a fashion model with a penchant for katanas who more or less took over the leadership role

And Matt maps Excalibur!Kitty straight onto Buffy.

Maybe Joss meant that Kitty was an influence on Buffy-the-universe-concept and not Buffy-the-character, although normal-girl-with-powers does seem very Buffy.

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For some reason I thought that 1602 and Tales of the Vampires were coming out today. . .they aren't but I went and looked on the website -- looks like Ben Edlund is writing a story and doing the cover for the next TotV.

It looks like 1602 #8 won't be out until March 31, at least according to the Marvel site.

When is the next Tales of the Vampires coming out? I didn't even know #2 was out when I got #3, and that resulted in me running around to several comics shops before I found one that had it in stock. I'd like to be ahead of the game this time.

It's coming out on the 17th.

It's coming out on the 17th.

Thanks for the info.

Help! I'm attending MegaCon this weekend (comic convention in Orlando), and I need someone to convice me that $60.00 for a Fiesta!Giles figure is too much.

In other news, I picked up a Dopplegangland Willow, and got Karl Moline to sign my copy of the Fray trade paperback. Too late to get a sketch from him, though.

The Spike figures I've seen look really bad.

Jeff - you can get one (but just the one) on ebay for $22.99 here. Do not let the bright lights and crowded tables of the con fool you.

Thanks for the info, tina, but that's 22.99 pounds, which comes out to approximately $41.92, plus shipping from the UK. Still, it gives me a good idea what price range I should be looking for.

I picked up a Dopplegangland Willow, and got Karl Moline to sign my copy of the Fray trade paperback. Too late to get a sketch from him, though.

The thing is, Jeff, if he had done a sketch for you, it would've been months before you got it.