So I read "Season 8" in which Joss gets to tell his story without having to worry about budget or actors or anything. All it needs is to be drawn. So if he wants to go to space or another universe he can do and he does.
Tbh it's a bit of a mixed bag for me. This is gonna be a bit random so bear with me.
First the Art. I love the Portrait pictures they look fantastic but the actuall panels urgh they look awful. Like the panel with Buffy and Satsu together. They are drawn almost childlike and it's not a good look.
Ok 2nd the length. It's a long season with many issues and I feel like they could've chopped some of the middle out and still not missed a beat. There is some good stuff and other stuff that has no relevance to the actual story. While you have other stuff that is relevant that makes me go WTF 😳 All in all it's a bit of a mess that could have used a story editor and some planning.
3rd the characters. Buffy is written very well and her internal thoughts are fun. (Though her robbing banks is WTF moment) Whether it's her knowing she is going to have to kill Willow or her feelings regards Angel/Spike it's all good stuff. but then you have some like Dawn whose just there. She turns from a Giant to a Horse (with some very uncomfortable jokes) and really does nothing. Ever since S5 she has no real role or need to be on the show and it carrys on in the comics, they just pair her with Xander which again feels like just to give her something to do.
Willow was ok but I actually preferred her more in the Spike in Vegas comic. If ever there was a Spike movie, Willow would be a good fit for it. Here she is just in an out and her powers are strong or weak dependant on what the plot need them to be.
Xanders ok, he's basically Nick Fury until he decides to date the girl he used to babysit 🤢
Riley shows up and despite having a potentially interesting character arc, is still (incredibly) managed to be written as a rather boring cipher. We get to know nothing about his inner motivation or why he'd work for Buffy or whether he would consider it the right thing. Nope he just does and that's it.
Angel and Spike do show up but really just as plot devices and give exposition. Angel is leading the bad guys because he thinks the alternative might be worse but he's not really bad (wait what). He and Buffy then have sex which gives birth to a universe, yes you read that right 🤦♂️ before he starts to be good before he goes under the influence and kills Giles before reverting back to normal and is taken in by Faith.
Anyway Spike shows up in a Space ship to rescue Buffy and the Slayers. Straight from having Sex with Angel Buffy is fantasizing about having sex with Spike. Spike gives her the exposition about how to end the incredibly complicated story.
It ends in San Francisco with Spike giving Buffy hints about S9 while shes being bitchy to him and that's pretty much it.
The best and most interesting character in S8 is Faith. Her relationship with Giles and her whole arc in trying to help other Girls is great. It's easily the best part of S8 and no coincidence that in relation to the overall arc is arguably the furthest from it but it's the most fun. This is what a Faith Spin off could've/should've been rather than what was pitched ie Dark Angel mk2
Also the irony of Giles wanting Faith, who Buffy tried kill, to kill another Slayer so Buffy doesnt when Buffy is perfectly ready to and about to kill Genevieve is ironic.
Anyway more to come but work calls ...
Tbh it's a bit of a mixed bag for me. This is gonna be a bit random so bear with me.
First the Art. I love the Portrait pictures they look fantastic but the actuall panels urgh they look awful. Like the panel with Buffy and Satsu together. They are drawn almost childlike and it's not a good look.
Ok 2nd the length. It's a long season with many issues and I feel like they could've chopped some of the middle out and still not missed a beat. There is some good stuff and other stuff that has no relevance to the actual story. While you have other stuff that is relevant that makes me go WTF 😳 All in all it's a bit of a mess that could have used a story editor and some planning.
3rd the characters. Buffy is written very well and her internal thoughts are fun. (Though her robbing banks is WTF moment) Whether it's her knowing she is going to have to kill Willow or her feelings regards Angel/Spike it's all good stuff. but then you have some like Dawn whose just there. She turns from a Giant to a Horse (with some very uncomfortable jokes) and really does nothing. Ever since S5 she has no real role or need to be on the show and it carrys on in the comics, they just pair her with Xander which again feels like just to give her something to do.
Willow was ok but I actually preferred her more in the Spike in Vegas comic. If ever there was a Spike movie, Willow would be a good fit for it. Here she is just in an out and her powers are strong or weak dependant on what the plot need them to be.
Xanders ok, he's basically Nick Fury until he decides to date the girl he used to babysit 🤢
Riley shows up and despite having a potentially interesting character arc, is still (incredibly) managed to be written as a rather boring cipher. We get to know nothing about his inner motivation or why he'd work for Buffy or whether he would consider it the right thing. Nope he just does and that's it.
Angel and Spike do show up but really just as plot devices and give exposition. Angel is leading the bad guys because he thinks the alternative might be worse but he's not really bad (wait what). He and Buffy then have sex which gives birth to a universe, yes you read that right 🤦♂️ before he starts to be good before he goes under the influence and kills Giles before reverting back to normal and is taken in by Faith.
Anyway Spike shows up in a Space ship to rescue Buffy and the Slayers. Straight from having Sex with Angel Buffy is fantasizing about having sex with Spike. Spike gives her the exposition about how to end the incredibly complicated story.
It ends in San Francisco with Spike giving Buffy hints about S9 while shes being bitchy to him and that's pretty much it.
The best and most interesting character in S8 is Faith. Her relationship with Giles and her whole arc in trying to help other Girls is great. It's easily the best part of S8 and no coincidence that in relation to the overall arc is arguably the furthest from it but it's the most fun. This is what a Faith Spin off could've/should've been rather than what was pitched ie Dark Angel mk2
Also the irony of Giles wanting Faith, who Buffy tried kill, to kill another Slayer so Buffy doesnt when Buffy is perfectly ready to and about to kill Genevieve is ironic.
Anyway more to come but work calls ...