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| Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight | |
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 Trade paperback cover of The Long Fashion Home. Fine art by Jo Chen. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Night Horse Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | Horror[one] |
| Publication date | March fourteen, 2007 – January 19, 2011 |
| No. of problems | xl (core series) 3 (1-shots) |
| Principal graphic symbol(southward) | Scooby Gang |
| Creative squad | |
| Created past | Joss Whedon |
| Written by | Joss Whedon Brian K. Vaughan Drew Goddard Jane Espenson Brad Meltzer and others |
| Penciller(southward) | Georges Jeanty Karl Moline |
| Inker(s) | Andy Owens |
| Colorist(south) | Dave Stewart Michelle Madsen |
| Collected editions | |
| The Long Way Home | ISBN 1593078226 |
| No Hereafter for You | ISBN 159307963X |
| Wolves at the Gate | ISBN 1595821651 |
| Fourth dimension of Your Life | ISBN 1595823107 |
| Predators and Prey | ISBN 1595823425 |
| Retreat | ISBN 1595824154 |
| Twilight | ISBN 1595825584 |
| Terminal Gleaming | ISBN 1595826106 |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Flavour Eight is a comic volume serial published past Dark Horse Comics from 2007 to 2011. The series serves as a canonical[2] continuation of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and follows the events of that show'southward final televised season.[iii] It is produced by Joss Whedon, who wrote or co-wrote three of the series arcs and several i-shot stories. The series was followed by Season Nine in 2011.
The serial was originally supposed to consist of most 25 bug,[iv] but eventually expanded to a 40-outcome run. The series too spawned a scattering of spin-off titles, including a Tales of the Vampires follow-up and one-shots focusing on Willow and Riley.[5]
The success of the serial prompted IDW Publishing and Joss Whedon to publish a concurrent continuation of the Angel television serial, titled Angel: After the Fall, and a Spike comic book series, which bridges some aspects of continuity between Afterwards the Fall and Flavour 8.[6] A motion comic version of the series debuted in 2010.[seven]
Plot [edit]
A year afterwards the cease of the goggle box series, Buffy and Xander now lead control-central, which is situated at a citadel in Scotland. At their disposal are a broad array of psychics, seers, witches, and Slayers,[8] along with a vast corporeality of engineering, revealed to exist the result of Buffy robbing a Swiss bank to acquire the funds.[9] There are 1,800 Slayers worldwide according to Buffy, almost 500 of whom are working with the Scoobies, separated into 10 squads. Squads include Andrew'southward in Southern Italy,[10] Giles' in England,[11] Vi's in New York City,[12] Robin'due south in Cleveland, Ohio,[thirteen] and another led by Rona in Chicago, Illinois.[14] For Buffy'south protection and considering her name is feared worldwide, ii decoys are put in place: ane partying in Rome and i on a mission in demonic caverns.[15] Buffy at present relies heavily on Willow, whose grapheme arc sees her nether the tutelage of a powerful demon called Saga Vasuki.[9] [sixteen] Under Saga Vasuki, Willow's power has grown phenomenally; for example, she can now wing and cast extremely complicated and large-scale spells.[8]
In the wake of Sunnydale's destruction, elements within the U.South. government view the expanded Slayers and the Scooby Gang every bit international terrorists and narrate Buffy every bit a "charismatic, uncompromising and completely destructive" leader. General Voll, a member of a mystically enlightened Initiative-like government project, describes fright of their resource, power, and ideology.[eight] The regime has teamed with Sunnydale survivor/powerful witch Amy Madison and Season 6 villain Warren Mears in the hopes of bringing Buffy down.[10] Simultaneously, an evil British socialite Slayer chosen Lady Genevieve Savidge plots to usurp Buffy'south identify in the Slayer hierarchy,[13] and a shrewd conduce of Japanese vampires scheme to reverse the global activation of Potential Slayers in "Called".[17] The appearances of these villains are connected to "Twilight", the enigmatic Large Bad of the season, a masked person who views the expanded ranks of Slayers as a threat to humanity and wants to destroy them, and bring about an terminate to all magic on Earth.[xiv] It afterward transpires that like Amy and Warren, Buffy's ex-young man Riley Finn is also loyal to Twilight,[18] though Riley turns out to accept been Buffy's double agent.[nineteen]
Halfway through the season, ditzy vampire Harmony Kendall rises to fame as a reality TV star and ushers in a new pro-vampire, anti-Slayer world order.[20] Under attack from Twilight and other demons every bit well every bit militaries across the world, the various Slayer squads (including Faith) reconvene in retreat from their enemy. Because Twilight can now track the group through their apply of magic, Buffy and her friends relocate to Tibet to larn from Oz how to suppress magical natures for witches and Slayers alike. Giles and Buffy are both concerned with the extent to which they rely on Willow, worried she may go overboard again as in Season Six;[21] Buffy'southward fears are in part justified past her visit to the futurity (a crossover with the Whedon miniseries Fray) where she was forced to impale a future Dark Willow.[18] Following the fray with Twilight, in which many Slayers were killed, Buffy developed abilities similar to those of Twilight.
