Uh-oh. I spy the teensiest amount of basketball talk. My basketball junkie status is only second to my Buffy junkie-ness. But that has very little to do with the jossverse, so trying to come up with something on topic....

I generally don't buy the main Buffy comic series - but I am enjoying the lastest Buffy-goes-into-an-institution arc quite a bit. It's sad and twisted to see her deal with her real-family dysfunction and - Buffy in a support group - does it get much better than that? And I cannot explain my love for the younger and even more annoying than season 5 Dawn. I grew to love her dearly and now find all the things I used to hate about her totally endearing...I do the same thing with boyfriends. Huh.

Also - the good thing about the waiting between Frays is that it forces me to read every one of them over when the new one comes out - which is always fun.

See, I like Karl Malone, both because A) I'm an unabashed Jazz fan (I live in Utah after all) and B) He is absolutely and unabashedly himself.

Anyone feel like proposing a Sports thread?

So, um . . . . Who would win in a game of one-on-one, Buffy or Wolverine?

Wolverine. But he'd play dirty.

Wolverine would puncture the ball and Buffy would win by default.

Alright - you guys kept it going.

It is funny that this comes up because I was just reading a Superman from the 70s that has all the good guys playing the bad guys (uh yeah I am way new to comics and know there is a better way to say that - but hey at least I am trying to go back and get some backstory) in a game of ultimate superhero/supervillian baseball. The comic was released during the World Series of whatever year that was and just couldn't be a. cheesier. and b. more boring. But still kinda funny. Baseball game told in comic format? Not so exciting.

So after reading that, last night I was imagining my favorite gang of superheroes against villians in a NCAA tournament style basketball game - then I kept seeing Clark (smallville Clark) and Buffy in those really long basketball shorts the kids wear nowadays - and it just lost its charm.

I would be a supporter of a sports thread - but I think everyone else would get mighty sick of hearing about the Jayhawks (University of Kansas). Jayhawk basketball is my One True Sports Love Above All Others and I can get wayyyyy too into it.

Is that in the ESPN SportCenter context, or the Once More With Feeling context?

I think it was the SportsCenter context, but victor did make a comment along the lines that someone needs to light a fire under Karl Monlie's ass, so you never know. To be honest, I think Joss is saying that the artwork is coming out great.

It is funny that this comes up because I was just reading a Superman from the 70s that has all the good guys playing the bad guys (uh yeah I am way new to comics and know there is a better way to say that - but hey at least I am trying to go back and get some backstory)

Uh, tina, do you know that the information in the '70s DC comics will not pertain to current continuity? Just a heads up, although there are pieces of that backstory that filter through to Smallville, movies, and other media.

To be fair, some activity in the current continuity brings elements of the "old" backstory forward, meaning that readers familiar with the older backstory may have a better understanding of what is going on. Examples of this include the re-appearance of Krypto the Super Dog and the original Supergirl.

I just picked up last week's Buffy: Chaos Bleeds comic, and while I haven't read it all yet, I have one question - who in the world thought it would be a good idea to bring Sid the Dummy back?

Must be a tie-in with that new video game that has Sid as a character. Maybe they're planning to launch a doll action figure too?

OK - weird. There is a story up at slayage.com about SMG and "the cast" - the story says it's everybody - including Joss and Marti - of BtVS playing in a charity baseball game.

Coincidence?... Probably.

I would put up a link but I don't know how (I know, I need to just figure it out - but not now). It's the first story at slayage.

Uh, tina, do you know that the information in the '70s DC comics will not pertain to current continuity? Just a heads up, although there are pieces of that backstory that filter through to Smallville, movies, and other media.

Oh - I should have been clearer - I am not a huge Smallville fan. I like it - but not enough to read a zillion old comics just to get some backstory. But reading Fray has made me a huge comics fan. I am reading the backstory on Superman because I am reading new Supermans and have a friend who's a nut and gave me tons and tons to read - so - you know - it's fun and it's making him really happy.