So I read the first issue of the new Boom! Buffy comic.
Um.
So it's very much "Ultimate Comics Buffy" with familiar people and things in new and old combinations. Anya runs a magic store patronized by demons, she seems to be slotting into Willy the Snitch's position; Drusilla is some kind of vampire Mafia queen(Spike doesn't appear at all yet).
Buffy is recognizably Buffy, the tension between the need for the Slayer and her own wants is in there. Joyce has one scene, but she's positioned as the kind, fun parent; Giles, on the other hand, is in serious Season One mode - he's practically Wesley-esque. Xander is funny without saying anything too obnoxious yet, and Willow.....
When I saw the character designs, I had the awful feeling I was going to have the most trouble with Willow, and I wasn't wrong. Between the short hair, the midriff outfits, and the fact that she's out not only to herself, not only to Xander, but to Buffy who they just met, it's hard to shake the feeling they've just bolted on College Willow in place of High-School Willow. If we have to skip a huge chunk of someone's character arc, I'd rather do it with Giles.