A subplot involves the repercussions of Dawn's college relationship with a boy named Kenny (described every bit a "thricewise"), whom she cheated on, losing her virginity to his roommate.[ix] Consequently, Dawn has been cursed with mystical transformations: first into a behemothic,[8] so a centaur,[12] and finally a living doll until she apologizes to Kenny and breaks the spell.[22] Amongst the core group, Buffy is for a time romantically drawn to another woman: a Slayer named Satsu, and Xander to Slayer Renée;[17] Willow'due south relationship with the core grouping is more estranged, while she protectively withholds Kennedy from her friends.[9] Kennedy is unaware of the sexual aspect of Willow'south relationship with Saga Vasuki.[18] Giles and Buffy, at odds, stop speaking with one another. Giles works with Faith to prevent more Slayers from going rogue.[23] Although Buffy comes to feel that her merely compatible mate is Xander, and is upset to learn that he truly loves Dawn,[24] she and Angel succumb to their desires for one another upon their reunion,[25] though the extent to which they were in control of their actions is uncertain.[26]
In the serial' penultimate arc, Twilight is revealed to be Buffy's former lover, Angel. Angel attempts to explicate that his Twilight persona was used to unify the anti-Slayer motility, thus limiting the potential destruction they could have caused working independently.[25] His secondary goal was to push Buffy's development so that the two of them could reunite romantically and ascend to a higher plane of existence, itself called Twilight.[27] Even so, whatsoever magical consequence Angel was under seemed to wane afterwards Buffy realised she was needed dorsum on World to assist her friends as demons poured in from other dimensions to destroy the quondam universe. At the last moment, Buffy's other honey, Spike, arrives in a futuristic transport to announce he has a solution to the trouble at hand.[26] In the final arc, "Last Gleaming", Spike's information leads them to the source both of magic and of Twilight'south power, a mystical "seed" buried beneath Sunnydale. Giles plans to destroy information technology, but Twilight possesses Angel and compels him to kill Giles by snapping his neck. Distraught, Buffy smashes the seed herself. Twilight is stopped but magic is also removed from the universe. Though Slayers and vampires retain their powers, witches for example are left entirely powerless. Subsequently, Willow breaks upward with Kennedy and Organized religion inherits Giles' manor and attempts to begin Angel'due south rehabilitation. A pariah in the community of Slayers and quondam witches, Buffy moves to San Francisco where she lives as a houseguest at Dawn and Xander's flat, and resumes her quondam duties as Slayer: patrolling at night for vampires.
Writers and story arcs [edit]
Joss Whedon serves as "executive producer" for the series across every issue, giving his other writers notes on characterization, continuity and his overall concept equally he would when overseeing Buffy every bit a television series. Whedon wrote the outset story arc ("The Long Way Home", #1–4), the 4th ("Time of Your Life", #xvi–xix), the terminal story arc ("Last Gleaming", #36–40), and several intermediary one-shot stories (#5, #x, #eleven, "Willow", and #31). Comic and television author Brian K. Vaughan became the first guest writer on the series, writing the second story arc "No Time to come for You" (#6–ix). While Vaughan was not a "Buffyverse" staff fellow member, he was a fan of both serial (particularly the character of Faith) and Joss Whedon himself was a fan of Vaughan's Marvel Comics serial Runaways, on which he served as writer during the menstruation Vaughan wrote "No Future for You." Onetime Buffy and Angel writer Drew Goddard wrote the series' 3rd arc, "Wolves at the Gate" (#12–15). Goddard offset became a Buffy writer in its final season, starting with the episode "Selfless" and finishing with the Angel episode "The Daughter in Question", which itself obliquely hints at the life of Buffy post-flavor seven. Goddard went on to become a writer for the movie Cloverfield and acclaimed American dramas Lost and Alias (all working alongside producer J. J. Abrams) while also penning the story "Antique" for canonical Buffy comic book Tales of the Vampires, which he references in "Wolves at the Gate".
