NEWS POSTED March 23, 2010 Angel #31 Available Now While Connor tries to get his devoted army of demon soldiers under control, a new player steps up, and Illyria decides not to take Angel's continued absence lying down. Meanwhile, Eddie Hope finds out that being a force for justice has some major consequences.. Angel #31 came out last Wednesday. Click Here to view a five page preview. Serenity: Float Out One-Shot Solicitation Acclaimed writer/actor/comedian Patton Oswalt brings back one of Firefly’s most beloved characters in this special spotlight issue! Always ready with a brilliant aerial maneuver and a terrible one-liner, Wash was pilot of the Firefly-class ship Serenity in Joss Whedon’s cult-classic TV series before being killed in the movie. Float Out includes three brand-new stories of Wash in a series of exciting smuggling raids, each providing a hair-raising escape or daring last-minute rescue! Featuring a cameo that will leave Serenity fans reeling, this special one-shot presents new tales of the Serenity universe’s past and tantalizing hints about its future! Available June 02. Click Here to view Frank Stockton's cover. Buffy Season Eight News TFAW posted a video from Emerald City ComiCon of Dark Horse Senior Editor Scott Allie making announcements about Buffy Seasons Eight and Nine and the upcoming Serenity comics. Comic Book Resources posted a transcript of the Dark Horse Panel Report. In the break between Buffy #35 and 36, there will be a one-shot centered on Riley the purpose of which will be to explain a lot of the plot developments that have recently happened in "Season Eight." #36 will be out in September where Joss Whedon will conclude the writing of the final five-issue arc. Scott Allie also spoke recently with Ain't It Cool News about the Whedonverse comics.. Buffy Mugs Solicitation Buffy and the gang are back. This time they make an appearance on two sure-to-be-coveted eleven-ounce mugs. Both mugs feature classic Season 8 Buffy-comic cover art. You, too, can be a supernatural sleuth, or just drink coffee like one! Available August 18. Click Here to view image full size. The Guild #1 Available This Week Internet phenomenon The Guild comes to comics, courtesy of series creator, writer, and star Felicia Day (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog)! Felicia Day spoke with MTV Splash Page about bringing The Guild to comics and reveals two preview pages of The Guild #1. This week also sees Dark Horse releasing The Dr. Horrible Comic Book App, which brings the comic straight to your iPhone. Click Here for more information. NEWS POSTED March 10, 2010 Angel: A Hole in the World #4 Available Today After recovering her full powers, Illyria sets out to reclaim her position as ruler of the world, seeking her vast army that exists between our plain of existence and has been awaiting her return. Meanwhile, Wesley discovers Gunn’s horrifying role in Fred’s death and enacts his own kind of justice. Pendragon's Post has posted a preview of the penultimate issue of the "A Hole in the World" and "Shells" adaptation. Angel: Immortality For Dummies Hardcover Cover Revealed Chris Ryall posted on his blog Jenny Frisson's cover to the Angel: Immortality For Dummies hardcover. It will collect Angel #28-32. Click Here to view the cover. Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale Three years in the making, Dark Horse announced today that "Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale" will dock in stores this November. An original hardcover graphic novel co-written by series creator Joss Whedon and his brother, "Terminator" and "Dr. Horrible" writer Zack Whedon, and illustrated by Chris Samnee, "The Shepherd's Tale" will reveal the intricate backstory of Derrial "Shepherd" Book, the soft-spoken preacher with a dark past. Allie and Samnee discuss the original hardback at Comic Book Resources. Serenity: Float Out One-Shot Dark Horse has also announced a "Serenity" one-shot by Patton Oswalt and Patric Reynolds, which is expected to ship in June titled "Float Out." MTV Splash Page discusses with Patton Oswalt about the upcoming Wash comic, and reveals Jo Chen's cover for the one-shot. Oswalt also discusses Serenity over at Techland and reveals another cover by Frank Stockton. Buffy Season Eight News Comic Book Resources continued its monthly feature "Behind Buffy Season 8" with Brad Meltzer's commentary for Buffy #33. Scott Allie participated in one last Q/A for Buffy #33 SlayAlive. Buffy #33 is the comic book discussion podcast iFanboy's Pick of the Week. ComicsBeat revealed that Buffy Season Eight is still the best selling "indie" comic selling around 47,000 copies in January. NEWS POSTED March 03, 2010 Buffy Season Eight #33 Available Today Acclaimed novelist and comics writer Brad Meltzer continues his pivotal story arc! In this issue, Buffy finally confronts Twilight one on one! Newsarama has posted preview pages for the issue along with an interview with Brad Meltzer about the Twilight-reveal. Buffyfest interviews Scott Allie about Twilight. Season Eight artist Georges Jeanty participates in another SlayAlive Q/A for Buffy #32. His cover for Felicia Day's The Guild #1 comes out this week. Buffy Season Eight Vol 6: Retreat TPB Available Today Buffy Season Eight Volume 6 showcases the first retreat of the Slayer legion. Vampires have solid footing at the top of the totem and Slayers have been crushed to the bottom -- in short, no one likes Buffy anymore . . . least of all this season's mysterious Big Bad, Twilight, who is hot on her magical trail! Click Here for more information. Spike: The Devil You Know #1 Artwork Revealed IDW editor Chris Ryall revealed on his blog Franco Urru's colored cover for the Spike mini-series: Spike: The Devil You Know. It's written by Bill Williams, who's handling the "Eddie Hope" back-up strips in Angel now, with art by Chris Cross. 'Tales of the Vampires: Carpe Noctem 2' Comic Part Two of the Tales of the Vampires by Jackie Kessler can now be read at MySpace Dark Horse Presents. NEWS POSTED February 18, 2010 Angel #33 Solicitation Now that Angel is back in the fold, Connor must readjust to life as the Chosen One's son. Lu ckily, he has an army of demon women at his beck and call. But nothing could really prepare anyone for what Illyria has in mind. Available in May. Click Here to view Jenny Frisson's cover. Angel: Barbary Coast #2 Solicitation The New World is turning out to be more than Angel bargained for as he's confronted with a monstrous, mythical beast, and continues to try and find a "cure" for his painful new soul. But when the earth begins to shake, Angel finds himself facing the cause of one histories great "natural" disasters. Available in May. Click Here to view Franco Urru's cover. Angel: Last Angel in Hell Vol. 6 HC Solicitation In possibly the craziest Angel volume yet, we find out what happened to Gunn, Drusilla, Angel, and Spike in the aftermath of the Fall, which includes comas, insane asylums, a comic con, and even Angel's movie adaptation. With stories by fan-favorite writer Brian Lynch and a two-issue arc co-written by Drusilla herself, Juliet Landau, this collection shows you just how insane Angel's world can get. Available in May. Click Here to view Stephen Mooney's cover. Spike: After the Fall TPB Solicitation Poet, vampire, murderer, lover, hero, prisoner, slave-Spike has been called a lot of things. But, by the time this fight is over, he'll have one more name: Lord! Or "dust"... maybe we'll just call him dust, considering how it seems things are going in his immediate future. But after enjoying this collection of the four-issue Spike: After the Fall series you'll be looking at the events of Angel: After the Fall in a whole new light, courtesy of Brian Lynch and Franco Urru! Available in May.