[ashleyt]

Thanks for the Q&A

[comic fan]

Buffyfest: Everyone's talking about....The Buffy S.8 Motion Comic

Monday, December 27, 2010

Everyone's talking about....The Buffy S.8 Motion Comic

For the next few days, we're going to be focusing on the Buffy Season 8 motion comic. We have an interview with creator Jeff Shuter and a couple of contests, including our very own giveaway of the new S.8 motion comic Blu-Ray/DVD combo (coming out January 4th.)

Right now, Creative Allies is running their own Buffy design contest with Dark Horse Comics - designers in the U.S. are allowed to compete by creating S.8 poster designs.



You can submit original art inspired by the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 Motion Comic plotlines, scenes or you own interpretations of what happens to Buffy and her fellow Slayers' during their adventures once the TV series ended. The winning artist will receive $500, the Blu-ray & DVD combo of the Motion Comic and a signed copy of their poster. Four runners-up will also receive the Blu-ray & DVD combo. Upload your entry by midnight January 7th, winners to be announced on January 14th.

Click here to enter or even just to vote on your favorite poster so far.

Creative Allies | Design Contests | Buffy The Vampire Slayer | Buffy The Vampire Slayer Poster Art Contest

Buffyfest: Buffyfest Interviews Buffy S.8 Motion Comic Creator, Jeff Shuter

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Buffyfest Interviews Buffy S.8 Motion Comic Creator, Jeff Shuter

Jeff Shuter is the man responsible for the animated motion comic form of Whedon and Dark Horse's notorious Buffy Season 8. This will be the 7th or 8th incarnation of the Buffy franchise, with no end in sight for our snappy slayer. All episodes of the motion comic are now out, 19 in total, and they are being compiled on DVD for release next week. We'll be giving away a few copies, more on that tomorrow.

Still can't wrap your brain around this motion comic business? Check out our conversation with creator Jeff Shuter. (I asked him if it's "Shutter" like Shutter Island or "Shooter" like Shooter McGavin. He clarified with Shutter Island.)

Following this video clip is the full text interview below:

YouTube - Buffyfest Interviews Buffy S.8 Motion Comic Creator Jeff Shuter

Buffyfest: So, Jeff, how did you come to be on the Buffy Season 8 Motion Comic?

Jeff Shuter: How did this come to be? How did I get here myself? I was, I had been working in this field in this genre for about 6 years and I had an opportunity to look at this material and see how it would fit into this type of format and explore. It's all a very experimental thing. I think there's a lot of polar opinions about motion comics, about whether or not this can be brought to life in this way. And, I thought, it's a great format for this type of thing because obviously it's a series adaptation, it's a movie to a show and now this ::gestures to signage of Dark Horse's Season 8 comic.::

Buffyfest: Yes, it's been done in many forms.

JS: Yes, We have freedom, it's not as something we've taken completely from scratch and trying to bring to life. So you can look, you can find there's a reason for it. But also, it's like in terms of this material and really try to incorporate my own take to what it is, I found that in fact there was some controversy about what this comic is. I thought "I love that, I love the controversy", you know, let's find out how to bring her back in a new format.

Buffyfest: Now were you a fan of Buffy or any of Joss Whedon's works before?

JS: You know what's interesting is I watched the show, in high school, a lot of my friends were super into it. I was into it, I watched it, but I wasn't a die hard fan. So what's interesting is when I went into this, I think part of the reason I wanted to get involved is the challenge. I wanted to really come into it in terms of figuring out what exists in the comic that doesn't necessarily exist in the tv show. To a certain extent, and with the resources of what these things are, you're never going to recreate the TV show. I feel if that's what folks want, they'll get that in this, but that may not be 100% what this is.

Buffyfest: Did you go and re-watch anything?

JS: Absolutely, I watched...I was a student of Buffy for quite a while. Really just trying to get a sense of what Buffy is and Buffy is quite a lot of things. I found that going into I'd like to say that my decision in breaking down the material was mixing Season 7 with Season 1 you get to Season 8. If you are a student of numerology...

Buffyfest: 7+1=8

JS: You know...it's that simple.

Buffyfest: Interesting...

JS: That's exactly my reasoning behind it. Because to a certain extent it makes sense, right? And also because there is so much numerology takes place in what's going on. I was like "That's the best way to do it" and in Season 1 she's in high school she doesn't realize the power and she's just...she's just starting to understand the consequence of the Hellmouth. And then in Season 7 it blows wide open.