Film, comics and television author-producer Jeph Loeb wrote issue #twenty of the serial ("Afterwards These Messages... We'll Be Right Dorsum!". Loeb had previously been involved with Whedon in the conception of Buffy the Animated Series, which never came to be. Following Loeb are Buffyverse alumni Jane Espenson, Doug Petrie,[28] Drew Z. Greenberg, and Steven Due south. DeKnight as well as comic book author Jim Krueger, who each wrote an event betwixt issues #21 and #25 ("Predators and Prey"), which is a single arc told from a number of dissimilar perspectives. These one-shots follow the perspectives of Harmony (#21, Espenson), Satsu/Kennedy (#22, DeKnight), Buffy/Andrew (#23, Greenberg), Giles/Faith (#24, Krueger) and a Xander/Dawn consequence which volition also reveal more near Twilight (#25, Petrie).[29] Jane Espenson returned for a five-event arc involving the character of Oz for issues #26–30, titled "Retreat"[30] and also wrote a i-shot about Riley. Joss Whedon returned to write 2 one-shots, "Willow: Goddesses and Monsters" and issue #31, "Turbulence". Brad Meltzer, writer of several New York Times best-selling books and afterwards both Identity Crisis and Justice League for DC Comics wrote the penultimate story arc of Flavor Eight, "Twilight", which is problems #32–35. Whedon himself resumes authorship for the final five issues (#36–40, "Terminal Gleaming") of the serial, bringing Season 8 to an cease.[31]
Dark Horse Presents has likewise offered several short, approved side stories to the mix. "Harmony Bites" by Espenson and Moline is a fictional episode of Harmony Kendall'south tv set series, tying into issue #21. "Vampy Cat Play Friend" is a fictional boob tube commercial tying in with consequence #22, written by Steven S. DeKnight and illustrated by Camilla d'Errico. Joss Whedon teamed up with Jo Chen to produce "Always Darkest", a depiction of Buffy's terrible nightmares, and Espenson teamed up with Moline again to produce "Harmony Comes to the Nation", a fictional interview for The Colbert Report where Harmony lays out her ambitions, both tying in with Jane Espenson's "Retreat" arc. Jackie Kessler wrote "Tales of the Vampires: Carpe Noctem", a two-part ministory with the previously unseen characters Ash and Cyn, nigh the consequences of Harmony Kendall's television set serial from a vampire's bespeak of view.
Publication [edit]
Issues [edit]
| Title | Issue # | Release date | |||
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| "The Long Way Home, Part I" | ane | March xiv, 2007 | |||
| Writer: Joss Whedon | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| Buffy Summers leads a squad of Slayers in Scotland with the aid of her friend Xander Harris and her sister-turned-giant Dawn. Meanwhile, a government installation investigates the demolished town of Sunnydale. | |||||
| "The Long Manner Home, Part Two" | ii | April four, 2007 | |||
| Writer: Joss Whedon | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| The regime recruits Amy Madison as their operative to dispatch Buffy. She travels to Scotland, unleashes an army of zombies on the castle, and binds Buffy in a sleep that can simply exist cleaved by a true love'south osculation. | |||||
| "The Long Way Abode, Part III" | 3 | May 2, 2007 | |||
| Writer: Joss Whedon | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| Nevertheless spring in a sleep, Buffy explores her dreamspace with Ethan Rayne. Willow Rosenberg comes to the Slayers' aid in a battle against Amy and her army of zombies. | |||||
| "The Long Way Habitation, Part 4" | iv | June 6, 2007 | |||
| Writer: Joss Whedon | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| Amy kidnaps Willow and presents her to a skinless Warren Mears. Xander and some practicing witches effort to create a portal to send Buffy and Satsu to Willow's rescue. A U.Southward. regime full general warns Buffy of "Twilight", the terminate of magic. | |||||
| "The Chain" | 5 | July 25, 2007 | |||
| Writer: Joss Whedon | Penciller: Paul Lee | ||||
| A young adult female reveals how she went from being a loftier school pupil to beingness Buffy'southward decoy. | |||||
| "No Future for Yous, Function I" | 6 | September five, 2007 | |||
| Author: Brian K. Vaughan | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| In Cleveland, Rupert Giles recruits Faith to assassinate Lady Genevieve Savidge: a rogue Slayer who threatens to destroy the world. Meanwhile, in Scotland, Buffy admits to Xander her worry of "Twilight". | |||||
