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NEWS POSTED August 19, 2008
***************MySpace Dark Horse Presents Vol. 1 TPB Available This Week
*The first six issues of MySpace Dark Horse Presents includes Joss Whedon’s complete rock’n’roll saga Sugarshock!, a fun-filled story about a quirky girl named Dandelion, and her love of music (and hatred of Vikings). Click
Here for more info.
Also available this week is Angel: After the Fall #10 (Comic-Con Previews Exclusive Variant Cover).
Angel After the Fall News *
*Writer Kelley Armstrong talks Angel: Aftermath on her message board, discusses how long her follow up to After the Fall will be and to what degree Joss will be involved. .
Astonishing X-Men Vol. 2 HC Solicitation *
*This deluxe hardcover collects Astonishing X-Men Vol. 3: Torn and Vol. 4: Unstoppable by the chart-topping super-team of Joss Whedon and John Cassaday, plus extras. In “Torn,” things go from peculiar to just plain bizarre! Emma Frost’s erratic behavior has the X-Men spinning in a non-stop downward spiral. Will an unlikely union be the final straw? After secretly lying in wait for months, the new Hellfire Club makes its move! Plus: The X-Man destined to destroy the Breakworld stands revealed! Who is it, and what will be their fate? And in “Unstoppable,” the X-Men are off to protect the Earth from its destruction at the hands of the Breakworld. And when it’s all over, nothing will ever be the same! No, really, we mean it! Whedon and Cassaday prove they are more than Astonishing: They are unstoppable! Collecting Astonishing X-Men #13-24 and Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1. Available December 03 2008.
Whedonverse Sales Chart Positions *
*ICv2.com released sales estimates for July 2008 based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data. Buffy Season Eight #16 sold 82,031 copies, maintaining its top ten position in 10th place; Angel: After the Fall #10 ranked 51st with 43,024 sold; Spike: After the Fall #1 sold 36,974 with a strong debut at 59th place.
NEWS POSTED August 12, 2008
Buffy Season Eight #20 Solicitation*
*****************“After These Messages . . . We’ll be right back!” Acclaimed comic-book writer Jeph Loeb was set to executive produce, alongside Joss Whedon and animator Eric Wight, the proposed Buffy animated TV series. While Buffy fans won’t be viewing that show anytime soon, Loeb, Wight, and Whedon offer the next best thing–a comic inspired by the animated series! Jeph Loeb and Eric Wight take the reins on Buffy Season Eight with this very special one-shot joining series artist Georges Jeanty, in a twisted tale picking up from the time-traveling Buffy/Fray crossover. Click
Here to view Georges Jeanty’s cover. Jo Chen’s cover is in the Season Eight section.
********************************Angel After the Fall #11 Available This Week *
- Click Here to view the Alex Garner wraparound Retailer Incentive cover for Angel: After the Fall #11.
NEWS POSTED August 10, 2008
*******************Angel After the Fall News
*Brian Lynch has participated in an interview with one of our affiliate sites, SlayAlive.com, revealing some information for upcoming issues of Angel After the Fall. He posted artwork by Stephen Mooney for Angel After the Fall #12 on his blog. Click
Here to view.
IDW editor Chris Ryall also posted a preview page by Stephen Mooney on his blog from Angel After the Fall #13. Click Here to view.
Click Here to view Franco Urro’s Angel After the Fall #15 cover (image to the right).
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight News *
*Buffy editor Scott Allie also has participated in a Q+A style interview with SlayAlive.com, regarding Season Eight. Spoilers ahead.
In an interview with Wizard, Brad Meltzer discusses among other things, the secrecy around his Buffy stint. On the subject he had the following to say: “I’m toward the end and so I actually get some time. What I think is the most important thing right now about Buffy is — and this is what mattered to me — is whenever I watch any show, I like to believe that there is some grand treasure map that’s being followed as opposed to, ‘Let’s make this crap up as we go along.’ And I can tell you from the very first e-mail before the very first issue was out, I saw the treasure map. And it is breathtaking.”
***************Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men News
*Wizard Magazine #203 values Giant Size Astonishing X-Men #1, Black & White Variant to be worth an estimated $75 and currently ranks number 5 on Wizard’s ‘Top Premiums’ list.
Serenity News*
*Serenity: Better Days is being collected, and early next year, another three-issue series will focus on the origin story of Shephard. The creative team has not been “ironed out,” but Whedon will be working with another writer similar to what was done with Better Day. The series will also feature a different art team than previously.
