What weve done is weve reimagined the world using a motion comic format to bring these characters to life in a way that represents the original work of the brand, said jeff shuter, who produced the motion comics. Georges jeanty is a comic book illustrator and penciller. This comic book series is a sequel to the television series buffy the vampire slayer. It has also been collected as deluxe, oversized library edition hardbacks. As normal girls, getting back into the safe zone to release the residents feels impossiblebut they arent alone. Will there be a buffy season 8 coming to tv answers. Buffy the vampire slayer season eight is a comic book series published by dark horse comics. Hardcore collectors and old schoolers may want to wait for the dvd collection. Buffy the vampire slayer season 8 change the buffyverse dramatically by making slayers and vampires known to the public. Various buffy characters made appearances in angel. The series serves as a canonical continuation of the television series buffy the vampire slayer, and follows the events of that shows final televised season. The first three issues of buffy the vampire slayer.
When buffy s family and friends deny her refuge from the cops, she turns to the streets and slaying, where she discovers theres a new kind of vampire slayer in town. Joss whedon finally gives buffy her happy ending screen rant. This was the final season to air on the wb before it moved to upn. Season 8 kindle edition by whedon, joss, georges jeanty. But not everythings fun and firearms, as an old enemy reappears and dawn experiences some serious growing pains. After the fall was similarly satisfying and tied up a lot of the loose ends than still weighed on me when angel ended. Buffy and xander now lead the slayer organization command center, which is situated at a citadel in scotland. The history of buffy the vampire slayer from season 8 on. It maintained its previous timeslot, airing tuesdays at 8.
Buffy the vampire slayer season eight buffyverse wiki fandom. The popularity of dark horse comics buffy the vampire slayer season 8 is making other publishers look for comics with famous authors or. Buffy the vampire slayer season eight is a comic book series from dark. This is a fanmade opening for the 8th season should it have ever been made on tv.
Sarah michelle gellar stars as buffy summers, the chosen one, the one girl in all the world with the strength and skill to fight the vampires. Buffy creator joss whedon brings buffy back to dark horse in this direct followup to season seven of the smashhit tv series. So much so that creator joss whedon has taken to calling each story arc a new season of the buffy saga. To mark the ending of this mammoth undertaking, we chatted with editor scott allie via email. It is the canonical continuation of the adventures of buffy summers and her friends after the end of the television show. Buffy the vampire slayer season eight is a comic book series from dark horse comics.
This is, by the way, a proper, twentytwo episode season, complete with big bad, big love, battles, angst, humor, discovery, and death. Based on the awardwinning dark horse comic book series, these eyepopping motion comic adventures breathe new life into the buffyverse for longtime fans and new. Buffy, the vampire slayer season eight opening credits. They continue to plague buffy and willow throughout season 8, until the big change that comes at the end of the season keep reading causes amys spell to stop working, and warren to fall. This community is dedicated to joss whedons brainchild, buffy the vampire slayer. Every so often, i would come back to him with a note, but generally a. How buffy the vampire slayers most hated season became its. And then there is the entire convolution of the slayer mythos and. Having relocated to san francisco, buffy discovers a new breed of troubles zompires, a magical siphon, a sullen wiccan best friend, and, along with her other twentysomethingtype ordeals, a pesky student loan. Buffy the vampire slayer season 8 motion comic issue. These are strange, bittersweet times for buffy fans.
Come celebrate the holidays with robot chicken and see what the very first christmas was like. Buffy the vampire slayer season eight volume comic vine. To begin with, its starting to feel too much like the throw in everything including the kitchen sink approach. Buffy the vampire slayer season 8 isnt available for purchase right now, but you might be interested in some of our great new. What a depressing, bleak season full of terrible twists and even worse turns. Buffy the vampire slayer season 8 dark horse digital comics. In the angel season two finale, theres no place like plrtz glrb, a happy angel, cordelia, wesley, gunn, fred, and lorne have returned from pylea, back home to the hyperion hotel. Since the destruction of the hellmouth, the slayersnewly legionhave gotten organized and are kicking some serious undead butt. For analysis of season 3, go here and for analysis of season 4, go here and for season 5, go here. Buffy the vampire slayer season eight is a comic book series published by dark horse comics from 2007 to 2011. The wb billed the season five finale as the wb series finale. Someone, or something, is coming for buffy and now, after she recklessly slipped out of police custody, the sfpd is certainly looking. Jan 01, 2012 this is a fanmade opening for the 8th season should it have ever been made on tv.