| "No Future for Yous, Office II" | seven | October iii, 2007 | |||
| Author: Brian K. Vaughan | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| Faith infiltrates Lady Genevieve Savidge's manor merely to discover an amicable connection with her. Willow questions Dawn on her newly giant stature. | |||||
| "No Future for You lot, Part III" | 8 | November vii, 2007 | |||
| Writer: Brian Chiliad. Vaughan | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| Faith finds herself torn when Lady Genevieve reveals her plan to impale Buffy. Matters get worse, when Genevieve'due south mentor Roden kidnaps Buffy and brings her face to face up with Faith. | |||||
| "No Future for Y'all, Part Four" | 9 | December 5, 2007 | |||
| Writer: Brian Yard. Vaughan | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| Faith and Lady Genevieve appoint in battle to the death. Buffy and Giles' human relationship is further strained when she questions him most Organized religion'south mission. Meanwhile, a mysterious graphic symbol named Twilight meets with a U.South. regime amanuensis to hash out the events with Religion and Genevieve. | |||||
| "Anywhere but Here" | ten | Jan 2, 2008 | |||
| Writer: Joss Whedon | Penciller: Cliff Richards | ||||
| A Minder named Robin welcomes Buffy and Willow to Tichajt who presents to them the by, present, and time to come, revealing kept secrets betwixt the all-time friends. Dawn embarrassingly reveals to Xander that she did not sleep with her boyfriend like most doubtable, simply instead slept with his college roommate. | |||||
| "A Beautiful Sunset" | xi | February 6, 2008 | |||
| Author: Joss Whedon | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| Buffy invites Satsu to dust a group of vampires at a graveyard. There, Buffy declares to her that she knows Satsu planted the true love'southward buss on her when she was bound in sleep. All of a sudden, Twilight attacks both of the girls and introduces to Buffy his malicious programme to destroy all of the Slayers. | |||||
| "Wolves at the Gate, Office I" | 12 | March 5, 2008 | |||
| Writer: Drew Goddard | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| Merely when Xander, Renée, Andrew, Willow, and Dawn all walk in on Buffy and Satsu naked in bed, a group of Japanese vampires breach the castle walls and successfully steal the Scythe. In need for assist to defeat the vampires, Xander seeks an onetime friend, Dracula. | |||||
| "Wolves at the Gate, Office II" | 13 | April 2, 2008 | |||
| Writer: Drew Goddard | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| When confronted by Xander well-nigh the Japanese vampires, Dracula realizes the group has stolen his unique powers, and commits to help out of pride. Meanwhile, Buffy is preparing an all-out assault against the vampires, who have been spotted in Tokyo by the slayer Aiko. The vampires spot Aiko'due south surveillance and set an ambush: the female vampire Kumiko uses the Scythe to magically revert Aiko into a regular, helpless girl, and the vampire leader Toru so kills her. | |||||
| "Wolves at the Gate, Function Iii" | 14 | May 7, 2008 | |||
| Writer: Drew Goddard | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| Buffy and her team arrive in Japan to find Aiko's corpse strung upwards with a welcome message written in her claret. They meet up with Xander, Renée, and Dracula, who teaches Willow a spell to incorporate the desolidifying vampires. With Giant Dawn as a distraction, the squad assaults the vampires' lair, only to discover that information technology's a trap every bit Toru appears behind them and impales Renée on the scythe. | |||||
| "Wolves at the Gate, Part IV" | xv | June 4, 2008 | |||
| Writer: Drew Goddard | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| Dracula sends Willow to perform the spell to destroy the vampires' special powers. No longer invincible, the Slayers accuse and attack all of the vampires. Dawn is confronted by a mecha version of herself. | |||||
| "Time of Your Life, Part I" | 16 | July 2, 2008 | |||
| Author: Joss Whedon | Penciller: Karl Moline | ||||
| When Buffy and Willow reunite with Kennedy and Vi to unlock the secrets of the Scythe, Buffy finds herself transported into the hereafter of Slayer Melaka Fray. In Scotland, Dawn transforms into a centaur and the castle is hit by a rocket sent past Amy and Warren. | |||||
| "Time of Your Life, Role II" | 17 | Baronial 6, 2008 | |||
| Writer: Joss Whedon | Penciller: Karl Moline | ||||
