http://www.johncassaday.com/news.phpJuly 22, 2006: Comic-Con 2006: San Diego
John and Joss Whedon will be signing at the Marvel booth at 4pm.
http://whedonesque.com/?comments=11198#138754"I'm pounding away on X-men #18 and Buffy #2 and having a blast. Like a "close the blast doors" sized blast, especially after I saw my first page of Georges Jeanty's Buffy art. That cute little sketch on his website? No, no, silly british man. The real thing is SO deeply cherry. It makes the fun I'm having revisiting these characters increase tenfold."
JEANTRY: After the American Way I jump right on to Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This was an interesting situation that came about with me doing this project, but that might be better left to another interview, Jen!
THE PULSE: I'm always up for that, but how about a few teasers for the Buffy fans in the house?
JEANTRY: Well, Joss Whedon came to Dark Hose about doing more Buffy books, but this time he figured he wanted to do what will become the eighth season of Buffy in comic form! To that end there will be about 20 or so books furthering the adventure of Buffy Ann Summers after her last television episode a few years back.
There have been some hints to what happens to everyone's favorite Vampire Slayer after the explosion (or was it an implosion?) of Sunnydale, but I can tell you readers are not ready for what they're gonna get! This will be the same Buffy in tone. Joss will be writing the first four issues thus far, but with an unlimited budget for effects and scenery. So all you Scooby fans take note; this is the series as it might have appeared on the big screen with a. Buffy should hit stands later this year. Updates can be found on Dark Horse's site or my own www.kabalounge.com I hope all of you American Way readers come and give that book a try.
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER UPDATE
The new Buffy the Vampire Slayer series is targeted for a March launch, according to Dark Horse Comics.
The first story arc will be a four-part series. The comic will chronicle events after the Buffy television series.
Buffy creator Joss Whedon is writing, with art by Georges Jeanty.
Georges Jeanty, artist of the first arc of Dark Horse Comics' Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8, told The Continuum that all systems are go for the book's scheduled March launch.
"I've finished the first issue," Jeanty told The Continuum on Sunday at the Motor City Comic-Con in Novi, Mich. "I hope to finish everything by December."
Jeanty said he's enjoyed working with writer and Buffy creator Joss Whedon, who hand-picked him for the project, which picks up from the end of the television series.
"He's a full-script kind of guy. Everything is there," Jeanty said. "But I will talk to him about specifics. He's very, very giving."
Jeanty was originally concerned in dealing with likenesses, but he said that's working out well.
"I've got Sarah Michelle Gellar down pretty well and I've got Xander (Nicholas Brendon) down," Jeanty said. "Dawn (Michelle Trachtenberg) is presently the one that's giving me some trouble. She has such a pretty face and is so simply beautiful. There's not a distinctive characteristic like an eyepatch or like with Sarah Michelle Gellar, her nose."
WWOOOT lmao
but what does Buffy have left to do? i mean sure Glorry could form again or all the demon "boses" she killed could come back....but Im stumped at what he has left to say, or write.
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And now we know why they're delaying this til March. Makes sense from a promotional standpoint I guess.
I don't get it ??? Can you explain? I know Whedon's supposed to write the first 4. Are they going to release all 4 together, or something?
Dark Horse's new Buffy comics will be released in a series of mini-series. The March launch will coincide with the 10th anniversary of the television show's debut.