This contains 19 issues season 8 consists of 40 in total. Proving once and for all that you cant keep a good slayer down, joss whedons buffy the vampire slayer. Buffy the vampire slayer season eight buffyverse wiki. Some parts will be confusing if you havent kept up with some of the spike and angel comics that came out before this. Based on the awardwinning dark horse comic book series, these eyepopping motion comic adventures breathe new life into the buffyverse for longtime fans and new watchers alike. An ill prepared buffy comes face to face with the new big bad in the. Four years after buffy the vampire slayer ended its seventh and final season, dark horse comics and joss whedon announced that buffys adventures would continue as canon in a buffy. When buffy the vampire slayer came to an end, comic books continued the canonical saga. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. With sarah michelle gellar, nicholas brendon, alyson hannigan, anthony head. Footage used seasons 17 music used theme remix programs used. Aug 11, 2010 the first three issues of buffy the vampire slayer.
The fourth season of the television series buffy the vampire slayer premiered on october 5, 1999, on the wb and concluded its 22episode season on may 23, 2000. Find out what the creators imagine batman and robin think about their christmas jingle hint. Buffy the vampire slayer, season 8 library edition, volume 1 hc script by joss whedon, brian k. That being said, by episode 4 or 5 i was used to the new buffy. If you havent watched through the entirety of both buffy and angel, there will most likely be a lot of spoilers. Its consistently one of the topselling periodical comic books since release of the first issue in. Season 9 is better and season 10 is as good as the show. Season eight of buffy the vampire slayer coming to itunes. Dark horse comics was publishing buffy the vampire slayer comics well before buffy the vampire slayer season 8. Buffy the vampire slayer, season 8 motion comic on itunes. The world has lost its connection to magic, thanks to buffy s choices at the end of season 8, and there are growing pains all around. Buffy the vampire slayer season eight is a comic book series from dark horse comics, published from march 2007 to january 2011.
The top ten good things about buffy the vampire slayer season 8 comics, a person has to stop and really consider the subject matter. There is a scene in the buffy the vampire slayer episode dead things in which buffy repeatedly punches her lover, spike, in the face. Amazon seems to have changed the product title since, but i think it originally just said buffy season 8 motion comic at first and people bought it thinking it would be the complete season. Last months issue, slayer, interrupted, ended with buffy discovering shes pregnant, and in this months issue the sixth in the season 9 series, she. Mar 10, 2017 how buffy the vampire slayers most hated season became its most important buffy season 6 is often maligned as the worst of the seriesbut with its prescient geekgonebad villains, the show.
There is a comic book the shows creator joss whedon wrote. The complete third season was released on dvd in region 1 on january 7, 2003 and in region 2 on october 29, 2001. Buy buffy the vampire slayer season 8 motion comic issue. In season 8, he becomes an informal watcher like xander, and is placed in charge of his own slayer squad. The dvd includes all 22 episodes on 6 discs presented in full frame 1. Whedon took a fairly active role in the development of dark horses buffy comics, including personally scripting several storylines on buffy season 8. Buffy the vampire slayer season 2 buffyverse wiki fandom. The upside is that owen, jazzed by their violent date, cant. The world has changed, but even with hundreds of new slayers working together in squads across the globe, buffy summers still has her own demons to face. Jesus, its like an episode of breaking bad up in here.
In 1418, a group of italian priests use magick to trap the demon moloch in a book, only to be released if the book is ever read aloud. Season 8, but this time around the adventures are in comicbook form, arriving in march 2007 from dark horse comics. Beginning with this season, the character of angel was given his own series, which aired on the wb following buffy. This is season eight of joss whedons buffy the vampire slayer. The second season of the television series buffy the vampire slayer premiered on september 15, 1997 on the wb and concluded its 22episode season on may 19, 1998. Buy buffy the vampire slayer, season 8 microsoft store.
