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POSTED April 29,
2008 |
Buffy Season Eight #16 Solicitation
 On a hot tip, Buffy and Willow head to Manhattan hoping to unlock the secrets of Buffy's mysterious scythe, but something goes terribly awry when Buffy suddenly finds herself transported to an unknown world, and into the path of future Slayer Fray.
Buffy creator Joss Whedon teams with his Fray co-creator Karl Moline in "Time of Your Life." Jo Chen and Georges Jeanty join the team for covers. Out July 2nd. Click Here to view a larger version of Georges Jeanty's cover. |
Fray "Time of Your Life" News
Artist Karl Moline, who co-created futuristic vampire slayer Melaka Fray with Joss Whedon for the Dark Horse spinoff miniseries, "Fray: Future Slayer" in 2003, returns to the fray in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #16. Comic Book Resources interviews him about his return Here. Scott Allie teased that the four-issue Fray arc will "begin with Buffy getting stuck in the future, and confronting Fray... Something very big changes for Dawn in this arc." CBR News also spoke with Season Eight assistant editor Sierra Hahn about the upcoming Buffy/Fray crossover Here.
MySpace Comic Books has an exclusive preview of the first four pages from the Whedon-penned arc. The latest issue of Previews released a retailers incentive print (see below) of Buffy #16-19 drawn by Karl Moline.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer News
 Buffy Omnibus Vol. 4 comes out this week.
Scott Allie announced at this month's New York Comic-Con that Dark Horse will be producing a Buffy themed Tarot Card deck with painted art by Paul Lee. Click Here to read an interview with him at ComicMix discussing Buffy, Fray and Serenity.
The Fray arc will be followed by an issue by Jeph Loeb, who will revisit the Buffy animated series that never happened. "It's Buffy sort of revisiting her high school life, but drawn in the style of the animated series that never happened."
Several one-off issues will be written by Jim Krueger, Jane Esponson, Doug Petrie, Drew Greenberg, and Steven DeNight. "The world of Buffy is going to change, for the worse. If the slayers are looked on as terrorists now, it's only going to get much much worse."
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Angel After the Fall #10 Solicitation
 Months ago, Los Angeles went to hell. Or maybe hell came to Los Angeles. Find out the truth once and for all. Plus, someone's been manipulating everyone from the start. Angel would very much like to meet him, and he'll tear through every demon in LA to do so. Meanwhile, Spike has something important to tell Wesley, Illyria has a new role, and what the hell is Gunn keeping in the basement? Out July 2008.
The release date for Angel After The Fall #7 has been pushed up to May 7th from May 28th, according to TFAW.com.
Click Here to view a larger version of page from Angel #9 by Nick Runge, Shaynne Corbett, and Art Lyon. Click on the below thumbnails to view larger versions of Alex Garner's cover for Angel After the Fall #9 (which pays subtle homage to Jack Kirby's cover for The Incredible Hulk #1 from 1962) and Angel After the Fall #10, as well as Stephen Mooney's black and white 'Retailer Exclusive' covers for Angel: After The Fall #8 and 9.
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Spike After the Fall #1 Solicitation
Spinning out of the "First Night" events in Angel: After the Fall comes the official story of Spike's first months in hell. How did he come to be here? Why is Illyria with him? And exactly how did he come to set up shop in a certain famous mansion in Beverly Hills? It's all the hell, none of the Angels in the first of four issues courtesy of the After the Fall team of Brian Lynch and Franco Urru, who provides two special Spike covers offered in a 50/50 ratio -- one featuring Spike's human face, one in all its vamped-out fury! Aussie art team The Sharp Brothers offer a special "grindhouse"-inspired incentive cover, too!? Out July 2008.
Click on the below thumbnails to view Franco Urro's cover to #2, The Sharp Brother's cover to #3, and an interior black and white preview from issue #1.
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NEWS
POSTED March 17,
2008 |
Angel: After the Fall # 5 Out This Week
 Angel: After The Fall goes bi-weekly in June with the release of issues #8 and #9. Go to the 'Angel @ IDW' page of the Comic Books section of our site for cover art and solicitations.
Angel After the Fall #5 comes out a week early this Wednesday. Click Here to get a sneak peak at an interior page. Brian Lynch announced on his MySpace blog that the series will run for more than the previously announced 12 issues. |
Joss Whedon News
Dark Horse has released a making of Serenity: Better Days #1 on their site Here.
Georges Jeanty, Scott Allie and others comment on the reaction to Buffy Season Eight #12 at Southern Voice.
Whedonverse comics continue their solid performance in the charts for February. Buffy #11 was 14th and Angel: After The Fall #4 was 37th. Joss' penultimate issue of Runaways came in at no. 55 |
 Happy 9th Birthday Comic Book Guide to BtVS!
