![]() Raúl Angulo's colors perfectly complement Mora's line art, giving the series a somewhat ethereal glow. And equally excels with the action as with the quieter interpersonal moments. He makes the characters his own, such that we don't have any of the common bizarrely over-rendered stars in a comic compared to the supporting and background characters. His approach to likenesses is interesting, because the characters are recognizably Sarah Michelle Gellar, Allyson Hannigan, et al. Likewise with Dan Mora's gorgeous artwork. It's not a copy of Whedon and co.'s dialogue patterns, but like the overall story, it captures the spirit. With this first issue of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she transports some of that with the usual vampires and ancient relics and such, but she also shows an ear for the catchy dialogue and banter that was a hallmark of any Whedonverse joint. With Redlands, Jordie Bellaire has proven that she can write horror and the supernatural very well. Slightly different than before, but still capturing that same spirit. ![]() The old, familiar faces of Buffy, Willow, Xander, and Giles are here representing that core configuration. It feels right to start again, especially when it's being done with as much skill, reverence, respect, and outright love of the source material as it is by Jordie Bellaire, Dan Mora, Raúl Angulo, and Ed Dukeshire. Instead, it takes us back to a new interpretation of the beginning, and I'm perfectly okay with this. Because the memory remains.īOOM! Studios' new launch of the series does not continue on from any of the previous comics or television series. At times for me it was like checking in with a friend that you've lost touch with and grown apart, but when you see one another you're picking up old conversations like you've not lost a beat. In those intervening years, Dark Horse and IDW continued on the legacy of the Whedonverse, sometimes taking it to welcome places, sometimes strange. It's been 15 years since Buffy and Angel have been on the air, in that time culture has changed, in some ways evolved, in some ways regressed. And, of course, you'd look fabulous while dusting vamps. They informed a lot of our attitudes towards the world, reflected many of our musical tastes and speech patterns, and all around showed a world where it was all right to be the outcast, the fringe, the geeky nerd, because you'd be accepted into a family of like-minded weirdos. ![]() Particularly Buffy and Angel since they came first. To many my age Joss Whedon's television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, even Dollhouse, served as a backbone to our cultural development. emerson eddy - Into each generation a slayer is born.or reborn as it were.
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