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NEWS
POSTED June 17,
2007 |
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Buffy
Vol. 1 Artist Paul Lee Returns!
 Paul
Lee of "Dawn and Hoopy the Bear"
fame returns to Buffy with the
Season Eight tale "The Chain."
Paul Lee frequently collaborated
with Brian Horton over art and
cover chores for many Buffy
comics, and even went solo for
#46's "Withdrawal" and #51's
aforementioned 'Dawn and Hoopy
the Bear. Click
Here to
read an interview with him over
at the Pulse. |
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Buffy
the Vampire Slayer News
Buffy
the Vampire Slayer Season Eight
#1 maintains the number two spot
for a second month in a row in
Wizard's "Hot 10: Comics" list,
bringing in more non-comic
readers and driving demand for
the sold-out first
print. |
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NEWS
POSTED June 18,
2007 |
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Buffy
the Vampire Slayer/Spike News
 To
the left is Georges Jeanty's
cover for Buffy the Vampire
Slayer Season Eight #6.
Click
Here
to view.
According
to ICv2.com, Buffy #3 shipped an
estimated 106,634 copies to North
American comic book shops (10,000
more than Buffy #2 did the
previous month). There were also
some very healthy re-orders for
the first two issues.
Spike:
Shadow Puppets #1 hits newstands
this week.
Buy
Now. |
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Solicitation
for Spike: Shadow Puppets #4
 He's
been kicked, beaten, stabbed,
blown up, and worst of all,
turned into a puppet. Now Spike
has to battle Smile Time for the
fate of every child in Japan! But
Smile Time has one more trick up
their adorable, murderous
felt-covered sleeves--puppet
versions of ALL of Spike's
friends and foes! It's a battle
royale, puppet-style, courtesy of
the Spike: Asylum team of Brian
Lynch and Franco Urru! David
Messina provides a variant cover,
and Sean Galloway offers up a
puppet-laden incentive cover,
too! |
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NEWS
POSTED June 12,
2007 |
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 Solicitation
for Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The
Long Way Home
Since
the destruction of the Hellmouth,
the Slayers -- newly legion --
have gotten organized and are
kicking some serious undead butt.
But not everything's fun and
firearms, as an old enemy
reappears and Dawn experiences
some serious growing pains.
Meanwhile, one of the "Buffy"
decoy slayers is going through
major pain of her own. Buffy
creator Joss Whedon brings Buffy
back to Dark Horse in this direct
follow-up to season seven of the
smash-hit TV series. The
bestselling and critically
acclaimed issues 1-5 are
collected here for the first
time, as are their covers by Jo
Chen and Georges Jeanty. 136
pages, $15.95, in stores on Nov.
14. Buy
at
TFAW.
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Solicitation
for Buffy Season Eight #6
The
second arc of Season Eight starts
here. Brian K. Vaughan takes over
writing duties and dives headlong
into what Faith is up to --
infiltration, assassination, and
nonstop Cleveland. The fugitive
Slayer is given the assignment
that could change her life . . .
if Giles's specialized training
doesn't make her want to end it
first. Joss Whedon stays on as
Executive Producer in this first
part of "No Future for You." 40
pages, $2.99, in stores on Sept.
8.
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Buffy:
Panel to Panel Solicitation
Buffy
the Vampire Slayer, captivating
cult phenomenon and one of the
most critically acclaimed TV
series of the last decade, burst
into the comics realm in August
of 1998. Nearly every year since,
the rich thematic material of
good vs. evil, Slayer vs.
vampire, friendship vs.
isolation, and black vs. the new
black has been explored at Dark
Horse in over a hundred different
issues -- and by the biggest
luminaries in the business. The
stunning visuals unachievable on
a small-screen budget have come
to life, realized by Chris
Bachalo, J. Scott Campbell, Jeff
Matsuda, Mike Mignola, Terry
Moore, Eric Powell, Cliff
Richards, Tim Sale, and Ryan
Sook, among others. Take a look
back at the most dynamic and
memorable line art and paintings
from the first ten years of the
Slayer in comics.192 pages,
$19.95, in stores on Nov. 14.
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NEWS
POSTED June 5,
2007 |
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 Joss
Whedon News
Buffy
the Vampire Slayer #4 comes out
tomorrow, as does Joss Whedon's
Runaways #27. Comic Book
Resources has released a dialogue
free-preview for Runaways #27
here.
In
an up close interview in Wizard
Magazine #189, Brett Matthews,
upcoming co-writer of Joss
Whedon's Serentity: Better Days
mini-series, commented that the
series is set to come out in the
later half of this year, around
September.
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Brian
Lynch talks Angel Season 6
With
Brian Lynch's latest comic,
Spike: Shadow Puppets due out
this month June (and reviewed
here),
Fractal Matter interviewed Lynch
to discuss all that is vampire
related
here.
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NEWS
POSTED May 23,
2007 |
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 Newsflash:
Buffy's Still Hot
Georges
Jeanty's hyper-rare retailer
sketch variant cover of Buffy #1
landed at no. 4 on Wizard
Magazine #188's "Top 5 Premium
Comics" list with an est. value
of $45, while Buffy #1 itself has
landed at no. 2 on the "Hot 10
Comics" list. The buzz
surrounding Whedon over Buffy
Season Eight and Runaways has
kicked him up a notch to no. 2 on
the "Hot 10 Writers" List.
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Serenity:
Better Days News
More
details have surfaced about the
upcoming Serenity mini-series: It
will take place prior to the
movie, but after the show
Firefly, and will be
reunite Joss Whedon with
"Serenity: Those Left Behind"
artist Will
Conrad.
