This is a take-off of the Buffy Summers story during the TV series, but forgets there was movie (as many fans do). Most of Sunnydale is there (Willow, Xander, Giles, Buffy’s mom) but has Buffy as an 8-year-old girl, just coming into her knowledge she is a slayer, instead of the teen she is during the series. Actually, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Picture Book starts off with Buffy “now” doing what she does best (slaying vampires) and then flashes back to being eight […]
Once More With Feeling
Old wounds, old enemies, and old questions all play a big part in season 10 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer from Dark Horse Comics. For the first time since the series was restarted in comics format this season feels the most like the original television series in both scope and the characters and how the interact with each other. If you are not caught up on the series I will try to quickly summarize the pertinent bits. If you are not familiar with the series […]
Just go watch some DVD commentaries
I’m not sure who this book is for. As a die-hard Whedonite, I already knew most of it. For someone who wasn’t already a fan, why would they care? Plus, the author goes into a weird amount of detail about eeeeeeverything. I can understand a quick recap of what Buffy is about, maybe for those who only discovered Joss through Avengers. And I can understand slightly a recap of the Alien universe (Joss did most of the screenplay for Alien: Resurrection) for people who aren’t […]
Stay alive til this horror show is past
This book was great fun! I’d seen it recommended from several other Cannonballers and I think narfna described it as Buffy meets Pride & Prejudice. Not that I’d ever pass up a narfna recommendation but that description was enough to make me request it from the library as soon as possible. Dark Days Club introduces us to Lady Helen Wrexhall, who has just turned 18 and is ready to be presented to society. Her parents both died when she was a child, so she’s been […]