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. NEWS POSTED July 18, 2009 Exclusive: Other Angel Drusilla #25 Covers!!! IDW editor Chris Ryall has provided us exclusively with the other covers to Angel #25 by Franco Urru, Sam Shearon plus a photograph cover. (Until now only Nick Runge's cover had been revealed, and a low-res b/w version of Franco Urru's.) Click on the thumbnails below for full size views. FearNet.com posted a five page preview of Angel #24, available later this month. This is the first part of the Drusilla story which is penned by Juliet Landau and Brian Lynch. Georges Jeanty's Buffy #29 Cover Revealed Dark Horse posted Georges Geanty's alternate cover for Buffy #29: Retreat, a homage to DC Comics' Sgt. Rock and the Howling Commandos. Click Here to view it. Dark Horse has also posted a 2-page preview of Buffy Season 8 #27. Click Here to view it. Season Eight cover artist Jo Chen gives an interview with SlayerLit about her work on Buffy. Comic Book Resources posted Chen's cover for Star Wars: Invasion #4. Buffy's Warren Mears in DC Comics Crossover? Last week's Batman: Streets of Gotham #2's Manhunter co-feature, from writer Marc Andreyko and artist Georges Jeanty, chronicling Kate Spencer’s adventures in Batman’s city, featured the villain Jane Doe, a villain who has the appearance of a skinless woman. Looks like Georges Jeanty is rendering Jane's appearance based on Buffy baddie, skinless Warren Mears. The image below features Jane Doe (left) and Warren Mears (right) and the eerie resemblance. NEWS POSTED July 15, 2009 Buffy Season Eight #29 "Retreat" Solicitation Oz's temple in the Tibetan mountains is no longer a safe retreat for Buffy and her troops. Discovered by Twilight's magical agent, Amy, and bereft of their own magic, the army is preparing for a human war with guns, grenades, missiles... and MANPADS -- it's not a laughing matter. People are about to die. But even without her own magic, Buffy is still a Slayer--the Slayer--and she has to lead the way to victory. Or at least ... live to fight another day. Click Here to view Massimo Carnevale's cover. Available October 7. Angel: After the Fall Volume 4 HC Available Today The excitement of After the Fall continues in this latest offering from Whedon and Lynch! This volume collects together issues #13-17 of the series. By Joss Whedon, Brian Lynch, Stephen Mooney and Franco Urru. Click Here to view the cover by Alex Garner. Fallen Angel: Reborn #1 Available Today Peter David and J.K. Woodward's Fallen Angel returns this week, and she's bringing Joss Whedon's Illyria from “Angel” along for the ride. Click Here to view Woodward's alternate cover. Indie Pulp and CBR News both spoke with Woodward about “Fallen Angel: Reborn” #1. Newsarama posted a preview of the issue with dialogue balloons. IDW editor Chris Ryall posted an additional page on his blog. Joss Whedon's Sugarshock! Solicitation Originally presented in the first online issues of MySpace Dark Horse Presents, for which it won the Eisner Award for Best Web Comic, Sugarshock tells the story of a rock band led by charismatic but crazy Dandelion Naizen, a hyperactive singer/songwriter possessed of a mean hatred of Vikings (don't ask) and a mission for a secret government agency that may only exist in her head. But when her band, which includes a robot bass player, is enlisted in an intergalactic battle of the bands--emphasis on battle--Dandelion gets to prove herself as both singer and soldier. Dark Horse has more information. Click Here to view Fabio Moon's cover. October 21 2009. NEWS POSTED July 08, 2009 Angel: Not Fade Away #3 Available IDW editor Chris Ryall posted a 5 page preview for the 3rd and final issue of the comic adaptation of 'Not Fade Away'. Click Here to view it. Buffyverse Comic Reviews interviews Scott Tipton, who discusses his history with IDW and Angel as well as his new project, an "A Hole in the World" and "Shells" 5-part adaptation which launches in November. NEWS POSTED July 03, 2009 'Always Darkest' - A Buffy Season Eight Tale July's "MySpace Dark Horse Presents" #24 features a new Buffy tale by Joss Whedon & Jo Chen! But it's not on MySpace. Comic Book Resources spoke with editor Sierra Hahn about the project and the publisher's relationship with the beleaguered social networking giant. Season 8 editor