Hi All! Thanks, Laga, for the welcome. Found the Buffistas (sheepish grin) through _WIll the Vampire People Please Leave the Lobby_ -- a great read! I've been carrying on (as I will) with the recycling actors line of questioning over at slayalive.com, and it's been interesting. Thanks for the phrasing "coming at the Whedonverse assbackwards"! Yes, I watched Firefly later (grumble grumble darn Fox for not advertising Firefly and for screwing it all up.....etc), after Buffy and Angel ended. I certainly don't posit nefarious schemes a-dancing in Whedon's head by doing this, but I find it interesting how watching a character in one role can affect the reading of other roles.... especially in a particular genre and sub-genre (is Whedon a sub-genre??). Starting to blabber now....
Xander ,'Showtime'
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BTW, I was surprised at the length of the list of recycled actors once you get going at figuring out who has been recycled....
Buffy # 7 this week according to my Newbury Comics email newsletter.
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Buffy #7, Supernatural Origins #5 and Cream Cheese Pumpkin Pie.
I think that Faith is going to be able to pull this off. But she's going to be tempted. Bonding with another slayer who wants to kill Buffy. Tough choices are ahead. I also think they're dragging Giant!Dawn's story out too long. It's getting annoying.
Dresden Files graphic novels.
Cashmere, I hope you are right that Faith can pull this off. Because I'd hate for her to have worked so hard towards her redemption only to give in to the dark side again. I suspect those thoughts about her meeting, bonding and falling out with Buffy are foreshadowing on how things are going to play with...I've spaced on English!Psycho!Slayer's name.
I too am annoyed by the dragging out of Giant!Dawn. I think we've waited long enough to find out what the heck a thricewise is. I've been embroiled in the Whedonverse for too long to think that I can predict any outcome. I wouldn't be surprised if Faith doesn't live through this though.
Did we know this?
Drawn & Quarterly publisher Chris Oliveros will publish What It Is, acclaimed cartoonist Lynda Barry's first new book since 2002, in early 2008. D&Q will also republish her five-volume backlist of comic strip collections in newly redesigned editions. The multiyear deal is for world rights and was negotiated by agent Liz Darshanoff.
That means all of her out-of-print early stuff will be republished in its original format. That's great news.