Buffy Comic Site News & Updates

NEWS POSTED December 28, 2007

Solicitation for Buffy Season Eight #12
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #12Acclaimed television series writer, Drew Goddard (Buffy; Alias; Lost), takes the reins on Season Eight with his four-issue arc titled "Wolves at the Gate." The gang (yep, Dawn too) travels to Tokyo where they duel vampires with unusual, yet strangely familiar, powers. Click Here to view Georges Jeanty's cover.

With Joss Whedon serving as executive producer, Georges Jeanty (The American Way) as series artist, and Jon Foster on covers, Buffy Season Eight continues to entertain longtime Buffy fans and newcomers alike. Available March 5.

Wizard Buffy Awards
Wizard Magazine #19 showed Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #1 5taking a slight step back on Wizard's "Hot 10: Comics" to no. 4, to make room for Umbrella Academy #1 and Halo: Uprising #1 list, coming in at an estimated value of $7. Joss Whedon holds the no. 3 spot on the "Hot 10 Writers" list, while recent Buffy scribe Brian K. Vaughan came in at no. 10.

Wizard's Best of 2007 awarded Buffy Season Eight 'Creepiest Resurrection' of the year (for Warren Meers return sans-skin) and the 'Best TV Show in Comics" award.

Solicitation for Angel: After the Fall #4
ANGEL #4: As the first chapter in this epic tale reaches its penultimate point, Angel issues a challenge to someone—a lot of someones, actually—that he can’t possibly win. Meanwhile, Spike considers changing sides as this hellish new status quo presents some opportunities he can’t pass up. And we promise a shock ending more explosive than even those of the first three issues.

ANGEL #5: Everything he had was taken away from him. But now, in his darkest hour, Angel is taking it back. The battle lines are drawn, sides are chosen, and Angel takes a stand that will change everything and everyone close to him. The official continuation of the Angel TV series!.

Below are the SlayAlive Stephen Mooney exclusive covers for Angel After the Fall #3, #4; and the Andrew Robinson covers for #4 and #5. Go to our 'Angel @ IDW' section for Franco Urro's covers.

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Solicitation for Serenity: Better Days #1
Serenity: Better DaysJoss Whedon returns to the world of his blockbuster film Serenity with the three-issue comics series Better Days.

Better Days revisits everyone's favorite space cowboys in this thrilling, action-packed adventure, with Mal and his crew on a heist that promises a big payoff--what's surprising is that this heist just might make good on that promise.

Whedon reunites with Brett Matthews and Will Conrad, his collaborators on the best-selling 2005 series Those Left Behind. Adam Hughes joins the team for covers.

NEWS POSTED November 20, 2007

Solicitation for Buffy Season Eight #11
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #8An ill-prepared Buffy comes face to face with the new Big Bad in the form of an old- fahioned death match in this standalone issue titled A Beautiful Sunset. Click Here to view Georges Jeanty's cover. Season Eight continues to entertain longtime Buffy fans and newcomers alike with Joss Whedon at the helm and Georges Jeanty serving as series artist.

"It already looks like . . . the start of the three-hundred-million-dollar Buffy movie you crave in your heart." --Ain't it Cool News. A standalone issue written by Joss Whedon! Available February 6.

Joss Whedon February Marvel Solicitations
Giant Size Astonishing X-Men #1Runaways #30: The jaw-dropping conclusion to Joss Whedon and Michael Ryan’s time-traveling saga! A HUGE shakeup to the Runaways comes as the kids try and find a way out of 1907. But can they escape a super-powered war on the streets of New York? Click Here to view the cover.

Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1: Too big to be contained in a normal issue, the grand finale of Joss Whedon and John Cassaday’s landmark run is right here! The powerlords of Breakworld bring the fight to Earth. Can the X-Men stop them from destroying the whole planet? Will the Avengers join their fight? What we do know is this: one of the X-Men won’t walk away from this fight. Plus spotlight interviews with Whedon and Cassaday! Click Here to view the cover.

Angel: After the Fall #1 Out This Week
Angel After the FallThe highly anticipated continuation to Angel's story comes out tomorrow. To mark the occasion, Comic Book Resources has released an interview with Brian Lynch Here, while Newsarama has released an advanced review of the issue Here. Diamond Comics announced that Angel After the Fall #1 would be going back to the presses for a second printing - remarkable since the first printing has not even hit stores yet.

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