The
premise will focus on the
Serenity crew aquiring a job so
lucrative that it will let the
entire crew retire. The pressure
of pulling of a job with such
high stakes begns to wear away
the team, and they slowly begin
to break apart as the storyline
progresses. |
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Brian
K. Vaughan's "Faith" Arc
 Former
Runaways writer Brian K. Vaughan
will be taking over from Joss
Whedon on Buffy the Vampire
Slayer Season Eight with issue 6,
with an arc that will focus on
bad girl slayer Faith. A recent
interview with Buffy cover artist
Jo Chen in the offical BtVs/Angel
Magazine which ends this month,
revealed that the arc will
feature Faith taking her own
father to the 'Enchantment Under
the Sea' dance during a trip to
1955, which promises to elate
readers. |
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NEWS
POSTED May 22,
2007 |
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Whedon
Marvel August 2007 Solicitations
 RUNAWAYS
#28: “DEAD END KIDS”
continues, as super-star Joss
Whedon and rising star Michael
Ryan (New Excalibur, New X-Men)
continue their landmark run. Pun
intended. Love is in the air as
the Runaways try and run back
from 1907. Part 4 (of
6).
ASTONISHING
X-MEN #23: Pencils and 50/50
Covers by John Cassaday, “UNSTOPPABLE”
reaches its penultimate chapter!
The end is near. The situation is
dire. The outlook is bleak. But
Cyclops has a plan. Part 5 (of
6). |
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April
2007 Sales Charts Reports
Diamond
released their monthly Direct
Market Sales Charts and Market
Share report, for titles that
went on sale in April 2007. Dark
Horse's Buffy #2 came in at
number 12 for the month, while
Joss Whedon's Runaways #25 also
managed to finish in the top
fifty, reaching to number
42. |
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NEWS
POSTED May 19,
2007 |
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Buffy
the Vampire Slayer News
In
Wizard Magazine #188, an article
called "BUST A GUT" features
what's left of Sunnydale (see
picture below) as one of comics'
worst real estate
markets.
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 Final
Version of Spike: Shadow Puppets
#3 Alternative Cover
IDW
Publishing has released the final
version of David Messina's cover
for Spike: Shadow Puppets #3.
Click
Here
to view
it. Go
to the 'Spike @ IDW' page of the
'Comic Books' section of our site
for solicitation info.
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NEWS
POSTED May 16,
2007 |
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 Buffy
Season Eight #4 Preview Available
Dark
Horse has released a four page
preview of Buffy Season Eight #4.
Click
Here
to redirect
now.
In
other news, Dark Horse's Scott
Allie talks Buffy
Season
8, giving great insight
into what goes on behind the
scenes. Click
Here to read. |
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 Spike:
Asylum TPB Out Now
The
5 issue mini-series from IDW
Publishing is available now,
complete with cover gallery and
page commentary. By Angel Season
Six co-writer Brian Lynch and
Franco Urro. Click
Here
to orderthe collection at Amazon.
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NEWS
POSTED May 12,
2007 |
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Covers
for Buffy the Vampire Slayer #5
From
left to right: Jo Chen's cover,
variant covers by Georges Jeanty
and Paul Lee. Click on the
thumbnails below to view the
images in full.
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Buffy
the Vampire Slayer Season 8 News
IGN
shave proclaimed Buffy Season
Eight as one of the summer's
hottest comic books. Wizard
Entertainment also chimes in with
the love for the series on their
Heat Index, "action-packed and
overflowing with Whedon's
patented snappy
patter." |
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NEWS
POSTED May 08,
2007 |
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Solicit
for Buffy the Vampire Slayer #5
Buffy's
new position as leader and
figurehead of the world's five
hundred most powerful women has
made her a bigger target than
ever before. "The Chain" tells
the story of one of the decoy
"Buffy" Slayers, a tale
personally important to series
creator Joss Whedon. Guest artist
Paul Lee (Conan, Tales of the
Vampires) pencils the first
standalone issue of Season Eight.
Out Aug 01, 2007.
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 "Buffy
Comic Monster Guide" website
revamped
Click
Here to redirect. The site has been
refitted to the HMC server with
an all new site design, updated
biographies and graphics, plus
bios for Season 8 baddies!
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NEWS
POSTED May 06,
2007 |
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Summer
Preview: Buffy Season 8 News
 Sink
your teeth into some tasty
teasers from Joss Whedon’s
first arc that’ll have you
salivating at the vampire slayer’s
best season EVER!
Click
Here
to read the article.
The
image to the right is the cover
to the third printing of Buffy
the Vampire Slayer Season Eight
#1. Click
Here
to buy the issue. |
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 Joss
Whedon's Fray News
The
Fray miniseries is once again in
high demand. Click
Here
to redirect to our sister site
for more information.
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NEWS
POSTED May 04,
2007 |
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Jo
Chen's Buffy #6 Cover Revealed
 In
other news: TFAW has put up the
third printing of Buffy #1 and
the second printing of Buffy #2
for pre-order.
Both are altered full bleed
versions of Jo Chen's original
covers.
The
winner of the MySpace contest,
Robin Balzer, will be drawn into
issue ten of the comic. Also,
Stacey Beach was the grand prize
winner of the online DH Buffy
contest, and will receive Buffy
Season 8: #1 regular and variant
covers, Buffy TPB's, and a box of
Buffy: Memories premium trading
cards courtesy of
Inkworks. |
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 Joss
Whedon Talks Angel Season Six
Newsarama
has released two interviews with
the co-architects of Angel’s
post-season 5 canon comic return:
Brian
Lynch,
who also discusses his second
Spike series, "Shadow Puppets,"
and Joss
Whedon.
In
other news, Spike: Asylum TPB
comes out May 16, complete with a
cover gallery and page
commentary. |
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