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jazzy_daveJoss Whedon, Georges Jeanty (Illustrator) "The Long Way Home (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 1)" (Dark Horse)
If you thought Buffy ended after seven seasons, you're wrong. Buffy and the gang, well most of it anyway, are back. Of course, the gang's a bit bigger these days, what with there now being over a thousand slayers and all. Now though, the enemy might be harder to fight in a new way. It could be that humans, those the slayer was made to protect will be a bit uncomfortable with all of these superwomen running around. Backfire.
This first volume was pretty much like watching Buffy, only with subtitles. The characters look eerily like the actors that portrayed them in the show, only just a little off. Honestly, that is both cool and creepy. Some time has passed since the end of the show, so the slayer army has been organized, Willow's been coming and going doing magic things and Dawn has made a poor dating choice (who's shocked?) and is now a giant (apparently, bonking certain demons will make you very large, a boy that was actually a thricewise). Pretty awesome though, because I am amused by tall, whiny Dawn.
The final chapter in this volume was a bit boring, largely because it followed an unfamiliar character and does not yet have any meaning for the reader. Presumably, this will come later in the form of yet another foe for Buffy and the gang to kill. Otherwise, you can expect pretty standard Buffy fare, meaning completely ridiculous but in a rather nice way, even if there is someone I would rather not have seen again, especially with that person's new look.
There is one limitation of this form form - you can call them graphic novels, but they're not remotely novels. They don't have the depth and power of the written word or filmed drama. Actors, directors, a staff of writers beyond Joss brought dimension to Buffy.
On the other hand, the dialogue is snappy and witty, it really was great to see these characters again, and literally to see them, even if in a two-dimensional drawing. Whedon does pull off one gasp-worthy moment at the end of Part III of this book.
While the story was fun, I felt like the continuity between seasons seven and this new season was missing.The one thing that dampens the enjoyment of this volume is that there is a lot of story crammed into a small space.
Overall, I am quite happy with my reading experience, despite the caveats, and the graphic novel had the same balance between dark and silly as the show.
If you thought Buffy ended after seven seasons, you're wrong. Buffy and the gang, well most of it anyway, are back. Of course, the gang's a bit bigger these days, what with there now being over a thousand slayers and all. Now though, the enemy might be harder to fight in a new way. It could be that humans, those the slayer was made to protect will be a bit uncomfortable with all of these superwomen running around. Backfire.
This first volume was pretty much like watching Buffy, only with subtitles. The characters look eerily like the actors that portrayed them in the show, only just a little off. Honestly, that is both cool and creepy. Some time has passed since the end of the show, so the slayer army has been organized, Willow's been coming and going doing magic things and Dawn has made a poor dating choice (who's shocked?) and is now a giant (apparently, bonking certain demons will make you very large, a boy that was actually a thricewise). Pretty awesome though, because I am amused by tall, whiny Dawn.
The final chapter in this volume was a bit boring, largely because it followed an unfamiliar character and does not yet have any meaning for the reader. Presumably, this will come later in the form of yet another foe for Buffy and the gang to kill. Otherwise, you can expect pretty standard Buffy fare, meaning completely ridiculous but in a rather nice way, even if there is someone I would rather not have seen again, especially with that person's new look.
There is one limitation of this form form - you can call them graphic novels, but they're not remotely novels. They don't have the depth and power of the written word or filmed drama. Actors, directors, a staff of writers beyond Joss brought dimension to Buffy.
On the other hand, the dialogue is snappy and witty, it really was great to see these characters again, and literally to see them, even if in a two-dimensional drawing. Whedon does pull off one gasp-worthy moment at the end of Part III of this book.
While the story was fun, I felt like the continuity between seasons seven and this new season was missing.The one thing that dampens the enjoyment of this volume is that there is a lot of story crammed into a small space.
Overall, I am quite happy with my reading experience, despite the caveats, and the graphic novel had the same balance between dark and silly as the show.
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Date: 2015-03-29 09:25 pm (UTC)But many of us, once the comics started, prefer to think it did...
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Date: 2015-03-29 10:29 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2015-03-30 01:43 am (UTC)I was wondering if he had anything to do with these or not.
Are they basically extra long comic books?
Hugs, Jon
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Date: 2015-03-30 08:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-04-01 06:11 pm (UTC)