| After a shaky introduction, Buffy and Fray must join forces in order to discover the purpose of their coming together. Elsewhere in Haddyn, Fray'due south twin brother vampire Harth has teamed up with Dark Willow to impact fourth dimension. | |||||
| "Time of Your Life, Part 3" | 18 | September 3, 2008 | |||
| Author: Joss Whedon | Penciller: Karl Moline | ||||
| Xander and Dawn escape from the siege and enter deep in the forest, simply to so see mystical tree creatures. In the hereafter, Nighttime Willow convinces Fray to immobilize Buffy in order to salvage the earth. | |||||
| "Time of Your Life, Part Iv" | 19 | November 26, 2008 | |||
| Writer: Joss Whedon | Penciller: Karl Moline | ||||
| When a portal temporarily opens between the timelines, Buffy rushes to get dorsum to the nowadays. Nonetheless, Nighttime Willow and Fray volition make certain she does otherwise. Meanwhile, in the present, Riley Finn shows allegiance to Twilight. | |||||
| "After These Messages... We'll Be Right Dorsum!" | 20 | Dec 17, 2008 | |||
| Writer: Jeph Loeb | Penciller: Georges Jeanty, Eric Wight | ||||
| Buffy wakes up and finds herself back in her 16-year-onetime body, conflicted with her Slayer duties when Cordelia Chase hosts a house party. | |||||
| "Harmonic Divergence" | 21 | Jan vii, 2009 | |||
| Writer: Jane Espenson | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| Harmony sets a contract with MTV to produce a reality television bear witness, presenting vampires every bit helpless victims. | |||||
| "Bully" | 22 | Feb 4, 2009 | |||
| Writer: Steven S. DeKnight | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| When Kennedy is sent to Nihon to evaluate Satsu'south efforts every bit team leader, they are taken past surprise by some tearing furry creatures who want to do nothing more than than destroy Buffy. | |||||
| "Predators and Prey" | 23 | March iv, 2009 | |||
| Writer: Drew Z. Greenberg | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| Buffy and Andrew embark on a trip to have down the rogue slayer Simone while the residue of the world however feels hatred toward the slayer population. | |||||
| "Safe" | 24 | April one, 2009 | |||
| Writer: Jim Krueger | Penciller: Cliff Richards | ||||
| Religion and Giles encounter a delinquent Slayer named Courtney. The 3 investigate The Slayer Sanctuary and its necktie to the boondocks of Hanselstadt. | |||||
| "Living Doll" | 25 | May 6, 2009 | |||
| Author: Doug Petrie | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| Buffy will finally accept to accept activity regarding her petty sister when Dawn'due south mysterious disappearance makes it a priority. | |||||
| "Retreat, Part I" | 26 | July i, 2009 | |||
| Writer: Jane Espenson | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| Old friends such as Organized religion, Andrew, and Satsu are forced to return to Buffy's HQ, who are much the same as them under siege from Twilight's forces, humans and demons. Defenses fall every bit the Scottish castle comes nether set on. The group learns Twilight is able to track them through their use of magic, forcing the team to retreat to Tibet to learn how to suppress magic from Oz. | |||||
| "Retreat, Part Ii" | 27 | August 5, 2009 | |||
| Writer: Jane Espenson | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| Upon arriving in Tibet, the group is filled in on what has happened to Oz since season 4 when he departed Sunnydale. Also, Twilight uses every technological and mystical way to locate the Slayers since they mysteriously vanished from his radar. | |||||
| "Retreat, Part 3" | 28 | September 2, 2009 | |||
| Writer: Jane Espenson | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| Buffy and her grouping of Slayers utilise hard labor and meditation to suppress their inherent magic in social club to remain hidden from Twilight. Meanwhile, Andrew uses his videocamera to seek out and betrayal a spy amongst them—just it may be too late. | |||||
| "Retreat, Part Iv" | 29 | October 7, 2009 | |||
| Writer: Jane Espenson | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| Having been discovered by Twilight and his army, the Slayer Organization set to do battle with human being weapons in order to survive to fight some other day. | |||||
| "Retreat, Part V" | thirty | November 4, 2009 | |||
| Writer: Jane Espenson | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| The epic boxing between the Slayers and Twilight's armies comes to a halt when three giant Goddesses ascension from the ground and rain destruction on them. | |||||