Scott Allie was interviewed by Metal Crypt where among other things, discusses briefly with Buffy contest winner Robin Balzer. Season 8's Georges Jeanty's Manhunter Work As previously reported, every issue of Batman: Streets of Gotham will feature a Manhunter co-feature, from writer Marc Andreyko and artist Georges Jeanty. Click Here to view inks and finished pages from Jeanty and inker Karl Story. The next issue is available July 15. NEWS POSTED June 29, 2009 Buffy Season Eight #26 Available This Week Jane Espenson and Georges Jeanty present Buffy on the defensive in "Retreat." Newsarama has an expanded preview of Buffy Season 8 #26. Eisner-nominated cover artist Jo Chen does a very special Buffy story in this week's MDHP Issue 24, as well as this week's cover to Star Wars: Invasion #1. Buffy Season Eight Vol. 3: Wolves at the Gate TPB was nominated in the British Fantasy Society's "Best Comic - Graphic Novel" category. Angel #23: After the Fall - Epilogue Available This Week Featuring the return of the Angel: After the Fall team of Brian Lynch and Franco Urru, Comic Book Resources has a five page preview of the issue. Fallen Angel writer Peter David discusses with BuffyFest about Illyria's role in the world of Bette Noire. Click on the thumbnails below to view full size Nick Runge's covers to issues #1-3 of Fallen Angel: Reborn respectively. NEWS POSTED June 24, 2009 Angel #25 "Drusilla" Solicitation Juliet Landau continues her two-part Angel adventure that returns Drusilla to the fold in a bloody big way! Laundau, Lynch and Urru conclude Dru's adventure inside a special asylum, where she either just presided over an insane rampage, or imagined the entire thing... Available in September. Juliet Landau promotes her story at SFX Magazine, interviewed by Tara Bennett, and also at SlayerLit. Angel: Only Human #2 Solicitation By Scott Lobdell and David Messina. They consider themselves the purest strain of demonsóthey are the Scourge! This race of demon supremacists are determined to liberate an enslaved Old One from the nether-bowels of... Texas! Fortunately Illyria and Fred are on hand to make sure that doesn't happen. That is, if she's not distracted by a passionate kiss from Fred's long ago prom date!. Available September. Click Here to view Messina's cover. Fallen Angel Reborn #3 Solicitation By Peter David and J.K. Woodward. Across a frozen wasteland trudges Illyria, searching for the second of the three symbols of her power that will restore her to the all powerful demon goddess that she was... and the only one who can possibly stop her is the Fallen Angel. Presuming, that is, that she wants to. Available September 2009. Click Here to view J.K. Woodward's cover. John Byrne's Angel: Blood & Trenches TPB Solicitation Blood & Trenches: In Europe, war ravages nations, but a greater darkness than human conflict calls Angel back across the ocean from his distant home in Americaóbodies of combatants found drained of blood, and signs of an ancient evil once more abroad in the world. An untold tale of Angel's WWI exploits!. Available September. Click Here to view the cover. Angel: After the Fall Volume 5 HC Solicitation Springing out of Joss Whedon and Brian Lynch's Angel: After the Fall storyline, novelist Kelley Armstrong comes aboard to explore the many repercussions following the explosive last issue of Angel: After the Fall. Artist Dave Ross also joins up to present the first arc of "Aftermath," wherein we learn who lived, who died, and who will be forever changed from the experience. Available September 2009. Click Here to view the cover. NEWS POSTED June 17, 2009 Angel Aftermath #22 Available Today This issue marks the end of Kelly Armstrong's run on the series. Comic Book Resources has a five page preview of the issue. In other news, Diamond Comics' Distributors this week released their Market Share Report and preliminary Sales Charts for comic books and graphic novels sold in May 2009. Buffy #25 "Living Doll" got the 14th position whilse Angel #21 lead the Top 50 Indie Comics chart. Georges Jeanty Manhunter Back-Up Feature Available Today Batman: Streets of Gotham #1 features a regular ongoing co-feature starring Manhunter written by Marc Andreyko and illustrated by Georges Jeanty. Click Here for more information. Dark Horse released a three page preview