I thought that the whole year's wait was about the artist not about the story.
Can't drink, smoke, diddle my willy. Doesn't leave much to do other than watch you blokes stumble around playing Agatha Christie.
Spike ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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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.
sumi - Apr 30, 2003 2:15:30 pm PDT #471 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Jon B. - Apr 30, 2003 2:18:27 pm PDT #472 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Maybe we should just change the rules
I like the one week rule. Not everyone can get to the comics shop the day an issue comes out. You can't set a VCR to buy your comic for you if you're going to be working late. And since Fray #8 doesn't come out a week after Fray #7 (hahahaha! nearly broke a rib there), we don't have the same urgency that we have with the TV eps.
Steph L. - Apr 30, 2003 3:39:01 pm PDT #473 of 10000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Okay, there was a lot I liked. The scene of Harth addressing the sea of vamps reminded me of Buffy's vision of Isengaard!Turok-Hans .
And the sister dropping her car on badass!vamp was FUNNY. Very Jossy. As was a lot of the dialogue.
I still love Urkonn. He is the MAN.
sumi - May 01, 2003 8:52:40 am PDT #474 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
I loved the two double-page spreads.
sumi - May 01, 2003 10:43:43 am PDT #475 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
I had no idea that there was already a Vol. 3 of Tales of the Slayers (the stories not the comic).
justkim - May 01, 2003 10:52:41 am PDT #476 of 10000
Another social casualty...
Thanks for the heads up on that, sumi. Amazon has it listed as being a 4-6 week shipment, so I wonder if it's even out yet. Did you see a copy somewhere?
ETA: Duh. If I had looked a little closer I would have seen in the publication details that it has a November 1, 2003 release date.
sumi - May 01, 2003 10:53:58 am PDT #477 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
No, I saw it on Amazon. Usually when the book isn't out they give a release date, don't they?
HiddenSky - May 01, 2003 1:49:15 pm PDT #478 of 10000
"There are two sorts of people in the world: those who believe Joss Whedon is a genius and those who are wrong." - Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
Tales of the Slayers Vol. 3 is also listed for November on the publisher's site at SimonSays.com.
Jeff Mejia - May 02, 2003 2:34:56 pm PDT #479 of 10000
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert
Chiming in with my thoughts on Fray #7:
After losing nearly all of her connections to the world in the previous issues (the little girl, her sister, her boss betraying her), we still see Melaka gathering people around her to fight the evil. Of course, circumstances helped (the attack by the lurks convinced her sister to join with her, the little girl's parents seeking revenge, etc.), which is very similar to earlier years of Buffy. I think the splitting of Slayer heritage means that Mel had to take a different path than a "complete" Slayer. (Season 7 speculation: Maybe Buffy could take a page from this example. IJS )
Also, I did love the opening scene. Here we are, all primed for a fight ("my hands aren't even trembling"), and then WHAM! no fight. Reminds me of the Raiders scene where Indy shoots the guy with the sword.
Even though this was mostly action, I still feel it moved things along nicely. I loved the artwork - detail everywhere! I was disappointed that we didn't get more info about Urkonn's bosses.
Also, Steph is correct - Urkonn ROCKS!
Steph L. - May 02, 2003 2:37:17 pm PDT #480 of 10000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Also, I did love the opening scene. Here we are, all primed for a fight ("my hands aren't even trembling"), and then WHAM! no fight. Reminds me of the Raiders scene where Indy shoots the guy with the sword.
LOVED this. So very Jossy.