There’s a new web comic installment available.
I know it’s been a few weeks since the last one of these. What can I say — vacation and end-of-summer plans got in the way. But I’ve written up scripts for a handful of these, which I’ll be parceling out over the next week or two. So check back often.
And keep an eye out for the addition of a new character in #015!
You know, I usually like to start these Buffy and Angel reviews with some funny line of dialogue from the issue. And with Buffy Season 8, my problem is inevitably that I have TOO many lines to choose from, and have to decide which 2 or 3 were my favorites. But with Angel these last few issues, I find myself poring through the pages trying to find even one humorous line that stands out to me. Granted, I understand that Angel was always a darker show than Buffy, but still … even at its gloomiest, I remember laughing sometimes. That’s the beauty of a Whedon show — laugh a little, cry a little, care a lot about the characters as they battle certain doom. But in the last few issues, I can’t help but feel that the plot has overshadowed the characters.
Anyway, so Issue #11– which I was sorry to see was still being drawn by Nick Runge — picked up right where #10 left off, with Angel and Gunn finally coming face to face. Wait, can we talk about Runge’s art for a minute? Right on the first page, I’m confused, because there’s a guy in the second panel who looks like Angel. But then Angel’s in the third panel. And what’s with Fred’s expression there — is she supposed to be happy to see Gunn, or terrified? And why do most of the panels in this issue have no backgrounds? And WTF is up with Gwen’s, Spike’s, and Connor’s faces in those last two panels on the next-to-last page?
“Hey, Baby, there’s no need to curse like a nerd.” -Kennedy to Willow, who just said, “Frak!”
“What’s your deal, anyway? With the fire and the branches and the sword — did you get caught in a legend blender?” – Dawn, to the Forest Souls
A few minutes ago, I started to write, “If ‘Time of Your Life’ was a song, then this issue would definitely be the bridge.” Meaning the plot arc. And then I realized that “Time of Your Life” IS a song. By Green Day. And then it occurred to me that unless Whedon is referencing the short-lived Jennifer Love Hewitt Party of Five spin-off of the same name, the lyrics to that song might be relevant.
“Another turning point / A fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist / Directs you where to go
So make the best of this test / And don’t ask why
It’s not a question / But a lesson learned in time
It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right
I hope you had the time of your life.”
There’s a new web comic installment available.
Step right up for more Galactica / TARDIS hijinx.
“We were played. We’re all pasties.” – Willow
“You are talking crazy-person talk. Put your words in word places, please.” – Buffy
“Vampires are lurks. A spin is a lie. Toy is bad, but spled is good.” And thus begins Fray 101. Joss does a bit of catch-up in this issue, for those who are silly enough not to have read the Fray TPB already. Other critical bits of info include the fact that Melaka Fray has a twin brother named Harth. Mel has the physical powers of a Slayer, but Harth holds the prophetic memories of past Slayers in his mind. Unfortunately, he’s a vamp — er, that is, he’s a lurk. Mel also has an older sister, Erin Fray, who’s a cop. And a pet spider monkey demon named Gates, which she acquired in a story from “Tales of the Slayers” … which is also when she found the Watcher Library that she currently lives in. And she has a merman associate named Gunther, who sometimes sends her out on thieving jobs.
And that’s the Fray universe that Buffy is introduced to in this second installment of the Whedon/Moline “Time of Your Life” arc. As for what actually happens …
Dudes, I think I found a new favorite site … Springfield Punx. What you see below is a collage of many of my favorites (click for a larger version), but you’ll find separate full-sized versions of each Simpson-ized character on the site itself, along with some commentary about how Dean chooses who to draw. And yes, that is Blue Tobias Fünke front and center. And two kinds of Joker. And Halo’s Master Chief. And Stephen Colbert! Seriously, it’s like this guy is in my head!
This is a project I started working on a couple of weeks ago. I didn’t really want to share it with the world until I’d proved the concept to myself. Ten installments later, I think I’ve done that. From here on, I plan to crank out one of these a week. Unless it just turns out nobody’s reading it and/or the people who are reading it don’t think it’s funny. So let me know what you think …
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A video trailer for a comic book? Hm. Okay, sure, why not …
All sorts of good, bad, and ugly news came out of the San Diego Comic Con this past weekend. So much news that it’s actually taking me a while to work my way through all the blogs out there. But I have to say, the one piece of news that jumped right out at me and put an immediate smile on my face was word that Rockne O’Bannon — creator of the grossly underrated and prematurely cancelled show Farscape — is in the process of creating a canon comic book that will pick up where the “Peacekeeper Wars” TV miniseries left off.
The title is slated to launch in November, and so far, O’Bannon has only committed to a 4-issue arc, but his aspirations are high. “For me, one of the very exciting aspects of doing this in comic book form is that all of [the visual] restraints are off. We can portray a class of creatures, and a multitude of creatures, without the restrictions of television production and budget. The scale of this comic book is going to be the dream version of ‘Farscape,’ the unrestrained version of ‘Farscape.'”
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As a fan of Buffy Season 8 and Angel: After the Fall, I’m thrilled when sci-fi shows like this that meet untimely ends get a chance to live on. I can’t wait to see what Crichton and the gang have been up to. Obviously, I’d much prefer to see more episodes of Farscape on television, but since that’s not going to happen, then this is the next best thing.
After all, it’s not like I’m not already reading comic books anyway!
