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Posted Jun 24th 2008 11:20AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: OpEd, Retro Squad, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Reality-Free
In honor of our
Buffy/Angel week of
Retro Squad, it's only fitting that I finally give some updates on what's going on with each series with respect to their continuation in comic-book form. I'll throw in a little 'Serenity: Better Days' for good measure.
Let me warn you right now that I'll be revealing quite a bit about each series below. So, if you haven't read them yet or want to wait to read the books for any plot points,
stop reading now. I'll be writing about the entire series of each, not just the most recent.
First up,
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season Eight.
Continue reading TV in comics: Buffy, Angel and Firefly
Posted Mar 7th 2008 4:23PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Episode Reviews
(S08I12) I never really cared for the Dracula episode of
Buffy. It definitely had its funny moments, but having Dracula thrown into the Buffyverse lore was hard to stomach. Not to mention this ass had an easy time of wooing Buffy. Oh, and Xander too.
That said, this was a great issue. It marks the first of a series of issues written by TV
Buffy writer Drew Goddard, and the feeling from the show is captured perfectly. For some reason I wasn't able to say that as much before, but here I feel right at home.
Continue reading Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wolves at the Gate, Part 1
Posted Feb 14th 2008 3:21PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Early Looks
It's been a while since my last review of a
Buffy season eight comic, and since then there's been other developments in the TV-on-comics front (we should have a category for that). Rather than dedicate separate posts to this news, I'll round everything up here, at least this time around.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - season eight - Issues #10 & #11These were stand-alone "episodes," unlike 'The Long Way Home' and 'No Future for You'. A few things are revealed here that help keep the Big Bad of this season in play. Willow has even more power than we could have realized in past seasons, and an unexpected person has a crush on Buffy. I really liked 'A Beautiful Sunset' (#11) more than any other issue, with a great moment where one of the main, masked antagonists is almost revealed. Classic Joss writing.
A new multi-part series kicks off March 5, written by veteran Drew Goddard.
Continue reading TV in comics update: Buffy, Angel, The Stranded and Serenity
Posted Dec 14th 2007 3:41PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Episode Reviews
(S08I08 & S08I09) I'm a bit late for both of these issues, but better late than never, right? Thankfully, for me, I was still able to get the first printing of both issues. For most people that doesn't mean squat, but I'm anal that way about the very few comics I buy these days.
Anyway, let's start with the first issue of this two-part review, which is actually the third part of the third story, and is the eighth issue.
OK, that sure was confusing ...
Continue reading Buffy the Vampire Slayer: No Future For You, Parts III & IV
Posted Oct 11th 2007 11:01AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Episode Reviews
(S08I07) This issue starts out with the longest - and perhaps first - foray into flashback territory for this "season." I guess I could have gone through my well overplayed DVDs and checked the
referred-to episode for accuracy, but it seemed pretty dead-on to me.
Y'know, I love Giles and all, and I especially appreciate that he's a presence in this series, but I'm not really digging how cookie-cutter he seems, particularly in these last two issues. Is it just me or does he drink tea and clean his spectacles way too (stereotypically) often?
Continue reading Buffy the Vampire Slayer: No Future For You, Part II
Posted Sep 19th 2007 11:01AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: OpEd, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Episode Reviews
(S08I06) Even though this isse wasn't written by Joss, the capable hands of Brian K. Vaughan pulled off what I think feels very true to the Buffyverse. Faith was always one of my favorite characters from Buffy and Angel, and it's great to see her back again. And scenes with Giles? Even better.
It's been so long since I'd watched the last couple of seasons of
Buffy that I completely forgot that Principal Wood had a thing with Faith. Here we see that Wood is fully involved in the big baddiness of the world, and he and Faith are still quite a thing.
Continue reading Buffy the Vampire Slayer: No Future For You, Part I
Posted Aug 2nd 2007 10:47AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Episode Reviews
(S08I05) It seems the readers have spoken ... written ...
voted, and I will continue to review the "episodes" of
Buffy season 8. I agree with some of the sentiments left in the comments, though. While this is meant to be a canonical continuation of the TV series, it's not a TV series. This is a comic, and it feels like one. It can't replace the direction and the acting we saw on the small screen, and I don't believe it was ever meant to.
When one of your friends heads off to a faraway land and sends you a letter every week, it's not the same as them being there with you, but it sure is comforting to have them around, so-to-speak. It's like that, only not as desperate sounding.
Continue reading Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Chain
Posted Jul 31st 2007 9:53AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: TV Squad Polls, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Episode Reviews
Some of you may not know this already, but the latest issue of the
Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 8 comic hit stores last week, when originally it was slated to come out, I believe, this week. As I was picking up my copy, I got to wondering if the TV Squad readers even cared to have me continue to review them, especially with the news that
there will be a season 9 comic.
So, once again I'm going to take advantage of the use of polls and leave it up to you. While I'm definitely going to keep buying and reading these books, do you want me to continue to review them here for you? I'll check the results of the poll (after the jump) later this week and decide.
Continue reading Should I keep reviewing Buffy season 8?
Posted Jun 7th 2007 9:22AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Episode Reviews
(S08I04) And thus ends the first arc of the new season of
Buffy. This issue was a bit all over the place. Some sections seemed to jump a bit too much, particularly in the first half of the book, though you could almost get the feeling that it wouldn't be done much differently had this been actually on television.
I will say this much for the series, though -- the "big bad" of the season is something of brilliance. Well played, Mr. Whedon.
Continue reading Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home, Part 4
Posted May 3rd 2007 4:15PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Episode Reviews
(S08I03) It's pretty clear, when you're reading through these comics, that the budget that would be involved to make this a season of television would be through the roof. A gianormous Dawn, an army of thousands of undead and Willow's intense spells, all set in a castle in Scotland which is outfitted with a bunch of technology. Thank God for a medium that lets creativity go completely wild without budget worries.
If I've got one criticism for these books I'd have to say it's how the characters are drawn on the pages. The cover images (as you can see here to the right) are amazingly detailed and truly capture what we remember of the characters, but the inside pages have a bit to be desired.
Continue reading Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home, Part 3
Posted Mar 16th 2007 9:29AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: OpEd, Horror, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
(S08I01) Fans of
Buffy have waited a long time for something like this. It's not a new television season and it's not a movie, but when you think about it this could be the best way for it to return. You don't have ugly casting problems and the special effects budget isn't a concern at all. In fact, you can just kill off a major character in spectacular fashion and not worry that you just ruined an actor's livelihood.
If you haven't gone out and picked up this first issue of what's been blessed bu Joss Whedon as
Buffy the Vampire Slayer season eight, you might not want to read on, as there will be spoilers. Or if you're just cheap or too lazy to pick it up, you can come too.
Continue reading Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home, Part 1 (season premiere)
Posted Feb 19th 2007 10:19AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Horror, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Early Looks
Since
Angel left the air almost three years ago, fans of the Buffyverse shows have wondered how (not if) either series would continue. We've been teased with the possibility of moves since even before
Buffy ended its run, and still no one seems to have given us a straight answer.
Finally we Whedon fans have had something to look forward to in the form of a comic book. Sure there have been plenty of books done in the Buffyverse before, but this time it's different. 'Long Way from Home' is meant to serve as the start of Joss' s vision of what a season eight of
Buffy would have been, had the show continued. So for purists this is most probably considered canon.
I was lucky enough to get an early draft of the first issue from the series, so read on for a few not-so spoilery tidbits.
Continue reading Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season 8 comic -- An early look
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