NEWS POSTED August 07, 2008
***************Buffy Season Eight #17: Time of Your Life Part 2 Available Now
*Wizard Universe posted preview pages for Buffy Season Eight #17. Click
Here to redirect.
Scott Allie has participated in another Q+A style interview with SlayAlive, regarding Season Eight.
In other news, Buffy Season Eight won the Eisner Award for best new series.
****************Spike After the Fall #2 Available *
Spike: After the Fall #1 is up for “Best Comic Book Moment of the Week” at Pink Kryptonite.
Brian Lynch also has participated in a Q+A style interview with SlayAlive, regarding After the Fall.
Serenity: The Other Half Online Comic *
*************************The latest issue of Dark Horse Presents has an all new Serenity story, by the writer of the upcoming Shepherd’s Tale series. Click
Here to read it online.
NEWS POSTED July 31, 2008
****************Spike After the Fall #4 Solicitation *
*Poet, vampire, murderer, lover, hero, prisoner, slave… Spike has been called a lot of things. But by the time this fight is over, he’ll have one more name: Lord. Or “dust” – maybe we’ll just call him dust, considering how things are going. By the time this concluding issue is over, you’ll be looking at the events of Angel: After the Fall in a whole new light. Available October. Click
Here to view Franco Urru’s cover.
****************Angel After the Fall #13 Solicitation *
*Gunn wants to save Los Angeles. Angel will do anything to stop him. Plus, someone makes Wesley an offer he can’t refuseÖ even if it means certain doom for everyone around him. Revelations, surprises, and battles to the death, in the lucky 13th issue of the official continuation of the Angel series. Available October.
Buffy Season Eight @ San Diego Comic Con *
*At the Dark Horse Comics Panel at San Diego Comic Con it was announced that Season Eight will finish up a crossover with characters from Whedon’s former comic series Fray, then Jeph Loeb is coming on for a single issue. Jane Espenson, who was a writer for the Buffy television show, will kick off a five-issue arc featuring stories by the show’s TV writers. In the story, Buffy’s world goes public. Vampires become common knowledge and it changes everything for the slayers. Following that arc, Espenson comes back for a five-issue arc featuring Oz. Then Brad Meltzer will be writing five issues before the series wraps up.
****************Angel After the Fall News *
*The colored image to the right is Nick Runge’s cover to #14. Click
Here to view it larger.
Brian Lynch announced that Angel After the Fall will be retitled Aftermath in #17, and see the cast of characters dealing with the repercussions to come out of #16. Novelist Jennifer Armstrong will join Lynch in this latest chapter.
Nick Runge’s last issue on interiors is #11, but will be proving a two-page sequence for #12, when Stephen Mooney takes over art chores.
NEWS POSTED July 17, 2008
****************Spike After the Fall #1 Available Now *
*Spike: After the Fall tells the tale of what happened in the intervening months since that alleyway cataclsym. Along for the ride in this series are Illyria, who has a tendency to revert back to Fred at inopportune times, as well as Angel’s Dragon, and a new cast of characters as well. Most importantly, the series introduces a character who will come to be see as Spike’s arch-nemesis. Even more than Angel.
Click Here to view a preview at Newsarama.
************Angel After the Fall Volume 1 HC Available Now *
*The hardcover collection collects the first five issues. Click
Here to view Nick Runge’s cover full size.
In other Angel news, John Byrne announced he’ll be doing a stand-alone Angel mini-series next year, Angel: Blood and Trenches, telling a tale of Angel’s experiences during World War I.
************Angel: After the Fall Volume 2: First Night HC Solicitation *
*The second hardcover collection of Angel: After the Fall. What happened on the very night Los Angeles went straight to hell, the incident that ended the Angel television series with such a shocking cliffhanger? Why did the team go their separate ways? And how did Connor rise up to become one of Hell’s greatest champions? Out September 2008. Click
Here to view Nick Runge’s cover full size.
NEWS POSTED July 09, 2008
*******Buffy Season Eight # 19 “Time of Your Life” Solicitation
*Buffy and Fray take on a powerful foe, who’s lasted hundreds of years just so she can bring down the last two Slayers. [**Click
In other news, Wizard Magazine #202 has ranked Joss Whedon no. 3 of the “Hot 10 Writers” list, for his return to Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight The ‘DH 100’ variant of Serenity #1 has dropped a peg to no. 5 on Wizard’s “Top 5 Premiums” list.
