Welcome Welcome to the all new version 4.6 of the Net's premiere Comic Book Guide to Buffy the Vampire Slayer website! We're back and better than ever, with loads of fun, new stuff for all the die-hard Buffy comic fans out there! Check it out yourself! NEWS POSTED August 31, 2009 Wizard Magazine #217's Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tie-In Cover Revealed J. Scott Campbell returns to Buffy six years after doing the cover to the Buffy: Chaos Bleeds one-shot with the cover for Wizard Magazine #217. The issue is available September 30 2009 in comic shops. Available everywhere October 13 2009. Stay tuned for the full version. Angel #29 Cover Revealed Chris Ryall revealed Jenny Frison's cover to Angel #29 on his blog. Angel #28 solicited for December 2009 release will be on the back cover of that month's Previews catalog. Click Here to view the cover as well as Brian Denham's interior art, with colors by GuruFX. NEWS POSTED August 26, 2009 Site Updates: Buffyverse Comic Trivia We've updated the Buffyverse Comic Trivia section, which features a compiled Wikipedia-worthy series of facts of things you may or may not have known about the Buffy and Angel comics! Sections include "Cameos by Pop Culture Figures," "General Trivia," "Cover Homages to Pop Culture", "Cover Variants," and a "By-The Numbers" bullet list of whose contributed what to the Buffyverse comics. Click Here to view it. Have we missed something? E-mail us or Shout Back below and we'll put it in! Preview for Angel vs. Frankenstein IDW editor Chris Ryall has posted a few pages of artwork for October’s Angel vs. Frankenstein one-shot by John Byrne. Click Here to view it. NEWS POSTED August 21, 2009 Angel #27: "Boys and Their Toys" Solicitation By Brian Lynch and Stephen Mooney. Angel and Spike, who is now convinced he is Angel -- are thrown into a new kind of Hell as their battle at the comic convention gets hairy. Well, Furry, at least. Brian Lynch concludes his run on Angel, paving the way for next month's all-new creative team (while Lynch hops over to the upcoming Angel Annual and a new Spike series...) Click Here to view Stephen Mooney's rejected cover which featured the Groosalugg. Available November 2009. Angel Only Human #4 Solicitation Unlike Illyria, this Old One is in its original form... and the resulting battle between the two former lovers stretches from one end of Texas to the other! Ever wonder just how powerful Illyria is when she doesn't have to worry about Angel or Spike or Wesley whispering sweet restraint in her ear? Gunn turns to the only help he can find to help Illyria defeat the Old One: a very familiar... scarecrow? Available November 2009. Click Here to view David Messina's cover. Angel: After the Fall Volume 2 Softcover Solicitation First Night begins! What happened on the very night Los Angeles went straight to hell, the incident that ended the Angel television series with such a shocking cliffhanger? Why did the team go their separate ways? And how did Connor rise up to become one of Hell's greatest champions? Click Here to view Alex Garner cover. By Joss Whedon and Brian Lynch, art by John Byrne, Tim Kane, David Messina, Stephen Mooney and Nick Runge, cover by Alex Garner. Available November 2009. NEWS POSTED August 19, 2009 Angel: Smile Time HC Out Today From the same team behind IDW's bestselling series, Angel: After the Fall, comes three tales about the fan-favorite puppet characters. Includes the re-adaptation of the fan-favorite episode Smile Time, the comic book sequel miniseries, Shadow Puppets, and a standalone story that sees Puppet Angel and Nina on their first (and only) date. Click Here for more information. 