| "Turbulence" | 31 | Jan 13, 2010 | |||
| Writer: Joss Whedon | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| Buffy admits her attraction to Xander and reveals she'due south inexplicably inherited superpowers that tin can defeat the Goddesses. | |||||
| "Twilight, Affiliate One: Buffy Has F#©$ing Superpowers" | 32 | Feb 3, 2010 | |||
| Writer: Brad Meltzer | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| Buffy and Xander test the limits of her new superpowers; Willow suspects they originate from the dead Slayers. | |||||
| "Twilight, Affiliate Two: The Principal Plan" | 33 | March iii, 2010 | |||
| Writer: Brad Meltzer | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| Buffy discovers that Twilight is in fact her ex-swain, Angel. Giles begins to explain the prophecy. | |||||
| "Twilight, Chapter 3: Them F#©%ing (Plus the True History of the Universe)" | 34 | April 7, 2010 | |||
| Author: Brad Meltzer | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| Giles explains that the Slayer and the vampire are a part of a prophecy about the germination of a new dimension. Meanwhile, Buffy and Angel find themselves having sex and awaking in just such a place. | |||||
| "Twilight, The Terminal Chapter: The Power of Honey" | 35 | May 5, 2010 | |||
| Writer: Brad Meltzer | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| Buffy and Angel choose to return to Earth to assist their friends equally the old universe is invaded past extra-dimensional demons. | |||||
| "Last Gleaming, Part I" | 36 | September 1, 2010 | |||
| Writer: Joss Whedon | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| The revelation that Angel is Twilight breeds dissension amongst Buffy and her allies, only as Spike returns | |||||
| "Last Gleaming, Part Ii" | 37 | October 6, 2010 | |||
| Author: Joss Whedon and Scott Allie | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| Fasten informs Buffy that in gild to destroy the Twilight realm, she must intermission the source of magic—a seed buried deep in Sunnydale. | |||||
| "Last Gleaming, Office III" | 38 | Nov 3, 2010 | |||
| Writer: Joss Whedon and Scott Allie | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| As Slayers all over the world engage in a mass boxing against demon armies from other dimensions, Buffy and a select few get a hold of the Seed. | |||||
| "Terminal Gleaming, Part Iv" | 39 | December one, 2010 | |||
| Writer: Joss Whedon and Scott Allie | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| Angel stops Giles' try at destroying the Seed past snapping his neck. Mortified, Buffy breaks information technology and collapses into tears as the world is relieved of all magic, including Willow'southward abilities. | |||||
| "Final Gleaming, Office V" | 40 | January 19, 2011 | |||
| Author: Joss Whedon | Penciller: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| Months later on the battle, Buffy is waitressing in San Francisco, living at Xander and Dawn'south apartment. Simone kills the Military machine General and hunts for Buffy next. | |||||
One-shots [edit]
| Title | Release date | ||||
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| "Tales of the Vampires: The Thrill" | June 3, 2009 | ||||
| Writer: Becky Cloonan | Penciller: Vasilis Lolos | ||||
| In a minor town in New Hampshire, a beau named Jacob befriends a reckless gang of vampires who enjoy drinking his blood. Jacob craves the high and the piece of cake escape from the monotony of his life that this "bloodletting" provides. A mysterious character named May appears, who tin help Jacob leave those high-schoolhouse days behind, unless his friend Alexia doesn't finish her kickoff. | |||||
| "Willow: Goddesses and Monsters" | December 23, 2009 | ||||
| Author: Joss Whedon | Penciller: Karl Moline | ||||
| Following the demise of Sunnydale, Willow went on a walkabout where she met a very sultry, extremely powerful snake lady who seems to exist the key to unraveling the mysteries of what Willow is, and will become. | |||||
| "Riley: Delivery through Distance, Virtue through Sin" | August 18, 2010 | ||||
| Writer: Jane Espenson | Penciller: Karl Moline | ||||
| In the midst of the boxing, Buffy's former flame, the demon-fighting soldier Riley Finn, seemingly in league with Twilight, was revealed every bit a double agent working for the Slayer ground forces. Now Espenson and creative person Karl Moline (Fray, Willow) uncover the secrets of Riley'south recruitment past Buffy, his infiltration of Twilight's inner circumvolve, and what's become of him and his superspy married woman, Sam. | |||||
