Scott Allie, the editor of the Buffy comics, says there will be a season 9. It will not be as long as season 8, and it will be "very different" from what went before. That leads me to believe that season 8 is going to end with a major world-changing event.
Think Season 9 might detail the final Apocalypse?
Buffyverse Fan agrees: eh, I can hope
when does season 8 end officially?
It will be fun when Season 8 is complete so we can go back and read the entire season again in one go! Not necessarily in one day, but you know, it will be different doing it all back to back instead of waiting a month between issues because that makes you forget details. I guess S8 will be made of 8 books then if there are 40 issues and each TPB book collects 5 of them.