verse’s answer to small, inexpensive shipping. Keelhauler piggybacks more than 85% of its transport and trade with outbound and inbound boats, which keeps their overhead low and their prices reasonable. Keelhauler is the cheapest shipping from Bernadette to New Canaan and back again.

As they say at Keelhauler, “If you got, we’ll haul it.”

Kids Need to Read works to create a culture of reading for children by providing inspiring books to underfunded schools, libraries, and literacy programs across the United States, especially those serving disadvantaged children.

Website: www.kidsneedtoread.org

Mike Henderson is a former student at the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. He is a current freelancer of the Marvel Comics variety, a former Mr. Universe, a secular humanist, and the World’s 7th Greatest Tetherball player. Two of those are untrue.

Website: mikeshenderson.blogspot.com/

Mikey Mason is a Comedy Rock Star, a naughty cartoon character, and an experiment gone wrong. He explodes on the stage with unfathomable energy, relentlessly pounding away at his audience with a wit as fast as his mouth, infectiously outrageous original songs, and his completely twisted world view. Mikey’s latest hit ‘She Don’t Like Firefly’, is a runaway internet success!

Website: www.mikeymason.com

Nerd Adjacent Productions was founded by Matt Stevens and Ashlyn N Adams, who combined their dreams and designs with the talents of a small group of some of the best artists around. A team member is available just about all the time to answer your questions, turn your idea into reality, produce your movie, help you put together your comic book, publish your news article, design a gift, create custom artwork, immortalize what you hold dear, give you a thorough review of the latest gadget/game/flick, and put you or your company’s name in lights.

Website: stores.ebay.com/nerdadjacent

Out To The Black Outfitters was founded in 2005 by Sue and Mark Regonini to bring shiny pretties such as t-shirts, hats, messenger bags, and other ‘verse-related accessories to Browncoats from Core to Rim! This year Sue and Mark transferred OTTB to the Southeastern Browncoats, Inc., a 501(c)3 charity. Now 100% of all sales support Browncoat charities. The SEBC will continue the “By Browncoats For Browncoats” business motto, and the signature product “May Have Been The Losing Side…” design that was used on t-shirts back in the guerrilla marketing days for Serenity. OTTB will continue to create products and designs with a unique “Browncoat aesthetic” that are practical, stylish, and let you identify yourself as a proud supporter of the ‘Verse. Look for a new website in the near future as the transfer is completed.

Quantum Mechanix specializes in the design and manufacture of licensed high-quality replicas of vehicles, props, and other artefacts from television and motion pictures. The Official Serenity Blueprint Reference Pack, The Malcolm Reynolds Stunt Pistol and the Blue Sun Travel Posters are just some of the fine Qm^x products from the ‘Verse, with many more to come! Licensed franchises include Serenity, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Classics of Sci Fi, and Universal Monsters.

Website: www.quantummechanix.com

Randomly Generated is the home of Jennifer Milne’s geeky peg people. From her lair in Aberdeen, Jen creates figurines based on her favorite fandoms. From Doctor Who to the ‘Little Peg’ Big Damn Heroes, Jen’s creations have sold worldwide. As she asserts on her Etsy site, “Every doll is hand-painted in “sunny” Scotland and they’re ready to be posted off to start their new life in your home!”

Website: www.etsy.com/shop/RandomlyGenerated

Sending A Wave is the first UK based Firefly/Serenity podcast, going strong since 2006. Subscribe now and join hosts Wendy and Odile for all the latest news about the verse and all things Joss Whedon fresh from the United Kingdom.

Website: sendingawave.wordpress.com

The Signal is an award winning podcast covering all things Firefy and Serenity. Since 2005, the dedicated Signal crew have entertained and educated Browncoats across the world with special features, news, reviews, interview, chat, and anything else they can think of relating to the universe of Firefly and Serenity.

Website: www.serenityfirefly.com

Smart Pop (an imprint of BenBella Books) is a line of smart, fresh, funny essay anthologies on the best of pop culture tv, books, and film, with a particular focus on science fiction and fantasy television and literature. Since 2003 they’ve published over 4 dozen titles on everything from Star Wars to Gilmore Girls to the work of Joss Whedon (including Finding Serenity, Serenity Found, and The Psychology of Joss Whedon). Check out the rest, and read a new free essay every day from their line, at their website.

Website: www.smartpopbooks.com

Square One Printing is a full service printing center providing quality, experienced design and press work. Square One has served clients nationwide for over 20 years, bringing together the finest artists and technicians in the business. They have graciously donated many of our poster and print goods for the global sponsor packs in the 2001 season.

Website: www.squareoneprinting.com

Things From Another World is the place for comics, graphic novels, statues, toys, and more for the last 30 years, offering stores in Milwaukie, Portland, and Beaverton, Oregon, as well as our Universal Studios Citywalk location in Los Angeles, California–and, of course, the website. Today, we’re the third-largest comic book retailer in the nation, but our purpose remains the same: to have an outstanding selection of comic books, graphic novels, toys, statues, and other pop culture-related goodness, and to take special care of our customers.
Website: www.tfaw.com

ThinkGeek started as an idea. A simple idea to create and sell stuff that would appeal to the thousands of people out there who were on the front line and in the trenches as the Internet was forged. ThinkGeek started as a way to serve a market that was passionate about technology, from programmers, engineers, students, lovers of open source, to the masses that helped create the behind-the-scenes Internet culture. ThinkGeek is now your source of all thinks geeky. So get your geek on and go visit ThinkGeek.com
Website: www.thinkgeek.com

Thomas Grooms is a Firefly enthusiast and prop collector. He is better known as Punctated on Fireflyprops.net and has created various Firefly universe-related paper prop items. He is especially proud of his latest creation, the Ten Credit Alliance Coin.

Tyler Sarna is a fan of props, gadgetry and gear, and an emergency preparedness specialist out of Florida who advocates preparation over a wide range of scenarios from extreme to simple. As he says himself, “It is not about paranoia, or conspiracy theories. It’s also not about living in fear. It is about not only the comfort that comes with having some degree of preparedness, but the enjoyment that many of us find in preparedness activities, and in helping others.”

The Utah Browncoats are long time supporters of Can’t Stop the Serenity and the Firefly fandom at large. They gather every year to host events and screenings around the state and raise awareness for the charities of the Big Damn Heroes and Joss Whedon’s work.

Website: www.utahbrowncoats.com

Whedonopolis – a subsidiary of Fandom Charities – is dedicated to promoting the Whedonverse and everyone involved in it, whether cast, crew, writer, director, producer, or what have you. We feel it’s our job to help you keep track of what’s going on with the people that made the fictional universes we love so much. Whedonopolis was founded by C. Kelly Amor, Alison Frankel, Patti Hutchens, Ray McDermott, Marsia Powers, Shan Ray, Brian Rubin and Susan Weber.

Website: www.whedonopolis.com