Dr. Horrible’s ‘Captain Hammer: Be Like Me.’*
*********************Joss Whedon’s brother has written a tie-in comic to his online musical, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog on Dark Horse’s MySpace Presents site, featuring Captain Hammer. CBR News interviews Zack Whedon about the tie-in comic.
Site News *
*In site news, the “Spike: After the Fall” page has been added to the Comic Books section. You can reroute to this page by clicking on the Spike@IDW link.
NEWS POSTED July 05, 2008
***********Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight # 16 “Time of Your Life” Available This Week
*Buffy creator Joss Whedon teams with his Fray co-creator Karl Moline in “Time of Your Life.” Jo Chen and Georges Jeanty join the team for covers. Click
Here to preview.
Joss Whedon discusses Season Eight with MTV, revealing secrets of upcoming issues, including naked Willow, return of Oz. He also gives the first details on the arc Jane Espenson will be writing.
***Angel After the Fall #10 Available This Week
- Click Here to view Alex Garner’s cover (image to the left).
In other news, Brian Lynch announced that Spike: After the Fall comes out July 16th. IDW announced that they will be releasing an Angel Omnibus volume, which will collect the mini-series Angel: The Curse, Angel: Old Friends, Angel: Spotlight, and Angel: Auld Lang Syne.
****** Various Angel After the Fall Covers Revealed** *
*To the right is the Dynamic Forces cover for Angel After the Fall #11 by John Romita Sr. Click
Here to view the cover.
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NEWS POSTED June 30, 2008
Runaways #30 Available Today *
- ************************************************************************************CBR News has posted a preview of Runaways #30 Here.
Comics Bulletin, Pulp Secret & Nexus have posted reviews.
Marvel is releasing a hardcover collection of Joss Whedon’s Runaways #25-30, “Dead End Kids.” A release date has not been set. Click Here to view.
Sugarshock News/Buffy Tarot Deck Cancelled*
*****Dark Horse posted the real cover to MySpace Dark Horse Presents Vol. 1 TPB, which features Joss Whedon’s complete rock’n’roll saga Sugarshock! by Fabio Moon. Available October 15. Click
Here to view the cover.
In other news, the Buffy Tarot Deck has been cancelled. Dark Horse explained: “Due to circumstances beyond our control, Dark Horse will not be producing the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” Tarot Deck. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience, but no existing orders will be filled. We appreciate your support of this program, and again apologize to those who placed advance orders and to fans alike.”
********Angel After the Fall #12 Solicitation *
*Last issue, Angel and Gunn were reunited. Unsurprisingly, it didn’t go very well, and it’s about to get worse. Gunn’s master plan has comes to light, and it not only does it have horrifying repercussions for Angel and his friends, it could spell disaster for all of Los Angeles.” Available September 2008. Click
Here to view Nick Runge’s cover.
Spike After the Fall #3 Solicitation *
*Defeated, tortured and beaten. The forces of evil are rising, threatening to destroy everything he holds dear. He is broken, he is alone. And he has them all exactly where he wants them. Available in September.
To the right is John Romita Sr.’s Dynamic Forces cover for Spke: After the Fall #4. Click Here to view the cover.
NEWS POSTED June 16, 2008
*******Angel After the Fall #9 Available This Week
*The second of two Angel issues arrives this month, and it brings with it an all-new artist, Nick Runge (artist on the “First Night” Wesley story). Click
Here to view a five page preview.
Diamond Comics Distributors released their monthly sales charts and Market hare report, for comic book titles sold in May 2008: Joss Whedon’s Giant Size Astonishing X-Men #1 came at no. 6, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #14 at no. 15, and Angel After the Fall #7 came at no. 50 ”
Spike After the Fall News *
Serenity News *
*Pop Culture Zoo sits down with Scott Allie to discuss Season Eight and Serenity Here. ComicMix discusses the Shepherd Book’s ‘Serenity’ Spin-Off Here.
NEWS POSTED June 11, 2008
Buffy Season Eight Volume 3: Wolves at the Gate Solicitation *
- Vampires that, at will, can transform into wolves, panthers, insects, or fog invade the Slayer base of operations in northern Scotland, and not only walk away unscathed, but in possession of Buffy’s scythe, the symbol of Slayer power worldwide. Buffy and the Slayer legion travel to Tokyo in order to learn more about their dangerous new foes, as Xander journeys to Transylvania to solicit the only person they’ve ever known to possess such power: Dracula. Click Here to view the cover. Available November 5.