Buffyfest: Literally.

JS: Exactly! What she knows is destroyed. In fact, I even added in S.8, the very first issue of the book, I really wanted to make that connection to Season 7. So in the shot after General Voll I'm assuming you're familiar...

Buffyfest: I've seen it (laughs).

JS: No, but I mean the comic.

Buffyfest: Oh! I've read them all, of course.

JS: So in the first book, right? They're in the helicopter, they're flying over and General Voll is talking about They're terrorists" and "We don't like her ideology" and all that stuff...

Buffyfest: yep

JS:...and I wanted to add that iconic symbol of that sign falling as they go across, as the helicopter goes across.. I really wanted to make a personal statement because that, to me, was where we were going with this. The sign has fallen, we're going over that crater and now this universe, this Hellmouth has expanded.

Buffyfest: It is an impactful beginning.

JS: Exactly.



Buffyfest: Now in the world of motion comics...how is it doing? Is it getting a good reception?

JS: It's amazing, actually! It's doing really well. We started this as this little... this little digital project, you know? And we were kind of hoping we'd experience it, we were hoping we'd explore it and just invent stuff along the way and really kind of adhere to the books. That was the thing, I wanted to make the book central, that was really important to me. That's my background. That's what was critical to me coming into this. And I think what's helpful is that it shows! From what I hear and I don't know all the bean counting, per se...from what I hear it's attracting almost as well as a cable show...it's attracting much better, people are really pleased with how this is doing. I think as people start to get used to the new interpretation and it brings in new people as well, which i think it awesome. It's drawing new viewers.

Buffyfest: Now, were you at all concerned about people who were really familiar and used to the voices of Sarah Michelle Gellar and everyone else...they're so ingrained. Was the voice acting a concern?

JS: No, I mean, that's a tough question because ultimately we knew that, that we were gonna, that we were going to break away from that. We wanted to find, you know, actors that could...that didn't necessarily sound the same because that's very difficult. We had limited resources making this. So we wanted to find people that had a similar identity. I wanted to find people that I felt gave a sense of what Buffy's about. And of course . I know that I'm sure that by saying that...that's going to be ripped apart likely...

Buffyfest: I don't know about that...

JS: The thing is everyone , everybody has an idea of what Buffy sounds like. I wanted to find somebody that sounded like....We found Kelly, who played the role who, I think she, talk about a lot of weight on somebody's shoulders. She pulled it off and played it wonderfully. But we wanted to find someone, Kelly has a mixture of Season 1 and Season 7. She's got the seriousness of Season 7 with the kind of spunk and kind of wide-eyedness of Season 1.

Buffyfest: Now, there is going to be 19 episodes in the end of Season 1, correct? And all compiled on DVD?

JS: Uh, that to my knowledge that is what is the case. In terms of the other stuff they're gonna be doing, that I don't know, but I'm pretty sure that it's gonna be, from what I hear they're doing a lot of stuff. it's coming packed with a lot of extras.

Buffyfest: Do you know if it's the 40 issues of the season packed into 19? Or each one is it's own episode?

JS: From what I hear and I think they're still figuring it out, I think they're still playing with ideas, they want to make it, I know they want to make it really special. They want to make it really cool.


Bitsy takes over.

Buffyfest: So, how was working with Dark Horse?

JS: Oh, well working with Dark horse, I worked with Dark Horse, I worked with the books, my involvement with Dark Horse was strictly to read...

Buffyfest: So was there input from any of the artists involved?

JS: You know what that I can't....you're asking me a tough question. That is outside of my pay grade. I have no idea how that works.

Buffyfest: Ok, that is alright.

JS: Just so you know basically, I was given the books and said learn them and learn them well. Make them beautiful and make them wonderful.

Buffyfest: Before they multiply...

JS: Exactly. To a certain extent.

Buffyfest: OK, so let's switch tacks. So you had mentioned elsewhere that you had hit the ground running for the first 4 episodes. Can you tell us about some of the challenges you faced as you were learning how to do this?

JS: In terms of the like aesthetic of the comic or learning the world?? All of the above?

Buffyfest: All of the above.

JS: I think, I was saying stuff was constantly happening and experimenting with the format, trying to see where and bringing it to life that allows the viewer to feel that at the same time they can let go! Maybe follow the world itself, just recreating that experience. That's been going on for a while, trying to figure it out. It's not necessarily new, but what's cool is that it's constant experimentation, it's constant reinvention. That's what happened here. We really were inventing. It took about a good 6, 7 weeks of just like throwing stuff against the wall trying to figure what, trying to see what stuck, what makes sense, and we went through the first I'd say like 3 or 4 issues before I really felt that what that we'd started to see the work that our crew was bringing together. It started to mold and shape. It started to get to what I felt was the open aesthetic and literary, and hopefully given those who love the canon this material, has become a poetic voice for the material.

