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.Buffy Season Eight Volume 2: No Future For You: No Future for You v. 2 (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Dark Horse)): 2 (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Dark Horse Numbered))

by: Brian K Vaughan, Joss Whedon

June 29, 2008
I was a late convert to the world of Buffy. Like many I had watched it as a teenager, enjoyed it, and then been persuaded by who knows who, that it was not something one should be proud of watching. Then I watched Serenity and thought it was great, backtracked to firefly and loved that too. Then one day somebody told me that the same guy that did those, did buffy. "WHAT!" I said, "That cant be!", half clouded by the fact that everybody said that Buffy was rubbish, half trying to cover up my embarrassment of not making this ling earlier.

So to cut a long story short, I watched all of Buffy in a very short time, and I loved it. And then I watched Angel and I loved it less, but loved it all the same.

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.Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Long Way Home

by: Joss Whedon

November 21, 2007
One of the criticisms levelled at this buffy season 8, is that it strays from the original set uo of the TV series. It is a fair point but as the opening narrative tells the reader "the funny thing about changing the world is afterwards everythings different."
Long way home has the task of reintroducing us to Buffy and co as well as setting up a new status quo, it works well enough with only a few minor bumps. Yes it lacks some of the charm of the cosy early series of Tv show, but the characters are still very much the same.
Georges Jeanty is a fair artist, however the inking doesn't do his work justice. I have seen him do much better work in the past. That said most of the characters are easily recognised.

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.Astonishing X-Men Volume 4: Unstoppable TPB: Unstoppable v. 4 (Astonishing X-Men): 0 (Astonishing X-Men)

by: Joss Whedon

July 16, 2008
After gifted this is the best of Joss Whedons astonishing x-men. The various villians and plot threads that have been set up during JWs run come to a head as the X-men go to outer space and head to Breakworld to face thier destiny. Where Colossus is destined to commit genocide.
The humour is excellent, the story is suitably OTT and melodramatic.
The Art by John Cassaday is sublime as always. A fine farewell to on of the all time great creative teams on x-men.

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.Serenity - Those Left Behind

by: Joss Whedon

February 28, 2006
I think this is deliberate though as it wouldn't do to have a comic tell an important story in the firefly setting just in case a new series or movie is commissioned. While that looks very unlikely now at the time this was first published it was more of a possibility.
That aside this is Ok, the art is nice and the characters are recognisable. The plot is simple and a bit too light but the characters are portrayed well, its like a filler episode of a TV series.
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.Buffy the Vampire Slayer Volume 3: Wolves at the Gate: Wolves at the Gate v. 3 (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

by: Drew Goddard, Joss Whedon
by: Georges Jeanty, Jo Chen

November 15, 2008
I think this is deliberate though as it wouldn't do to have a comic tell an important story in the firefly setting just in case a new series or movie is commissioned. While that looks very unlikely now at the time this was first published it was more of a possibility.
That aside this is Ok, the art is nice and the characters are recognisable. The plot is simple and a bit too light but the characters are portrayed well, its like a filler episode of a TV series.
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.Astonishing X-Men v. 3 : Torn (Graphic Novel): Torn v. 3

by: Joss Whedon
by: John Cassaday

February 28, 2007
If you appreciate a story with skillfully crafted characters, relationships and plotting you will love Astonishing X-men.

Astonishing X-Men is masterfully written by Whedon. The outstanding text is complimented by Cassaday's fine artwork.
Even if, like me, you are new to American comic books, I strongly encourage you to buy the Astonishing X-Men trade paper backs, starting with the first volume, Gifted.
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.Astonishing X-Men Volume 1: Gifted TPB (Astonishing X-Men)

by: Joss Whedon

December 29, 2004
If you appreciate a story with skillfully crafted characters, relationships and plotting you will love Astonishing X-men.

Astonishing X-Men is masterfully written by Whedon. The outstanding text is complimented by Cassaday's fine artwork.
Even if, like me, you are new to American comic books, I strongly encourage you to buy the Astonishing X-Men trade paper backs, starting with the first volume, Gifted.
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.Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus: v. 1 (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus)

by: Others, Joss Whedon
by: Eric Powell, Joe Bennett, Others

July 11, 2007
If you appreciate a story with skillfully crafted characters, relationships and plotting you will love Astonishing X-men.

Astonishing X-Men is masterfully written by Whedon. The outstanding text is complimented by Cassaday's fine artwork.
Even if, like me, you are new to American comic books, I strongly encourage you to buy the Astonishing X-Men trade paper backs, starting with the first volume, Gifted.
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.Astonishing X-Men Volume 2: Dangerous TPB: Dangerous v. 2 (Astonishing X-Men)

by: Joss Whedon
by: John Cassaday

November 23, 2005
If you appreciate a story with skillfully crafted characters, relationships and plotting you will love Astonishing X-men.

Astonishing X-Men is masterfully written by Whedon. The outstanding text is complimented by Cassaday's fine artwork.
Even if, like me, you are new to American comic books, I strongly encourage you to buy the Astonishing X-Men trade paper backs, starting with the first volume, Gifted.
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.Angel: After the Fall: First Night: After the Fall - First Night

by: Joss Whedon, Brian Lynch
by: John Byrne, Tim Kane, David Messina, Stephen Mooney, Nick Runge

September 29, 2008
this is the opening arc of the story and while its Ok it only just gets the characters set up and doesn't finish the story. That said the story itself doesn't quite sit right at first either. It takes a while for the story to reveal much and it has jumped forward from the cliffhanger at the end of the last Tv episode to a period some months later, so things have changed greatly and the story gradually reveals these. This is not a bad thing but it makes it either fascinating or frustrating if you are reading monthly installments. Franco Urru's art is mediocre, and his story telling isn't great making the pages seem jumbled. It doesn't make it aseem like an appealling read.
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