The Blog to Nowhere

I've bothered to keep up with Angel: After the Fall, but now that the first arc is done, I think I'm going to stop now. The season six comics are canon, but they haven't been given the Buffy treatment so they don't feel as cool. Yeah, it's a really poor way of judging these things but if I'm going to shell out like five bucks a month, it'd better be for something I really care about. So, it's Buffy all the way. Sorry Angel. Plus the resolution for the arc was a bit lame.

( Spoilers for Angel: After the Fall (all issues) )

The recent issues of Buffy have been... interesting. There's a loose arc linking the current stories together, so we're getting stand alone stories for the most part. Things have taken a weird spin for the Scooby Gang.

( Spoilers for Buffy # 21 and 22 )

What happened to the days were comic books costed a dime? I'd totally buy all the comics I wanted if that were the case now.

I've come to the conclusion that Joss is writing or involved with too many comics. There's so much to keep track of. Thus, Angel's comic book season six sort of crept up on me. I almost forgot it came out today.

It's sort of ironic that both Buffy and Angel are getting the canon comic treatment. Who would have thought that after all this time we would be reading new stories about these characters. I think if you talked with a teenager today they probably would have no idea about Buffy, let alone Angel. I mean, in Canada no one shows reruns, at least none of the readily available channels. So good to see Angel back even if it's only in two dimensional form.


It's a shame the Buffy and Angel comics are published by different companies. The best we can hope for is a brief appearance. So no Slayers showing up to help out. And likely no mention of Angel's fate over at Buffy. I can see why Joss decided to put season eight a year and a half ahead; you don't have to deal with Angel's situation. Also, no star treatment for Angel. I haven't heard anything about old writers turning up to write an issue. Probably because this is only a mini and not a series. For now at least.