of Buffy #26: Safe, featuring artwork from Jeanty Here. NEWS POSTED June 10, 2009 Angel Drusilla News Chris Ryall released a page, courtesy of Franco Urru and Fabio Mantovani from the Drusilla arc in the pages of Angel Here. Ryall also revealed he will be announcing the new ongoing Angel writer at the IDW panel this weekend at Comic-Con. Comic Book Resources spoke with Ryall about the upcoming Angel: Only Human mini-series. Angel: Blood And Trenches #4 Available Today The concluding issue of John Byrne's Angel WWI epic! Half a mile above the blood soaked battlefields of France, Angel must face an ancient and terrible evil, while the fate of an Empire hangs in the bal For a preview of the final issue, Click Here. Buffy Season Eight, Dark Horse Related News Dark Horse released a series of sketches and comments from Jo Chen, showing the steps that turn a conceptual sketch into a cover for her cover to Star Wars: Invasion #1 Here. Scott Allie participated in another Q&A with our affiliate site, SlayAlive, where he revealed that there will be an upcoming Willow one-shot and other stories similar in vein to Tales of the Vampires. Buffy Season 8: Wolves at the Gate has been nominated for a British Fantasy Award in the "Best Comic - Graphic Novel" category. More details can be found on the British Fantasy Society website. Fabio Moon and Gabreil Bá talk about the process of creating the cover for "Tales of the Vampires" on their blog. NEWS POSTED June 07, 2009 Buffy Season Eight #28 "Retreat" Solicitation This month revisit Team Buffy and her army of Slayers at Oz's temple in the mountains of Tibet. Among the yaks, the Slayers and Wiccan troops attempt to suppress dangerous Magicks through meditation and hard labor. Buffy embraces this new lifestyle, but not everyone is convinced that leaving Magicks behind will solve any problems: among them, a resistant Willow, a doubtful Andrew, and a concerned Giles. For Buffy, the world has not been so peaceful... so honest... so full of feeling... in a long time -- too bad it's not going to stay that way! Available September 02. Click Here to view Georges Jeanty's cover. Jo Chen's cover is located in the Season 8 section. Buffy Season Eight News Season Eight cover artist extraordinaire Jo Chen illustrated last week's New Avengers: The Reunion. Click Here for more information. Upcoming writer Brad Meltzer talks a bit about his Buffy Season Eight arc with Comic Book Resources. Fray/Buffy: Time of Your Life artist Karl Moline illustrates next week's B.P.R.D.: War on Frogs #3. Penny: Keep Your Head Up - A Dr. Horrible tale Zack Whedon and Jim Rugg tell Penny's back-story in the latest issue of MySpace Dark Horse Presents. Spike Omnibus News IDW will be releasing a Spike Omnibus later this year, which will include: Lost & Found, Old Wounds, Old Times, Spike vs. Dracula, Asylum, & Shadow Puppets. NEWS POSTED June 03, 2009 Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Vampires Available Today Newsarama has a first look at this Season 8 Interlude tale. Newsarama also got to speak to the author Becky Cloonan about the one-shot Here. Jane Espenson talks Buffy Season 8 with Comic Book Resources, discussing her upcoming arc "Retreat" and reveals some some preview art from #26. Angel: Not Fade Away #2 Available Today IDW editor Chris Ryall has posted a five page preview of the issue Here. In other news, given the furor over the recently announced non-Whedon affiliated 'Buffy' movie, Brian Lynch and Stephen Mooney give fans a unique take on what an 'Angel' movie would look like sans Joss Here. NEWS POSTED May 28, 2009 Angel #24 "Drusilla" Solicitation "Drusilla" herself, Juliet Landau, enters the comics Whedonverse by co-writing alongside Brian Lynch a special two-parter that brings Drusilla into the After the Fall universe. As an added bonus, each issue will feature a special back-up pictorial with Landau, too. Written by Juliet Landau and Brian Lynch, art by Franco Urru, covers by Sam Shearon, Franco Urru and Nick Runge. Available August. Click Here to view Sam Shearon's cover. Angel: Smile Time HC Solicitation From the same team behind IDW's bestselling series, Angel: After the Fall, comes three tales about the fan-favorite puppet characters. Angel: Smile Time HC Includes the re-adaptation of the fan-favorite episode Smile Time, the