Buffyfest: Were there any innovations that you had throughout the project that you were especially proud of?

JS: Absolutely. It was sort of a development of a sophisticated camera system, it was based on digital effect software. We figured out that what really brought this to life and what really gave us a sense of movement in this particular production was having a sense of this inside camera that maneuvered around, cut out characters built it out like a diorama like you do, like you do in first grade. We build it that way with characters and props and the backgrounds. Then we choreograph that movement to an outside camera to something that's moving hub in general. I found that when choreographed right to specific points of dialogue you really get the sense of the narrator. You really get the sense of the voice. Then it was literally just shaping that and finding in that voice to the way the actor that played Buffy spoke and to the way that the world sounded. Finding those sort of focal points and building, making that choreograph around that essentially creating Buffy! That's her voice!

Buffyfest: Was there any particular scenes that you did and you thought "That's it!"

JS: In issue 5, it's with the decoy Buffy. And it happened there because I started to really click in my mind what Buffy is, to a certain extent. You can kind of see that. It's like when you look in the mirror and you look at yourself but you see yourself in a different way, you know? It's sort of like that issue to me was putting Buffy in a mirror and seeing what she saw that deeply describes what it is to be Buffy. Then it was in that moment throughout that episode where I really felt that things came together. Let's see there's another one too where we really felt in issue 10, when we're talking about dreams and we're talking about ripples in ripples and sort of narratives within narratives, that's also where I felt that it wasn't just a sense of Buffy that was a, to a certain extent that was... it was symbolic, it was an emblem of what this Buffyverse is. Because these books are not just a continuation, I feel that they are also written for the fans too, you know? I feel they are a celebration of what this world is about. And I felt like this stuff about dreams is emblematic...that I felt things coming together because I was really playing with when I got a sense of "dreams within dreams" to how these characters relate and how their world unfolds, I started playing with the aesthetics of windows within windows and, to a certain extent, that's what I felt was the key aesthetic moving forward at that point, that became the rest of the show.

Buffyfest: It's interesting that you happened to pick those two issues because they're two of the most popular issues and two that really resonated with fans...

JS: Really? And you know I didn't even know. That's interesting...cause I went into this....you know I didn't want to do...I did diligence, obviously, I watched the series, I did diligence on the show, but I went into this not wanting to know too much. I wanted to discover it alongside of everyone who is watching. I wanted to feel like, I really feel like that comes across. I hope people don't think that's, you know, weird, but I wanted to...I feel that this work represents me as a reader, substantially, discovering what's amazing about this universe at the same time that they are. I think that I started to feel a connection with Buffy and started to have a sense of the narrator as we moved along. That's why I felt like it was really truthful, because look I can't sit here and quote every quote from the TV series I'm not going to try to, I wanted to experience it and I wanted to make that possible.

Buffyfest: Um, speaking of discovering things, there's this lovely Buffy Jones Soda, have you had chance to try any of it?

JS: I have! I have! It tastes like Root Beer and it tastes like...no it's great, it's awesome. I love Jones!

Buffyfest: Is there any particular one that you like?

JS: I like, you know what? I like them all! I have them all at home. They're great, they're cool! I think they're awesome! I like the uh, to be honest with you, the orange and cream and that's because I come from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Buffyfest: That's awesome. Thank you very much sir.

[comic fan]

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/elev...es-101228.html

11 for '11: Things to Watch in the New Year - SERIES/GNs

By Chris Arrant, Newsarama Contributor
posted: 29 December 2010 12

Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season 9

Forget what they say – you can come home again. The comic series Buffy the Vampire Slayer burst onto comic shelves in recent years as a thriving title – and line – for Dark Horse, and gave Joss Whedon a chance to continue the stories he began so many years ago. Upon its launch, Buffy, The Vampire Slayer: Season 8 skyrocketed to the top of the U.S. sales charts – outstripping all others including Marvel and DC that month. Over the course of 40 issues, series creator Joss Whedon has taken readers dour expectations of a comic book based on a TV series and turned it on its head, leaving hardcore Buffy fans and comics readers alike scrambling for each new issue. With the culmination of Season 8 scheduled to hit January 19, Dark Horse has already started teasing the follow-up series set for later in 2011. Joining the line-up in 2011 will be a standalone series about Angel, who reappeared late in Season 8, as well as a few surprises according to the publisher.