Trade paperbacks [edit]
The issues were nerveless together into trade paperbacks:
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| 1 | The Long Style Home | Dark Horse Comics | October 24, 2007 | ISBN 1593078226 | Collects The reprinted material is, in whole or in part, from:
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| two | No Future for You | Night Horse Comics | May 21, 2008 | ISBN 159307963X | Collects The reprinted material is, in whole or in part, from:
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| 3 | Wolves at the Gate | Night Equus caballus Comics | November xi, 2008 | ISBN 1595821651 | Collects The reprinted material is, in whole or in role, from:
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| 4 | Time of Your Life | Dark Horse Comics | May 6, 2009 | ISBN 1595823107 | Collects The reprinted material is, in whole or in part, from:
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| 5 | Predators and Prey | Night Horse Comics | September 30, 2009 | ISBN 1595823425 | Collects The reprinted textile is, in whole or in part, from:
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| half dozen | Retreat | Dark Horse Comics | February 25, 2010 | ISBN 1595824154 | Collects The reprinted material is, in whole or in part, from:
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| 7 | Twilight | Dark Horse Comics | Oct 6, 2010 | ISBN 1595825584 | Collects The reprinted material is, in whole or in office, from:
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| viii | Terminal Gleaming | Nighttime Horse Comics | June 1, 2011 | ISBN 1595826106 | Collects The reprinted material is, in whole or in function, from:
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Notation: The full title of all volumes listed hither showtime with "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Flavour Eight: ".
Library editions [edit]
The serial has been collected into 4 deluxe, oversized, hardcover editions under the championship "Buffy The Vampire Slayer Flavor Eight Library Edition", each containing ten issues and extra features.[34]
| Title | Release Date | Publisher | Writers | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volume 1 | May thirty, 2012 | Nighttime Horse Comics | Joss Whedon and Brian Thousand. Vaughan | Season 8 issues ane-10, "Always Darkest", covers gallery, sketches gallery. |
| Book 2 | September 12, 2012 | Dark Horse Comics | Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard, and Jeph Loeb | Flavour 8 problems eleven–20, Willow: Goddesses and Monsters, covers gallery, sketches gallery. |
| Volume iii | January 8, 2013 | Dark Horse Comics | Jane Espenson, Steven S. DeKnight, Drew Z. Greenberg, Jim Krueger, and Doug Petrie | Season viii problems 21–30, covers gallery, sketches gallery. |
| Volume four | March 20, 2013 | Dark Horse Comics | Joss Whedon, Brad Meltzer, and Scott Allie | Season 8 issues 31–40, Riley: Commitment through Distance, Virtue through Sin, covers gallery, sketches gallery. |
Motion comics [edit]
Flim-flam Home Entertainment produced motion comics based on the showtime xix bug of Season 8. The first motion comic was released on Amazon Video on Demand and iTunes on July 19, 2010, with new motion comics being released every Monday.[7] The Region-one Blu-ray and DVD of the motion comic series was released on January 4, 2011, and includes limited edition Jo Chen packaging and a collectible reprint of Dark Horse Comic's commencement book in the series.[35] The Region-two DVD was released on October 3, 2011.[36]
Reception [edit]
Initial reaction to Flavor Eight was generally positive, despite the switch in medium leading to comparison between the television series and the comic. Mathew Springer of The Comicbloc described the series as "very good ... and slightly strange." He praised Whedon's writing in the opening effect, claiming, "The sense of humor, popular civilization references and spot-on quirky characterizations are all on vibrant display," and looked frontward to the direction the volume was going in. However, he admitted that it was hard for him to accept the comic as canon, claiming "there'southward something subtly undermining this effort only because it's a comic book and not on television."[37] Marking Stoddard of Comix Nexus also approached the series "with some trepidation, unsure of whether in that location would exist more than great stories that really needed to exist told, and wondering whether the magic of TV could exist replicated in the medium of comics."[38] Tv Squad's Keith McDuffee expressed that reading Buffy every bit a comic book after seeing information technology on television for seven years was foreign,[39] but the new format was a good matter because, "Yous don't have ugly casting issues and the special effects budget isn't a concern at all."[40] In a later review, he reaffirmed this opinion, stating, "Give thanks God for a medium that lets creativity go completely wild without upkeep worries."[41]
