OMG, ABC News interviewed Joss about the new Buffy!!
(SPOILERY)
Is it spoilery beyond the new issue, sumi? Which I don't have yet anyway, but...
You walk in worlds the others can't begin to imagine.
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Discussion of comics, graphic novels, and more. Except for capes. No capes!
Please use spoiler font for new releases until after the weekend following release.
JenP - Mar 06, 2008 10:01:49 am PST #1289 of 5059
sumi - Mar 06, 2008 10:03:39 am PST #1290 of 5059
Art Crawl!!!
No, it's not spoilery beyond #12.
sumi - Mar 06, 2008 11:24:08 am PST #1291 of 5059
Art Crawl!!!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8” Confirmed Writers
#1-5 Joss Whedon
#6-9 Brian K. Vaughan
#10-11 Joss Whedon
#12-15 Drew Goddard
#16-19 Joss Whedon
#20 Jeph Loeb
#21-30 A combination of Jane Espenson, Doug Petrie, Drew Greenberg, Jim Krueger and one other TBD
#31-35 Brad Meltzer (four or all five issues TBD)
#36-40 Joss Whedon
The #16-19 arc is the one with the exciting spoiler upthread.
Info from this rather spoilery article
sumi - Mar 06, 2008 11:26:34 am PST #1292 of 5059
Art Crawl!!!
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 06, 2008 11:45:36 am PST #1293 of 5059
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Am I the only one who was not thrilled to see Drew Goddard tackling another Xander and Dracula story after his awful slapstick entry in Tales of the Vampires ?
Laga - Mar 06, 2008 12:02:04 pm PST #1294 of 5059
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I saw it coming but I still threw up in my mouth a little when he said master. But then I remembered Oh my eye, my burning beautiful eye and I was happy again.
sumi - Mar 06, 2008 12:04:10 pm PST #1295 of 5059
Art Crawl!!!
Maybe he's just sad that he didn't get to write Buffy vs. Dracula and is compensating.
chrismg - Mar 06, 2008 8:55:41 pm PST #1296 of 5059
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
It's hit scans_daily. People are, predictably, freaking out in various and sundry ways.
ETA: Scans from issue 12 behind the link, so, SPOILERS.
sumi - Mar 06, 2008 9:03:41 pm PST #1297 of 5059
Art Crawl!!!
I am amazed.
Cashmere - Mar 07, 2008 3:01:20 am PST #1298 of 5059
Now tagless for your comfort.
"the cherry of misery on my sundae of dispair"?
Do these people have no lives to speak of? I had to stop reading.
On a serious note: I don't know if it's Joss' stand-by position to go to the lesbianism, or a deliberate attempt to push buttons he's already found to be touchy. I read Joss' explanation in The Times and, personally, I can see where he's going with it and why the story would go this way.
It also begs the question: whether he's going to kill Satsu off. He could do it because the whole "love Buffy, could die" thing. Of course, if he does, it's going to keep the Dead Lesbian Clichetm alive and kicking for the Kittens. Not that I think he would do something like that just for spite or to prove that he's in charge of the characters or the stories. He's certainly no stranger to stirring controversy but I don't think he does it just for its own sake.
Oh, and I had to go back and double check but is that Mr. Gordo in the scan, next to Buffy's panties on the floor?