[comic fan]

Short Jo Chen video interview about her Buffy covers.

Covering Jo Chen - Whedonesque.com

[ashleyt]

Thanks for the link!

[comic fan]

Clip from the Buffy Season 8 Motion Comics DVD/Blu-Ray special features.

Exclusive clip: "BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER" Season 8 Motion Comic

Exclusive clip: "BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER" Season 8 Motion Comics

Next Tuesday, January 4, sees the release of the latest in the ever-growing medium of motion comics- and oh, it's an exciting one. Anyone following Dark Horse's BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER series knows that what's essentially season eight of the beloved television show has seen some of the best Buffy material to date. Fango nabbed an exclusive clip from the DVD's extras; hit the jump to check out "Under Buffy's Spell"!

YouTube - Buffy Season 8, "Under Buffy's Spell"

[comic fan]

Exclusive Preview | Buffy the Vampire Slayer #40 | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment

EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"

Courtesy of Dark Horse Comics, ROBOT 6 presents an exclusive preview of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer #40,” which wraps up the season eight storyline. The comic arrives Jan. 19, which is Buffy Summer’s birthday.


Buffy the Vampire Slayer #40

Although the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series went out with a bang in 2003, Ms. Summers and the Scooby gang had a very busy 2010. Not only did we get the big reveal of who the villain Twilight really was — a character whose comic series will return to Dark Horse next year — but we’ve also made it to the end of “season eight” with a huge story with huge consequences. And we found out that the crew will be back sometime next year for season nine.

But before that one begins, you gotta have an ending. On Jan. 19, Buffy the Vampire Slayer #40 drives a stake through the ambitious season eight, where “betrayal comes in the shape of the closest, most unexpected individual of all.” Jan. 19 is the birthday of Buffy Summers, and Dark Horse has six events planned around the country to celebrate it.

And right here for our birthday, we’re very pleased to present an exclusive preview of Buffy the Vampire Slayer #40, courtesy of the kind folks at Dark Horse Comics. Check out the preview, solicitation info and details on the Buffy birthdays after the jump.


Buffy the Vampire Slayer #40









Here’s the solicitation info:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer #40
Writer: Joss Whedon
Penciller: Georges Jeanty
Inker: Andy Owens
Colorist: Michelle Madsen
Cover Artist: Georges Jeanty
Season Eight has at last brought Buffy the long way home, and betrayal comes in the shape of the closest, most unexpected individual of all. Reeling from their losses, the Scoobies will never be the same again

Series creator Joss Whedon and series artist Georges Jeanty bring you the biggest Buffy finale ever!

Publication Date: January 19, 2011
Format: FC, 40 pages
Price: $2.99

And here’s more information on the six Buffy Birthday Parties, from Dark Horse:

Careful readers may have noticed that the release date of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 #40 has been moved to January 19, 2011. The change in date is no accident. The final issue of the much-talked-about series will hit shelves on the birthday of Buffy Summers. In order to celebrate both the end of Season 8 and the birthday of the beloved character, Dark Horse is proud to announce six Buffy Birthday Parties across the country!

Dark Horse editor Scott Allie had this to say about the event: “It’s been a long, strange ride to the end of Buffy’s eighth season, and when we realized that her thirtieth birthday fell on a Wednesday, the day new comics go on sale, we realized we had to move our release date to coincide. We’re excited to celebrate this landmark occasion and hope we can gather good crowds of Buffy readers and fans together to wish her well as she heads off for Season 9, a little bit older, her head hung low. . . . ”

It’s hard to believe the vampire slayer is another year older, but time and tide wait for no man, woman, or demon. If, while reading this, you notice your local comic shop is not listed as hosting a party, have the shop’s owner contact Dark Horse, and we’ll provide them with activity sheets to host their own event.
The following locations will have games, prizes, giveaways, and more for their Buffy Birthday Party! Details vary by location.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA
4:00 p.m.—7:00 p.m.
Oxford Comics Games & More
2855 Piedmont Road NE
(404) 233-8682
Special Guest: Georges Jeanty, artist, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8

PORTLAND, OREGON
5:30 p.m.—7:45 p.m.
Multnomah County Library
Central Library, US Bank Room
801 SW 10th Ave.
(503) 988-5123
Special Guests: Scott Allie and Sierra Hahn, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 editors
*Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 comics will be available for sale at the event from Cosmic Monkey Comics.