'Harmony Comes To The Nation' - A Buffy Tale Harmony returns in Jane Espenson and Karl Moline's online comic over at MySpace Dark Horse Presents. Angel Annual Color Covers Revealed Stephen Mooney will signing at the British International Comics Show October 3-4. Comic Related and Buffyverse Comic Reviews posted interviews with Mooney, where he discusses his various projects including Angel. Nick Runge posted colorized versions of Stephen Mooney's covers for the "Last Angel in Hell" Annual. Click on the thumbnails below to view the covers full size. Georges Jeanty's Manhunter Back-Up Feature in Batman: Streets of Gotham #3 Available Today Batman: Streets of Gotham #3 continues a regular ongoing co-feature starring Manhunter written by Marc Andreyko and illustrated by Georges Jeanty. Jeanty spoke to SlayAlive Q&A style about Buffy Season Eight Here. Buffy Season Eight News Jo Chen informed us exclusively that she will be returning from her hiatus to do the covers for Buffy Season Eight #31 and the Willow one-shot. Scott Allie both spoke to SlayAlive Q&A style about the most recent issue of Buffy Season Eight. Allie commented that there will be a Season Nine, and it has been planned out. Serenity News Patton Oswalt, who guest starred on Dollhouse, announced at last month's Comic Con that he will be writing a Serenity story centered on the character Wash. NEWS POSTED August 12, 2009 Buffy Season Eight #30 "Retreat" Solicitation The war between Twilight's minions and Buffy's army rages in the Tibetan mountains. Bereft of their magic, the girls--Wiccans and Slayers--face an epic battle in which they have no hope of victory. Buffy has already done the retreat thing once, plus also put herself and her army into hiding... What can she do now that there is no magic to help them escape from another losing battle? Series artist Georges Jeanty, acclaimed television writer Jane Espenson, and Executive Producer Joss Whedon conclude Season Eight's biggest story yet! Click Here to view Jeanty's cover. Click Here to view Adam Hughes's cover. Available November 14 2009. Dr. Horrible One-Shot Solicitation From the Joss Whedon-helmed webmovie Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog comes the origin story of the next greatest supervillain of all time... Dr. Horrible! In this one-shot comic, Zack Whedon and artist Joelle Jones (Token) establish how a young, impressionable, but brilliant Dr. Horrible was drawn into a world of crime. Readers are reacquainted with the charming, brawny, crime-fighting superhero extraordinaire Captain Hammer when Dr. Horrible crosses paths with his greatest enemy in an all-out showdown of immeasurable proportions. Special guest appearances include Dr. Horrible's love interest, Penny; his sidekick, Moist; and a meter man. Fans of Joss Whedon and the smash-hit musical Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog will not want to miss this! - Includes two alternate covers by artist Kristian Donaldson (DMZ, Supermarket) and a pin-up from superstar artist Gene Ha (The 49ers). Available November 14. Click on the thumbnails below to view the covers full size. Willow Part of the One-Shot Wonders This fall, Dark Horse Comics is releasing a one-shot starring Willow. TFAW.com revealed a promo piece that icnluded Willow for the upcoming one-shot by Joss Whedon and Karl Moline, which is due in December 2009. In other news, Dark Horse has posted a 2-page preview of Buffy Season Eight #28: Retreat Here. Angel: Only Human #1 Available Today Spinning out of the events of Angel #23, Gunn and Illyria embark on their very own four-part miniseries. Newsarama has a four page preview of the issue. NEWS POSTED August 08, 2009 Angelverse News Angel: After the Fall, Volume 1 finally arrived as a trade paperback this week, more than a year after the hardcover collection was released. Click Here for more information. IDW Editors Chris Ryall and Mariah Huehner are interviewed by BuffyFest, discussing what's in store for the Angelverse and give a first look at Brian Denham's interior art. Click Here to view it. Spike's new series will begin in January 2010. Angel: Only Human #3 (of 4) Solicitation Another Old One roams the Earth! And don't think he's going to go easy on Illyria, his ex. (Considering she's the one that enslaved him several hundred thousand years ago, it doesn't look like a reconciliation is in the cards.) All this and a glimpse into Gunn's past, revealing the very first time he ever met a vampire... in his beloved Grandmother's kitchen. By Scott Lobdell and David Messina. Available October 2009. Click Here to view David Messina's cover. Angel: Not Fade Away TPB Solicitation Before Angel: After the Fall… there was Not Fade