 Additionally , there are two comic @-@ book mini @-@ series , Serenity : Those Left Behind ( 3 issues , 104 pages , 2006 ) , Serenity : Better Days ( 3 issues , 80 pages , 2008 ) and a one @-@ shot hardcover Serenity : The Shepherd 's Tale ( 56 pages , 2010 ) , along with the one @-@ shots Serenity : Downtime and The Other Half and Serenity : Float Out in which Whedon explored plot strands he had intended to explore further in the series . The comics are set , in plot terms , between the end of the TV series and the opening of the feature film . The two mini @-@ series were later published in collected form as hardcover and paperback graphic novels . A six @-@ issue series titled Serenity : Leaves on the Wind began in January 2014 and the series takes place after the events of the film . 