MISSOULA, MONTANA
4:00 p.m.—6:00 p.m.
Muse Comics & Games
2100 Stephens Ave., Suite 107
(406) 543-9944

NEW YORK, NEW YORK
4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Midtown Comics Downtown
64 Fulton St.
(800) 411-3341 / (212) 302-8192

HURST, TEXAS
4:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Lone Star Comics #6
931 Melbourne Rd.
(817) 595-4375

PLANO, TEXAS
5:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Lone Star Comics #8
3100 Independence Parkway #318
(972) 985-1593

(A huge thank you to Jim Gibbons!)

[ashleyt]

Looks good but I'm very interested in how the season will end

[slayerboy42]

Those previews look really great. But is it me or Buffy seems.. younger ? I think it's 'cause of her hair.

[comic fan]

Brian Lynch has finished Spike #8 of 8.

IDW Publishing Forums :: View topic - I have written SPIKE 8

I have written SPIKE 8

Still not done with SPIKE (have some of 7 to finish, wanted to tackle 8 so Franco had a lot of time to finish all 24 pages of 8 ), but it was very emotional writing what would be the last pages of my SPIKE adventure.

The series gets better as it goes on, especially because I've had more time to write the later issues (the first 4 were written on set or in post production offices of HOP when I could find time to open the SPIKE file in what was very rare downtime).

I've heard the rumblings that the first couple of issues were a bit too funny/light for people's taste. Can't say I disagree, I enjoy funny stories, and the comic was written while reading the later BUFFY issues. So in a way, knowing how downbeat the BUFFY books are, I was writing a bit of an antidote to that...but perhaps I went too far in the other direction. I think four is also goofy, but with Willow's arrival in 5 (warm as it is), and with the characters steam-rolling towards the ending, the humor drops out in a big way (but you can't silence Spike, who will always have a unique perspective on even the darkest of situations).

So just want to say that I hear you when you critique/talk about/like/love/hate the book. I want Spike to go out on top, we're all working hard to make the series a homerun.

Thanks to everyone who's reading it, and I hope we can all stay pals when Angel and Spike pick up their suitcases and move to Dark Horse.


Elena Casagrande Illyria #3 cover.

http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/...aw-d34mg43.jpg



Nick Runge Spike #8 cover.

Comic Cove: Spike 2011


Well, it's the new year, and 2011 still sounds like the year from a sci-fi movie to me, but hey, these are strange days we live in.

Anyway, here's the inks for my variant cover to Spike #8 from IDW. It's the last of my covers for this run, and I suspect for the Whedonverse, unless there are any more collected books or issues before Dark Horse gets back the various titles in a few months.

For this cover, I chose to go with the same "film" noir, high-contrast look as the last cover. I gave Spike a bit heavier coat than his usual leather jacket, and turned the collar up for more shadows.

Posted by nickrunge

Spike #4 is out this Wed. according to diamond.

I have my copy of the Buffy Season 8 DVD/Blu Ray Motion Comics.

The DVD is a flipper disk.Issues 1-8 are on side A and issues 9-19 are on side B with the special features spread out on both sides.The Blu-Ray copy has everything on one side of the disk of course.

[comic fan]

Scott Allie reveals teaser panels for Buffy Season 8 #40.

Buffy Season 8 #40 Preview! :: Blog :: Dark Horse Comics

Buffy Season 8 #40 Preview!

01/04/2011

We've got a special treat for you lucky Buffy fans! Editor and co-writer Scott Allie specially chose these teaser panels to give fans a special comic-style trailer for the final issue of Buffy Season Eight! Take a look!





















The final issue of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight is in stores January 19th!

[comic fan]

Still no preview pages.

I have my copy of Spike #4 of 8 though.This issue was much meatier then last issue.

1)The Spike/Dru reunion is fun.Spike is torn between his old feelings for Dru,the fact that he's moved on,and still being pissed at her for running off and shagging that chaos demon.He's also pissed that she's been screwing John.Beck and Dru are very catty to each other too in this issue with both jealous of the other over Spike.Spike and Dru do get into it in the issue about their past and about Buffy.

Dru in the shower:She's getting in the way(she meaning Beck).

Spike:Wonderful,Let's do this now.Getting in the way of what,Dru.

Dru:Of us.