Away. The final episode of Joss Whedon’s beloved Angel television series has been adapted into a three-part miniseries that leads to a climactic battle in an alleyway that fans now know was only the end of the beginning! This collection includes the three-part story, plus the script for the ‘Not Fade Away’ television episode, accompanied by spot illustrations. Click Here to view the cover. By Joss Whedon, Jeffrey Bell, Scott Tipton and Stephen Mooney. Available October 2009. Spike: Omnibus Solicitation Learn more about the bad boy of the Buffy-verse in Spike's earliest stories like Lost & Found, Old Wounds and Old Times, then read along as Spike battles that lord of the undead in Spike vs. Dracula, and finally catch up with Spike as he heads to the Asylum on a work-for-hire mission before heading to Japan to stop maniacal puppets in Shadow Puppets. It's more Spike than you can shake a sharp, wooden stake at! Click Here to view cover. By Peter David, Brian Lynch, Scott Tipton, Franco Urru and more. Available October 2009. Fallen Angel: Reborn #4 Solicitation Did you ever get everything you’ve ever wanted? Well, so has Illyria. On the devastated remains of New York City, Illyria stands triumphant. But what of the Fallen Angel? Did she try to stop Illyria…or did she wind up aiding her? And who will wind up having the final victory? Look for the Johnny Atomic cover! By Peter David and J.K. Woodward. Available October 2009. Click Here to view Johnny Atomic's cover. Angel #26: "Boys and Their Toys" Solicitation By Brian Lynch and Stephen Mooney. Somebody has made a movie based on Angel's adventures in hell! Angel and Spike go to a comic con to see how badly Hollywood has mangled true events, only to find themselves surrounded by supernatural evil at every turn. Can Angel tell the difference between an evil demon and a 14-year-old fanboy dressed as an evil demon? Is there a difference? Available October. NEWS POSTED August 04, 2009 Additional Angel Report from Comic Con '09 Bill Willingham will be joined by artist Brian Denham on Angel #28. The issue is titled "The Crown Prince Syndrome," available in December. Angel: A Hole in the World will be a five-issue mini-series written by Scott Tipton and Elena Casagrande, also launching this December. Mark McHaley, who provides some of the art for the Drusilla two-parter, sold signed copies of a watercolor painting he did of Drusilla at Comic Con (image on the right). Click Here to view it large. Below are the covers for Angel #28 by Jenny Frison, black and white cover A and B for Angel: Last Angel in Hell Annual by Stephen Mooney, and J.K. Woodward's incentive cover for Fallen Angel #3. Click on the thumbnails for full views. Buffy Season Eight #27 Available This Week Newsarama has posted a four page preview Jane Espenson and Georges Jeanty's Retreat arc. In other news, BuffyFest has posted a podcast interview with Buffy editor Scott Allie at the Comic Con. MySpace Dark Horse Presents, Volume 3 trade paperback was released recently, containing the Buffy Season 8 stories Harmony Bites! and Vampy Cat Play Friend, as well as Serenity: The Other Half and Moist: Humidity Rising. Click Here for more information. Angel #24 Available This Week Chris Ryall posted a five page preview of the issue on his blog. Click Here to view it. The cover to the left is the Sam Shearon Comic Con convention cover to #24. Click Here to view it. Juliet Landau talks "Angel" comics and other projects at FearNet at San Diego Comic Con, where she revealed that she will be recording a song based on Spike and Dru among other things. MySpace Dark Horse Presents Volume 4 TPB Solicitation The fourth volume of the online comics anthology MySpace Dark Horse Presents continues to bring you a wide range of genres and classic characters in the Dark Horse tradition. Joss Whedon teams with Season Eight cover artist Jo Chen for a special Buffy the Vampire Slayer story. Zack Whedon and Jim Rugg spotlight Penny from Dr. Horrible. Click Here to view cover. Available Jan 06, 2010. Angel Versus Frankenstein One-Shot Solicitation Writer/artist John Byrne returns to Angel for this special one-shot featuring a new spin on a classic horror