Our site hit its 9th birthday on March 14. Be on the lookout soon for massive updates to the 'Who's Who?' section of our site as well as well as to our Comic Book Monster Guide sister site. Thanks to anyone who's ever stopped by this site or added us as a buddy on our MySpace page. You can make our day and send some birthday love our way via e-mail.
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NEWS
POSTED March 12,
2008 |
Spike/Angel After the Fall News
 IDW will be launching a Spike: After the Fall miniseries July from by Brian Lynch and Franco Urru. Spike: After the Fall will spin out of the “First Night” events seen in Angel: After the Fall and events in issue #7, and tells of Spike’s first few months in hell and co-stars Illyria, and will run four issues. Click on the thumbnails below for larger versions of Franco Urro's initial and final cover for issue #1 and Charlie Kirchoff's "Grindhouse" alternate cover.
Angel: After the Fall #6, #7 and #8 tell stories of how the cast of characters were affected by the fight in the alley that ended the series. Issue #6 will feature Spike, Connor and Lorne; issue #7 will feature Wesley and a surprise return of a character from the Whedonverse; while issue #8 will feature Gwen, the effect of LA being thrust into hell on the city’s residents, and the fate if Gunn. Issue #9 will pick up from the cliffhanger at the end of issue #5, and will feature the new art team of Nick Runge and Art Lyon. #8 and #9 will both ship in June. The image to the right is Alex Garner's cover to Angel: After the Fall #1 Director's Cut, which will include Brian Lynch's original script and a page-by-page commentary on the issue.
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 Serenity Better Days News
Serenity: Better Days #1 (of 3) hits stores today. Click Here to read Fractal Matter's advance review of the issue. Co-writer Brett Matthews talks to IGN.com about how the mini-series came about.
Dark Horse has provided CBR News with an exclusive advance look at "Serenity: Better Days" #2 by Joss Whedon & Brett Matthews and Will Conrad with covers by Adam Hughes, on sale April 9 Here. |
Buffy Season Eight News
The Oregonian interviews Joss Whedon and Scott Allie in a handy overview of Dark Horse's Buffy Season Eight. Scott Allie has updated his Buffy Zone column on the Dark Horse site with his input on the recent Buffy #12 controversy.
Buffy Season Eight #21-30 will be written by a combination of Jane Espenson, Doug Petrie, Drew Greenberg, Jim Krueger and one other TBD. Best-selling New York Times author Brad Meltzer (“Justice League of America”) will be writing the penultimate arc, somewhere between #31-35. Jeph Loeb (“Hulk” and “The Ultimates 3”) will be writing a single-issue story for #20, the book right after the Fray arc. Joss Whedon will write the finale, #36-40. |
NEWS
POSTED March 7,
2008 |
 Buffy #15 Solicitation
Having traveled from her base in Scotland, Buffy ventures to the heart of Japan in order to reclaim her stolen scythe, in Drew Goddard's conclusion to Wolves at the Gate. Along the way, Buffy and the legion of Slayers join forces with the irresistible Dracula to defeat a tight-nit group of nefarious vampires, in which the Slayers suffer a massive hit. Click Here to view Jon Foster's cover.
Click Here to preview the first three pages of of Buffy Season Eight #13. |
 Buffy #12 Controversy Coverage Continues
ABCNews.com speaks to Joss and comic book experts about the controversial scene of the story, MTV.com has a word with the writer himself, Drew Goddard, Joss talks to Newsarama about Season Eight and issue #12, and editor Scott Allie interview with Comic Book Resources.
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Serenity News
Joss Whedon's return to the world of the Browncoats with this month's Serenity: Better Days three-issue miniseries, has generated heat for the Serenity prequel mini from 2005, which had multiple variants featuring the cast by top talent, and currently have an estimated value at $20. |
NEWS
POSTED March 5,
2008 |
 Joss Whedon News
Buffy Season Eight #12: Wolves at the Gate came out today. The story has generated a considerable amount of discussion already... Click Here to read Joss Whedon's response in the NY Times.
Buffy Season 8 has been ranked third among the Best SF/F Books of 2007 by the editors of SF Signal.
Joss' other book, Serenity: Better Days #1 hits stores this month on March 12.
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 Buffyverse Wizard News
In Wizard Magazine #198, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #1 has dropped off the Hot 10 Comics list, while the Angel: After the Fall #1 Harris cover currently holds on at no. 4, with a $5 value. Joss Whedon ranks no. 3 on the Hot 10 Writers spot, with his involvement in Serenity Better Days.
The limited-to-200 Wedding variant of Angel: After the Fall #1 is ranked no. 3 on the Top 5 Premium Comics list with a value of $50.
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