Spike: Dru,"US" belongs alongside Turok-Han and decent punk bands on the list of things that just don't exist anymore.I hopped of your crazy train the minute you hopped on a Chaos demon.Never been more happy with that decision than I was today,when you reeked of villain of the week.

Dru:I showered.He's gone.You have to let that go.

Spike lighting up a cigarette:Oh love...I've let SO MUCH go.

Dru coming out of the bathroom and drying her hair:Yes,I know.Playing with slayers.

Spike:SLAY-ER.I,uh,played with one.

Dru:And you killed two.So you're still ahead.Why aren't you with her?Oh,did you get bored?She seemed boring.Stiff and boring.

Spike:Anything but.Our story isn't done.I...exploded in front of her.For her.For the world.That's how we left it.(see Buffy Season 8 for the reunion).

Dru:She forced you to get a soul.

Spike:She made me want to be better.

Dru:You were perfect.

Spike:I was a nightmare

Dru:You were committed.You protected me.However you remember it...we were connected in ways that no one can understand.And then it changed.You took a soul and they came and you didn't know.

Dru then gets into what happened to her in Angel #24-25.

Again,Spike really does seem torn in this issue and does lose himself a bit into his past relationship with Dru while also trying to fight those past feelings.You really have to read the dialog to get the torn vibe.The issue sort of ends on that note while Spike also thinks about getting help which leads to #3 on this list below.

2)We get the insight dirt on John.Spike doesn't have John's soul literally.It's explained in this issue by Wolfram and Hart when Spike soul was restored in "Grave" there had to be a balance.To restore Spike's soul,someone else had to lose theirs.That person was John.

John:You told ME Spike took my soul.

Wolfram And Hart:We told you there needs to be a balance.When Spike won his back....

John:I DON'T HAVE MY SOUL BECAUSE SPIKE WANTED TO SCORE A GIRL.My point is YOU KNEW WHAT YOU WERE DOING.When you put us in the same room.

John is also pissed because Wolfram and Hart used Dru to mess with Spike's head and he wants to know why they didn't use Buffy instead.Wolfram and Hark knew Buffy wouldn't be easy to manipulate like Dru.

John in tears:And you knew what you were doing when you brought her into this,when you paired us up.You could of brought in the Slayer if you REALLY wanted to mess with his head,but you didn't...

Wolfram and Hart:The Slayer cannot be easily manipulated.

3)The setup for Willow's arrival next issue.While Dru is showering Spike tries to call Angel's cell phone to let him know what's going on but the call fails(Angel is in the future as seen in his book).At the end of the issue while he and Dru are hugging,Spike realize he needs help.In a comedic sequence in Spike's head,he rules out Angel,Illyria,Connor,Gunn and even Wes.He decides to get Willow's help.And that's how the issue ends.

Again,much meatier IMO then last issue and fun.

[ashleyt]

Thanks for the info

[comic fan]

Final version of Georges Jeanty Buffy #40 cover.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer #40 (Georges Jeanty cover) :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics



http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/01/...y-season-nine/

Gail Simone Asked To Write For Buffy Season Nine

Submitted by Rich Johnston
on January 7, 2011



We all know that the Joss Whedon showrun comic Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season Eight is coming to a close, and that Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season Nine is to launch from Dark Horse Comics later this year.

Well now we know that comic book writer Birds Of Prey/Secret Six/Welcome To Tranquility‘s Gail Simone has been asked to write for it.

I do hope she says yes. I would look forward to her Willow, especially.

Photo by Laura Gjovaag.

http://www.606studios.com/bendisboar...5&postcount=25

Quote:
Originally Posted by AndrewCrossett
I just think it's a crying shame you've never written for the real Buffy, because your style is right in the Joss Whedon wheelhouse.

They asked me to, they said I can write as much Buffy as I want, and they sent all the tpbs for me to look at.

They have been pretty wonderful, actually!

[comic fan]

The issue came out last week but the preview pages for Spike #4 are finally out.

Preview: Spike #4 - Comic Book Resources

EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: "Spike" #4

Courtesy of IDW Publishing, CBR presents an exclusive preview of "Spike" #4 written by Brian Lynch with art and cover by Franco Urru. Spike's reunion with Drusilla continues this Wednesday, January 12.



Spike’s reunion with Drusilla is nothing short of explosive, especially considering her new lover thinks Spike has something he needs. Meanwhile, Las Vegas continues to deal with even more weirdness as Wolfram & Hart tries to get around Team Spike. Bring on the pyrokinetic and the psychic fish to save the day!