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Buffy. Season Eight. Comics. OMFG

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Quantum

10:22 / 07.09.07

Wow, that's a brilliant issue. The bearded magus of Northampton!

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10:36 / 07.09.07

And a Doctor Who cameo, too.

Feverfew

20:28 / 07.09.07

Fun stuff. Felt a little slower and buildy-uppy after the pace of the first four issues, which turns out to be a good thing.

Feverfew

21:10 / 31.01.08

I Must Be Threadkiller. No posts since September? Did everyone decide to collectively ignore the rest of No Future for You?

I stick by my last post; it's definitely fun stuff. The Faith arc was largely setup and character development, along with some intriguing instances.

#10, though, Anywhere but Here, I love. Mostly because of the truth behind Robin, which is pretty heartrending.

The plotting behind it, as well, had me impressed, mainly leading up to the revelation of Willow's guilt over the fact that she'll always choose the one who can save the world over the one she loves, even when she has the chance to walk away.

FinderWolf

03:27 / 01.02.08

I've been enjoying this and buying it whenever new issues come out - just haven't felt inspired to post. It's good stuff.

FinderWolf

06:04 / 17.02.08

very enjoyable - great psych-out on revealing the ID of Twilight. Rich Johnston and others have hinted that the next issue (which is #12, I think...?) will actually reveal his ID and that this reveal will be A Big Deal. Rich speculated that it would be a former major Buffy character returning, now a baddie. What do you all think...? Rich's idea sounds plausible, but would that really be The Huge Deal Rich said it would be?

FinderWolf

07:30 / 07.03.08

new issue , NO SPOILERS ahead. - other than the thing that the NYTimes and ABC News and many other news sources have been covering, I was more interested in the big reveal of __________, as opposed to __________ , who many people had been predicting based on a few hints thrown out there by Rich Johnston and such. Very curious to see why this character has been brought back, and why of all people they would send ___________ to go talk to him/her.

PatrickMM

00:55 / 09.03.08

It's probably the best issue of the series so far, with a bunch of really funny moments. But, the comic is far, far from what the show was. The new characters created in the comic have essentially no personality and I'm not particularly interested in the direction they're taking the series characters. I was more interested in Buffy and Xander the people, not the soldiers, and now everyone's all business. Let the girl enjoy herself for once, why's there always got to be a new threat?

In some ways, it feels like the show is the X-Men under Claremont, while the comic is the X-Men after Claremont left. It may have the same characters, and the occasional flash of greatness, but generally speaking, it's too consumed in plot to just let the characters be themselves.

FinderWolf

04:40 / 03.04.08

pretty fun stuff... Dracula's arc and all his dialogue are hilarious.

Who is that supposed to be in the final panel? One of the vamps on the final page having just done a shape-shift or something like that? (and of course, we all note the famous item that character is holding)

Feverfew

20:41 / 18.04.08

I do like the Dracula arc, along with the idea that he and Xander bonded - it's strikes me as so leftfield and unexpected as to teeter on the brink of brilliance, even if it's let down by the comedy olde-worlde racism.

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