I finally picked up a copy of Drawing on Your Nightmares which introduces the Tales of the Vampires. Comments: Weird. I read that Joss wrote it - nope. Brett Matthews w/ art by Sean Phillips. There are no Jossverse characters at all I'm pretty sure. It looks different than any Buffy/Angel/Fray comic I've ever seen. The story isn't bad - but it's your average "how I got vamped" thing. But again, these ain't our vamps, I'm pretty sure. I've read that the comic will follow Buffyverse vamps - I just don't see them here.
Now hold on, I'm gonna press the right pedal harder. I expect us to accelerate.
Anya ,'Showtime'
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Discussion of Buffy and Angel comics, books, and more. Please don't get into spoilery details in the first week of release.
tina f. - Oct 18, 2003 2:09:51 pm PDT #1137 of 10000
Jeff Mejia - Oct 23, 2003 8:27:55 am PDT #1138 of 10000
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert
Sorry to post this late, but Buffy # 62 came out yesterday, the next-to-last issue of the monthly series.
I found it to be interesting, and it actually had some interestingly disturbing horror visuals - a surprise in this book. Also, the action wasn't as straight-forward as past issues have shown, which is a good thing (but perhaps a tad confusing) in my book. If the monthly had more moments like these, I think it would have been a stronger title. However, they probably had to tone down horror elements for the franchise at 20th Century Fox's behest, and don't have to worry so much now that the book is ending.
sfmarty - Oct 26, 2003 3:34:09 pm PST #1139 of 10000
Who? moi??
This isn't exactly another media, but does another country count?
The BBC has also commissioned a British-based spin-off of the Buffy show, called The Watcher, which Buffy's creator, Joss Whedon, is writing. Now that Head is back at home with his partner Sarah Fisher and their two daughters, he hopes to divide his time between acting and working with animals that have behavioural problems.
(from an article about ASH's animal place in England)
CaBil - Oct 26, 2003 3:53:42 pm PST #1140 of 10000
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Huh, so its finally official?
DebetEsse - Oct 26, 2003 6:01:28 pm PST #1141 of 10000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Hey, all. I'm trying to figure out which Fray(s) I haven't read (my brother currently has mine). How does 7 end?
DXMachina - Oct 26, 2003 6:11:14 pm PST #1142 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
How does 7 end?
Fray gets swallowed by a big snake.
DebetEsse - Oct 26, 2003 6:13:05 pm PST #1143 of 10000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Ok, I have no recollection of that. I must, therefore, have not read it. Thank you muchly, DX.
DavidS - Oct 26, 2003 7:14:26 pm PST #1144 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You know how Joss is with the big snakes. It's A Thing.
Vaguely on topic: JZ picked up a really cool children's book that I've been reading to Emmett for the last seveal weeks, The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish. Written by Neil Gaiman, illustrations by Dave McKean. It's keen.
§ ita § - Oct 26, 2003 7:15:50 pm PST #1145 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I adore that book, especially the ending.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Oct 26, 2003 9:52:53 pm PST #1146 of 10000
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
The BBC has also commissioned a British-based spin-off of the Buffy show, called The Watcher, which Buffy's creator, Joss Whedon, is writing.
Also known as Ripper. The BBC isn't saying much-- there've been rumours for a long while (TVtome gave September 2002 as a premiere date, then July 2003). In July, the BBC were saying don't hold your breath; and as far as I know, that's still the offical line.