Buffy Season Eight #18 Solicitation *
*A powerful enemy from Buffy’s past confronts the Slayer and Fray in the future, having allied with Fray’s greatest foe. Meanwhile, Dawn’s gone through another bizarre change. Available September 03.
Below is Georges Jeanty’s cover for Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #18, and Jo Chen’s covers for #18 and #20.
Angel After the Fall #8 Available Today *
*************************************[IGN has a five page preview of the issue Here.](http://buffycomics.hellmouthcentral.com/covers/angelfall08d.jpg)
Brian Lynch posted photos of the Angel After the Fall Vol. 1 hardcover collection Here.
Joss Whedon’s Runaways News *
*The Comics Bulletin has released a preview for Whedon’s Runaways #30, which is set to come out June 25th. Click
Here for a preview.
NEWS POSTED June 03, 2008
***Buffy Season Eight #15 Available Tomorrow
*Dark Horse has provided CBR News with an exclusive preview of “Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season 8” #15 by Drew Goddard and Georges Jeanty, on sale June 4. Click
Here for a preview.
IGN.com posted a review of the issue Here.
Buffy Season Eight Omnibus Vol. 5 Solicitation *
*****Volume 5 begins immediately after Season Three, after Sunnydale High has gone up in flames. Buffy is plagued by dreams of fellow Slayer Faith, who now lies in a comma. Jane Espenson, the celebrated writer from the Buffy TV show, writes the powerful Faith story Haunted. And as summer comes to an end, Buffy and Willow begin their first year of college in The Blood of Carthage, in a story written by acclaimed Buffy novelist Christopher Golden. Meanwhile Buffy embarks on a new romance with Riley Finn, and Willow and Oz’s relationship comes to an end in Golden’s Oz: Into the Wild. Available Sept. 15. Click
Here to view the cover full size.
Spike After the Fall News *
*Brian Lynch posted on his blog a black and white image of the “Big Bad” that Spike and Illyria will be facing.
NEWS POSTED May 29, 2008
Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1 Available Now *
- IGN.com deliberates and debates the merits of Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1 in three advanced reviews Here.
Runaways #30 has been pushed back until June 11. Joe Quesada released several pencilled pages of Joss Whedon’s Runaway’s #30 on his MySpace blog.
Angel After the Fall #8 David Messina Cover Revealed *
- Brian Lynch revealed a high res version of David Messina’s cover to Angel After the Fall #8 Here.
Brian Lynch posted another podcast on his blog answering more fan questions about Angel After the Fall Here.
NEWS POSTED May 21, 2008
Angel After the Fall #1 Director’s Cut Available Today *
*This special edition includes writer Brian Lynch’s complete script and his writer’s annotations, as well as an all-new painted cover by Alex Garner.
Brian Lynch posted a podcast on his blog answering fan questions about Angel After the Fall Here and Here.
Spike After the Fall #2 Solicitation *
*Trapped in hell, surrounded by evil, and now, someone’s taken his Primordium Demon away… Spike goes on the offensive, and faces off against the most evil creature in town. Maybe Angel’s Dragon can help matters… but probably not. The next chapter of Spike and Illyria’s story before Angel: After the Fall continues. Click
Here to view Franco Urru’s colored page to the left. Available August 08.
Angel After the Fall #11 Solicitation *
Angel After the Fall #8 hits stores June 11th, while issue #9 is available June 25th. Angel: After The Fall #10 will be receiving a wraparound Comic Con variant cover with gold foil enchancements. Every copy comes signed by artist Alex Garner. Limited to 2,500 pieces.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight News
Brad Meltzer discussed with Newsarama about how he got involved with Buffy Season Eight: “I got the secretive e-mail with the blood oath attachment from [Joss] that asked if I was in or I was out. Of course, I said I was in, and then came the second e-mail with another blood oath, and a blood rite, and that one had the grand plan of what was happening in the series.”
ICv2 has released the sales charts for April 2008, revealing that Buffy #13 took 11th place for April 2008. Serenity: Better Days #2 reached 32nd, Angel: After the Fall #6 took 45th..