comic book sequel miniseries, Spike: Shadow Puppets, and a standalone story that sees Puppet Angel and Nina on their first (and only) date (from Angel: Masks). Available August 2009. Click Here to view David Messina's cover. Angel: After the Fall Volume 1 Softcover Solicitation In Angel's final television season, his world ended... but his story didn't. Picking up where Season Five of the fan-favorite TV show left off, this first softcover collection looks at who lived after that climactic battle, who died, and what happened to all of Los Angeles in its wake. Available August 2009. Click Here to view Alex Garner's cover. Fallen Angel: Reborn #2 Solicitation Illyria, is in Bete Noire on a mission to reclaim three objects of power which she hopes will restore her to her former status. Part of her mission, though, hinges on her ability to dispatch another Angel who is, like Illyria, also fallen... namely Liandra, the Fallen Angel, Magistrate and protector of Bete Noire. Available August. Click Here to view J.K. Woodward's cover. Chris Ryall posted a 6-page preview of Fallen Angel: Reborn #1 on his blog, featuring unseen work. Angel: Only Human #1 Solicitation Spinning out of the events of Angel #23, Gunn and Illyria embark on their very own four-part miniseries. Fully restored in body if not in mind, Illyria -- infected with humanity -- and Gunn -- infected with darkness -- hit the road in an attempt to find redemption, or die trying. Available August. Click Here to view David Messina's cover. NEWS POSTED May 20, 2009 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus Volume 7 Available Today This is the final volume of the original series. Click Here for more information. In other news, Buffy editor Scott Allie is interviewed by our affiliate site, SlayAlive over Here. Buffy: Time of Your Life TPB topped the NY Times Graphic Books Bestseller list the week of May 16th. Angel Aftermath #21 Out Today The aftermath of the city's return from hell continues to plague Angel, leading to a confrontation with the Powers-That-Be and some winged visitors from beyond the pale, even as Connor and Gwen face off with Dez. IDW editor Chris Ryall posted a five page preview of the issue Here (or Here). Georges Jeanty 'Manhunter' Back-Up in Batman: Streets of Gotham #3 Solicitation In the Manhunter co-feature, now that Manhunter has found the previous DA's killer – or, rather, the killer has found her – what is she going to do about it? Bringing the killer in for a trial may not result in the justice Kate's been dreaming of. But is she ready to kill for justice so soon after a fresh start in Gotham? Available August 19. Click Here to read a new interview with Georges Jeanty over at our affiliate site SlayAlive. Angel: Only Human Covers Revealed Spinning out of the events of Angel #23, Gunn and Illyria embark on their very own four-part miniseries. Fully restored in body if not in mind, Illyria—infected with humanity—and Gunn—infected with darkness—hit the road in an attempt to find redemption, or die trying. By Scott Lobdell (Galaxy Quest) and David Messina (Star Trek: Countdown)! Click on the images below for full size view. NEWS POSTED May 12, 2009 Angel: Not Fade Away #1 Available This Week The first part of this three issue mini-series adapts the final episode of the television series. Click Here (or Here) for a five page preview of the issue. In other news, IDW editor Chris Ryall revealed that a mini-series will be spinning out of Angel, titled Angel: Only Human. He also posted images from #23 "Become What You Are" on his blog. Buffy Season Eight News Scott Allie revealed on the Dark Horse blog more about the Jo Chen illustrated Buffy story for the online anthology MySpace Dark Horse Presents: It will be a two-page story penned by Joss Whedon. Click Here to view a 2-page preview of the Buffy: Tales of the Vampires one-shot in June. Allie revealed that Harmony Kendall will be appearing in the story. NEWS POSTED May 08, 2009 Buffy Season Eight #27 "Retreat" Solicitation Slayers are out. Vampires are in. Mysterious big bad Twilight has just become a bigger bad -- he can zero in on Team Buffy and her army of Slayers by tracking their use of magic. But Buffy and her allies have taken their submarine -- yes, Buffy picked up one of those... they're a necessary piece of equip -- straight to the only person she knows with an inside track on suppressing magic: the werewolf Oz. In the yak-filled mountains of Tibet, Oz has found his peace and formed a new life. The butter tea flows freely at the reunion, where -- among other fun reunion-y things -- Buffy learns that suppressing her demon side could be the biggest risk of all... Click Here to view Georges Jeanty's cover. Jo Chen's cover is located in the Season Eight section. Available August 5. Buffy Season Eight News Buffy Season Eight #1 is ranked no. 3 in Wizard Magazine #212's Top 10 Hottest Comics. Jane Espenson is interviewed in this issue about her upcoming "Retreat" arc in Season Eight. Buffy: Season Eight Vol. 3: Wolves at the Gate came in at no. 60 in the 100 Greatest Graphic Novels published during the Wizard era. Buffy and Joss Whedon's Sugarshock appear in a promotional piece Dark Horse released to promote the tenth anniversary as well as series finale of Rex Mundi this August. Click on the image below to view full size. NEWS POSTED May 06, 2009 Buffy Season Eight #25 "Living Doll" Available Today Newsarama has a five page preview of "Living Doll". Click Here to view now. Georges Jeanty was interviewed by iFanboy about Season Eight at Emerald City Comic Con 09. Mild spoilers. Buffy Season Eight Vol. 4: Time of Your Life TPB Available Today Includes the highly anticipated Buffy/Fray crossover, "Time of Your Life," and "After These Messages... We'll Be Right Back," written by Jeph Loeb (Batman: The Long Halloween)! Click Here for more info. In other news, Season Eight cover artist Jo Chen was the special guest at the Free Comic Day event last weekend held at Collectors Corner in Baltimore. John Byrne's Angel: Blood and Trenches #3 Also Available Today Comics Continuum has a first look at the issue Here. John Byrne discusses Blood and Trenches with Newsarama Here. He mentions that he will be working on a Angel/Angelus One Shot planned to be released this coming Halloween. Fallen Angel: Reborn #1 Solicitation You can't keep a fallen Angel down for long! Liandra returns in this all-new series, and for her first four-part adventure, she'll be battling alongside a special guest-star... Joss Whedon's Illyria! How did Illyria come to Bete Noire? Will they meet as friends or foes? Art by J.K. Woodward. Available July. Click Here to view Franco Urru's cover. IDW released an official press release for the crossover Here. The story will take place during season five of Angel. Click Here for a five-page, unlettered preview courtesy of MTV Splash Page. Angel #23: Become What You Are Solicitation Since returning from Hell, Gunn has lain incapacitated, near death. Looking over him is Illyria, torn by a need to make him pay for his crimes and a compulsion to protect him. But what will she do when a threat from the pages of Spike: After the Fall causes them both to evaluate whether it's better to be good... or evil? Click Here to view Franco Urru's cover. Nick Runge's cover is located in the Angel @ IDW section. Angel: Not Fade Away #3 Solicitation When Joss Whedon's Angel series ended, the finale left fans gasping for breath they didn't recover until Angel: After the Fall. See the finale to the episode. Written by Joss Whedon, Jeffrey Bell and Scott Tipton, art by Stephen Mooney. Click Here to view Mooney's cover. Available July. In other news, Scott Tipton revealed that IDW is prepping another Angel episode adaptation, this time of "A Hole in the World." Angel: After the Fall Volume 4 Solicitation With truths revealed, master plans laid out, and people dying, it's clear evil is winning the fight in Los Angeles. In this decisive story, a climactic battle will see Angel live free or die for the final time. Available July. Click Here to view Alex Garner's cover.   Angel Drusilla News Chris Ryall posted on his blog an entire interview with Juliet Laundau from Geek Magazine about the upcoming Drusilla arc in Angel #24 and 25. NEWS & UPDATES ARCHIVES All Previous Article Entries This isn't all for the Comic Book Guide to BtVs' News Updates - you can read the rest by clicking on one of the below links! Page 1... Page 2... Page 3... Page 4... Page 5... Page 6... Page 7... Page 8... Page 9... Page 10... Page 11... Page 12... Page 13... Page 14...

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