confrontation. Out of darkness and nightmare he comes for what he claims is rightfully his-but Angeluss is there before him. Two legendary monsters. One goal. Who will claim the prize? Click Here to view cover. Available in October. Fallen Angel #2 Available This Week Chris Ryall posted a five page preview of the issue on his blog. Click Here to view it. In May 2010, IDW is releasing an archive collection of the first 21 issues of Fallen Angel. Issues #16-21 have never been collected before.. Click Here to view J.K. Woodward's alternate cover for Fallen Angel #2 (image to the left). NEWS POSTED August 01, 2009 Bill Willingham takes over with Angel #28 IDW revealed at the Angel Comic-Con panel that Bill Willingham (Vertigo's Fables) will be taking over as writer for the Angel ongoing starting with issue #28. Willingham revealed that Angel would be disappearing from the pages of his own book and that Connor would be taking over in his dad’s place for a while. Comic Book Resources spoke with him about the writing gig. Bill Williams will be telling back-up stories in each issue, featuring a new character, left over from the struggles in Los Angeles, named Eddie Hope, a demon who hunts down the worst folks in L.A. who remain tainted by the effects of Hell on Earth. The back-ups will be drawn by David Messina, who revealed a first look at Hope in an interview with Buffyverse Comics, where he also talks about his work on Angel: Only Human mini-series. Brian Lynch Angel Report from Comic Con '09 Brian Lynch informed readers at the IDW Comic-Con panel of a new tongue-in-cheek two-part story where Angel and Spike actually infiltrate San Diego Comic-Con because a movie has been made (in the comic) about Angel and his heroics after saving Los Angeles from Hell in the aptly titled Last Angel in Hell. The movie itself will be depicted in the 40-page Angel Annual in December 2009; the annual boasts Angel-centric meta-fictional advertisements as well. Lynch will then leave the Angel title, to work on a Spike monthly with Franco Urru in 2010. Click Here to view the full IDW Angel panel report from Comic Con, which covers the Drusilla two parter, Fallen Angel: Reborn series, Angel:Only Human, Angel: A Hole in the World (by Scott Tipton) and more information about Willingham's Angel run. Click on the thumbnails below for full views of Angel #26 by Nick Runge and Stephen Mooney, Angel #27 by Stephen Mooney, and Spike #1 by Franco Urru respectively. Buffy Comic Con Panel '09 It was announced at the Comic Con Dark Horse panel that Joss Whedon and Karl Moline (Fray) will be working on a Willow One-Shot, with covers by Moline and Jo Chen. It will take place prior to Season Eight to explain the Snake Woman back story. Click Here for more information. Scott Allie updated the Buffy Zone, with news of another Buffy short story by Jane Espenson and Karl Moline for Dark Horse Presents #25, whenever and wherever that sees light again. Dr. Horrible Comic Con '09 Report As part of their One Shot Wonders which highlights the company's "biggest characters and properties in standalone comics," Dark Horse will be publishing a full length Dr Horrible prequel comic book later this year, which will be written by Zack Whedon and drawn by Joelle Jones. Click Here to read the press release. Joëlle Jones posted character sketches for the upcoming Dr. Horrible comic on her blog. Scott Allie confirmed that Felicia Day (who played Vi on Buffy and Penny on Dr. Horrible) will be writing 'The Guild' comic book based on the web series. To the right is a skech by J. Scott Campbell, artist of the Buffy: Chaos Bleeds comic. NEWS POSTED July 23, 2009 MySpace Dark Horse Presents Volume 3 TPB Available Today The third volume of the online comics anthology MySpace Dark Horse Presents digs deeply into Dark Horse's broad range of genres and iconic characters, including Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dr. Horrible. Click Here for more information. Dark Horse Gelaskins for the iPhone Dark Horse is releasing Gelaskins for your iPhone and laptops featuring some of Dark Horse’s most popular properties, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Click Here for more information.