NEWS POSTED May 14, 2008
****Buffy Season Eight Volume 2: No Future For You TPB Available *
*Eisner award-winning writer Brian K. Vaughan (Y:The Last Man, Ex Machina) tackles Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight. Collecting issue #6-10 of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight series.
Click Here to view Jo Chen’s cover.
********Serenity: Better Days #3 Available *
*Click
Here to view a preview of the issue.
The rare, retailer exclusive Serenity: Better Days #1 “Dark Horse 100” variant has made a splash on Wizard #201’s “Top 5 Premiums” list, ranking at no. 4.
****Buffy Season Eight #17: Time of Your Life Solicitation *
*After a shaky introduction, Buffy and Fray must join forces in order to discover the purpose of their meeting, and its impact on the world at large. Joss Whedon and Karl Moline, co-creators of the hit comics series Fray: Future Slayer, reunite in Buffy Season Eight with the highly anticipated story arc “Time of Your Life.” Click
Here to view Georges Jeanty’s cover. Jo Chen’s is in the Season Eight section. Available Aug 16 2008.
Serenity: Better Days TPB Solicitation *
*********Serenity: Better Days follows everyone’s favorite space cowboys in a thrilling, action-packed adventure, where Mal and his crew take on a heist that promises a big payoff. But when one of Serenity’s crew is taken captive and tortured, the gang must put their enduring differences aside and work together to save one of their own, even if it may mean losing the cash prize of a lifetime. Joss Whedon returns to the world of his blockbuster film Serenity with Brett Matthews and Will Conrad, his collaborators on the bestselling 2005 series Those Left Behind. Click
Here to view Jo Chen’s cover. Available October 08 2008.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tarot *
*Dark Horse Comics has provided a look at more of the upcoming cards from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tarot Deck, written and conceived by renowned tarot writer Rachel Pollack. Pollack teamswith Buffy artist Paul Lee on the fully-painted 78 card deck, which draws upon characters, themes, and legends from all eight seasons of Joss Whedon’s work.
This deck was created by Pollack not merely as a collector’s item, but as an actual, working tarot deck: the cards come with a book explaining their divinatory meanings and use. The traditional symbols of the tarot are reinterpreted through the vision of Whedon’s Buffy universe. The deck will be available August 13.
NEWS POSTED May 07, 2008
****Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 #14 Out This Week *
In other news, Wizard’s “200 Platinum” issue ranked Buffy Summers no. 136 out of the 200 Greatest Characters of All Time. Buffy Season 8 #12 was ranked no. 8 in the Wizard’s “Hot 10: Comics,” while Joss Whedon holds the no. 4 spot on the “Hot 10 Writers” list.
****Angel After the Fall #7 Available Today *
*Joss Whedon’s Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men has been delayed May 28. Runaways #30 has been delayed until June 11.
To the right is artwork from ‘First Night’ by Nick Runge, the replacement artist for Angel After the Fall #9-15.
****Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus Vol. 4 Out This Week
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NEWS POSTED May 04, 2008
****Franco Urro’s Spike: After the Fall #3 Cover Revealed *
‘Spike’ writer Brian Lynch has a new blogspot located Here.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight News
**** Buffy #12 took sixth place for March. ICV2 estimates that the issue shipped 88,930 copies to North American comic book stores. The hype for #12 (which turned out to be the Buffy/Satsu romance) led to an increase of around 900 copies on the previous month. Also in March, Serenity: Better Days #1 came in at no. 26 with 62,300 copies shipped and Angel: After The Fall #5 took 31st place, shipping 49,558 copies.
According to the Blog@Newsarama, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 #1 was named Comic Book of the Year Under $3 and Licensed Comic of the Year” at Diamond’s 2007 Gem Awards.
****Sugarshock! News
Whedon’s rock’n’roll saga Sugarshock!, a fun-filled story about a quirky girl named Dandelion and her love of music (and hatred of Vikings), is getting printed and collected in the MySpace Dark Horse Presents Vol. 1. Out Sept. 17.
There is an unofficial MySpace fan group for Sugarshock.
Giant Size Astonishing X-Men News
Wizard “200 Gold” Issue ranked Whedon’s Astonishing X-Men #3 as the 14th greatest comic since 1991. Whedon’s Giant Size Astonishing X-Men and Runaways #30 have been delayed until sometime this month according to the latest Diamond Distribution list.
IGN has posted a preview of Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men, which will be out on May 21, 2008. There’s more preview pages over at Marvel.com and Comic Book Resources.
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