Georges Jeanty'southward artwork received praise for beingness dynamic and true to the characters, rather than trying to announced photo-realistic. Co-ordinate to Mathew Springer, "He brings these people to life not as drawings of actors and actresses, but equally fully realized comic volume characters in their own correct."[37] Mark Stoddard complimented Whedon'due south choice of Jeanty for the book, saying, "His layouts and storytelling are clear, he handles the action sequences pretty well, and the grapheme likenesses are excellent, retaining a sense of artistic individuality, rather than but generating portraits or rehashing boob tube stills."[38] Yet, Keith McDuffee criticized Jeanty's work, feeling, "The encompass images...are amazingly detailed and truly capture what we remember of the characters, but the within pages have a scrap to be desired."[41] Richard George of IGN described Jeanty's work equally bringing "a mixture of real life practicality and zany cartoons," merely warned readers not to compare it to the "immaculate" covers by Jo Chen, explaining, "Practise not expect the art within to be what it is on the outside, and don't hold i against the other. Both styles have their place."[42]
Reaction from original cast [edit]
Multiple bandage members have commented on the appearances of the characters they originated for the Telly series in the Season 8 comics.
- Sarah Michelle Gellar, who portrayed Buffy, was first informed of Buffy'south lesbian experiences by Seth Green, who played Oz, in an on-photographic camera interview, and expressed surprise and approval of the development.[43]
- Nicholas Brendon, who portrayed Xander, mentioned the events of event #12 in the Paley Eye for Media Buffy bandage reunion held March 20, 2008, to the obvious surprise of James Marsters and Sarah Michelle Gellar,[44] later commenting, "He'south looking adept, rocking the eye patch in accuse of 500 chicks. That is the one thing that Xander would be completely diddled away about — existence in charge of 500 slayers. Xander wasn't in accuse of himself in the show!"[45]
- Anthony Stewart Caput, who played Rupert Giles, said, "I've seen bits of it and I'd love to see more considering it'south and then cool. It's Joss — and I love Joss's writing. I oasis't had a lot of time but I must get the whole season and check information technology out."[46]
- Elizabeth Anne Allen, who portrayed Amy, described the serial as "crawly," saying, "[Flavour Half-dozen/Vii] was fun.... but I actually would take loved to play Amy in Flavor 8. She is much darker."[47]
Awards [edit]
| Group | Twelvemonth | Award | Piece of work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Comic Distributors | 2007 | Comic Volume of the Yr, under $3.00 | Issue #one | Won |
| Diamond Comic Distributors | 2007 | Licensed Comic of the Yr | Issue #1 | Won[48] |
| Eisner Award | 2008 | All-time Continuing Series | Nominated | |
| Eisner Award | 2008 | All-time New Series | Won[49] | |
| Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards | 2008 | Best Book | Nominated[50] | |
| Diamond Comic Distributors | 2008 | Licensed Comic Volume of the Yr | Event #12 | Won[50] |
| GLAAD Media Awards 20th Annual | 2009 | Outstanding Comic Volume | "Wolves at the Gate" | Won[51] |
| Wizard Magazine Fan Awards 2009 (#211 Platinum Edition) | 2009 | Favorite Licensed Comic and Favorite Heroine | Buffy Summers | Won |
| Wizard Magazine | 2009 | Top 100 Graphic Novels of the Magician Mag Era | "Wolves at the Gate" | Placed #67 |
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External links [edit]
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight at the Grand Comics Database
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer at Dark Horse Comics
- Joss Whedon Q&A well-nigh Flavor viii at TVGuide.com
- The Comic Book Guide to Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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