The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel is a Firefly-themed shirt called “The Fighting Fireflies” by Brinkerhoff.

The sale at RIPT began today, Saturday, December 31, 2011, at midnight CST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it’s over, it will not be sold on the site anymore.

Back in September a story caught fire about a theater professor named James Miller at the University of Wisconsin–Stout who was threatened with criminal charges after intellectually challenged campus police removed a completely harmless Firefly poster for referring to killing, despite the fact that the poster actually stood for being fair and honorable.

The university stood behind the decision, and quite the battle unfolded as the professor sought his rightful freedom of speech. Then FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education) got involved and contacted the university about stopping this nonsense, with no success, and so, being Firefly fans themselves, they took to the internet.

A video of the story and how it unfolded has now been released by FIRE which features Mr. Neil Gaiman. You can check out how things turned out here below.

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at TeeFury today is a Star Wars and Firefly mash-up called “Vote Smuggler” by Ian Leino.

The sale began at Teefury today, Wednesday, December 21, 2011, at midnight EST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it’s over, it will not be sold on the site anymore.

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel is a Firefly-themed shirt with a nod to Jack Daniels whiskey called “Browncoat Whiskey” by absenthero.

The sale at RIPT began today, Sunday, December 18, 2011, at midnight CST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it’s over, it will not be sold on the site anymore.

Before you get too excited, no, Netflix is not thinking about bringing Firefly back from the dead…not yet, at least. This is strictly speculative, but it also makes a hell of a lot of sense when you think about it. And fans will indeed think about it.

Comic book (Push, The Highwaymen) and TV (Alphas) writer Marc Bernardin made the case on his Tumblr page, Phenomenaut Aerospace, that none other than Netflix should step up and become the savior that Firefly fans have been desperately waiting for. The reasoning is not without base, either.