Season 5 starts out by introducing dracula, the baddest vamp of them all. Teamed with series artist georges jeanty, joss reunites the dysfunctional gang of buffy, angel, and spike, in the thick of it together for the first time since season 3, and gives the scoobies their gravest challenge. The latest collected volume of buffy the vampire slayer season 8 features a single issue scripted by joss whedon, as buffy comes to a startling realization with her personal life that mixes with her job as the lead slayer over all the chosen. The following tables lists upcoming releases with their expected release date. The individual issues that have been added to goodreads are listed as a series here. In coming to giles rescue, buffy fights a large vampire spouting prophecylike rhetoric, and she assumes that hes the anointed one. Buffy later goes on a road trip with him to rescue a missing slayer, and the two of them bond briefly over geekdom. Heres every major development thats happened in the comics. Well, this stretch of buffy season 8 has taken a big downward turn for me. This is part of a series called im rewatching buffy, in which im rewatching buffy the vampire slayer. Dark horse comics buffy the vampire slayer season 8 is a rare commodity. Andrew goes through many ups and downs over the years. For as long as there have been vampires, there has been the slayer. In the buffy episode forever, angel meets with buffy at the graveyard to provide comfort following her mothers funeral.
Season 8 motion comic picks up where the smash hit tv show left off. The fifth season of the television series buffy the vampire slayer premiered on september 26, 2000 on the wb and concluded its 22episode season on may 22, 2001. What strikes me about the opening of this issue is that coming right on. This reading order contains all the necessary comic book issues to enjoy the buffyverse comics.
The season 8 comic series started over a year before the success of another franchise that featured a human girl in love with a vampire, so noone thought much about the big bad of the season being named twilight, with buffy s only interaction with the villain coming before the other series became well known. Series creator joss whedon writes the final story arc of buffy season 8, taking his greatest characters to places only he can. See more ideas about buffy, buffy the vampire slayer and season 8. He started out as a staff writer for the 1990s sitcom roseanne and worked on films, including toy story. You really should register so you can chat with us. The disturbing forgotten scene in buffy the vampire slayer. Sep 20, 2018 the story of buffy the vampire slayer is finally complete. A young woman, destined to slay vampires, demons and other infernal creatures, deals with her life fighting evil, with the help of her friends. Buffy, willow, and xander never looked so good even if they are drawings now.
Dark horse announced at comiccon that they are releasing each book as a motion comic, with a dvd to follow. The story of buffy the vampire slayer is finally complete. In 1992 he penned the script for a film, buffy the vampire slayer, and when the tv version starring sarah michelle gellar took off in 1997, whedon had his big breakwith its female action heroine, buffy, became a huge hit. After a series of twists and turns that have stretched. Buffy the vampire slayer s03 ep08 lovers walk hd watch.
But for nearly four years, buffy s story has lived on in creator joss whedons season 8 comic book series, which finishes its 40issue run today. It is produced by joss whedon, who wrote or cowrote three of the series arcs and several oneshot stories. Sure, occasionally the perky would come out, but for the most part she was basically a female version of angel minus the fangs and bumpy forehead. Buffy the vampire slayer season 8, volume 3 goodreads. Although buffy comes to feel that her only compatible mate is xander, and is upset to learn that he truly loves dawn, she and angel succumb to. At long last, the big bad stands revealed angel is back, and its tearing the scoobies apart, testing the limits of their friendship. Fifteen years after the tv show finished, joss whedon and christos gage have penned the final adventure of buffy summers, arriving at the ending described as the culmination of all buffy seasons. Buffy the vampire slayer season 8 motion comic coming to. The long way home buffy the vampire slayer, season 8, vol. Joss whedon talks about the end of the buffy the vampire. The long way home establishes the season 8 status quo. Unfortunatly, not on tv, but jos whedon is making a buffy season 8 comic book series. Though hes gearing up for big screen glory with a certain avenging superteam, joss whedon is nearing the goal line of the comic book project closest to his heart. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.