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From Amazon Plog:
More than three years after ending its run on TV, Buffy the Vampire Slayer is back. But not as a TV show -- as a comic book.
Even though it won't be on television, show creator Joss Whedon explained things to TV Guide yesterday. Here's a sampling:
TVGuide.com: How many issues will there be? And how many are you writing?
Whedon: The season should run between 20 and 30 issues, I'm guessing. It has, like the [TV] seasons did, an overriding story with an ending point. I'll be writing the beginning, the first four, the last four, and I'll definitely be doing some others. I have a bunch of other writers — comic-book heavies and former writers from the show — who are going to write the other issues. I'll be overseeing the whole thing, and they've all got my giant mission statement about what the giant arc is about.
TVGuide.com: What is the giant arc about?
Whedon: I'm not going to tell you that. But I can tell you that it's about the ramifications of everything that happened in Season 7. At the end of the show, Buffy made every girl who might be a potential vampire slayer into a fully realized slayer with all the remembered history and powers, so she's made a big change in the way the world works. The comic will be dealing with that when we pick up the story several months later.
Generally, I'm dubious about this kind of thing. I'm past the "any (insert iconic pop culture favorite here) is good (insert iconic pop culture favorite here)." But I need to remember that a comic book just can't be the same experience as a show (and embrace the differences of the medium).
I love Joss enough to try! Meanwhile, I'm enjoying some of my favorite episodes via download at Amazon Unbox. (It's fun to see how it all began with Welcome to the Hellmouth. Or, if you're in the mood for a laugh, try Ted, guest-starring the dear, departed John Ritter.)
-- Stephanie, Amazon Screening Room
From Amazon Plog:
More than three years after ending its run on TV, Buffy the Vampire Slayer is back. But not as a TV show -- as a comic book.
Even though it won't be on television, show creator Joss Whedon explained things to TV Guide yesterday. Here's a sampling:
TVGuide.com: How many issues will there be? And how many are you writing?
Whedon: The season should run between 20 and 30 issues, I'm guessing. It has, like the [TV] seasons did, an overriding story with an ending point. I'll be writing the beginning, the first four, the last four, and I'll definitely be doing some others. I have a bunch of other writers — comic-book heavies and former writers from the show — who are going to write the other issues. I'll be overseeing the whole thing, and they've all got my giant mission statement about what the giant arc is about.
TVGuide.com: What is the giant arc about?
Whedon: I'm not going to tell you that. But I can tell you that it's about the ramifications of everything that happened in Season 7. At the end of the show, Buffy made every girl who might be a potential vampire slayer into a fully realized slayer with all the remembered history and powers, so she's made a big change in the way the world works. The comic will be dealing with that when we pick up the story several months later.
Generally, I'm dubious about this kind of thing. I'm past the "any (insert iconic pop culture favorite here) is good (insert iconic pop culture favorite here)." But I need to remember that a comic book just can't be the same experience as a show (and embrace the differences of the medium).
I love Joss enough to try! Meanwhile, I'm enjoying some of my favorite episodes via download at Amazon Unbox. (It's fun to see how it all began with Welcome to the Hellmouth. Or, if you're in the mood for a laugh, try Ted, guest-starring the dear, departed John Ritter.)
-- Stephanie, Amazon Screening Room
