Graphic Novel Review: Spike: Old Times

This one shot graphic novel is darn near perfect. It centers on Spike trying to save another moody poet from a curse and I mean completely centers on Spike. No place here for Buffer-verse headlines Angel or Buffy Summers. Instead Spike discovers more about his own past, how a demon curse led to him becoming […]

Epic ReWatch: Buffy the Vampire Slayer S1 E1 & 2

Michele was part of the original 1997 intended audience and feverishly awaited new episodes weekly. Brosia is a teen now, watching for the first time 21 years after Buffy changed our pop culture. Michele feels old. Season 1 Episodes 1 & 2 Welcome to the Hellmouth/The Harvest Michele Says: First, a little background. Buffy premiered […]

Book Review: Buffy: The High School Years: Parental Parasite by Kel McDonald, art by Yishan Li

Buffy: The High School Years: Parental Parasite by Kel McDonald, art by Yishan Li Dark Horse Comics, 2017 ISBN: 9781506703046 Available: print, Kindle, and comiXology ebook Into every generation, a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. So begins the story of Buffy, Angel, Giles, Willow, and Xander chasing down a […]

Review: Angel: Old Friends

It’s not terribly clear whether Old Friends is an alternate to After the Fall or not. In the latter we see L.A. materialized in hell and some major changes to our cast. In Old Friends it’s clear the Wolfram & Hart take over, as well as much of season 5 of Angel happened. But likely […]

Review: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Ring of Fire

Set during the “Angel is Evil” saga in the series (mid-late second season) Ring of Fire explains the commented on, but never really explained plot point in Undays of our Lives where Dru leaves Spike! I had always wondered on rewatching the series what exactly happened between the murderous lovers. Turns out Dru leaves Spike […]

Review: Spike: Shadow Puppets

Buffy and Angel fans know they can depend on their series to be hilarious, yet innovative and poignant. One of the episodes proving this point is “Smile Time” where Angel is turned into a puppet by a nest of demonic puppets feeding off their children viewers. This episode proves to be hilarious and yet maintain […]

Review: Angel: Spotlight

A side book in the Angel-verse this volume contains tales of Illyria (very emotional with a complexity of character that most stories wish they had), Gunn (very fun and action packed), Wesley (a sad story given what fans know that the Wes in the story doesn’t), Doyle (showing why he sought out Angel, sparking the […]

Review: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Predators and Prey

This volume of BtVS season eight is for fans, not newcomers. It’s not really a book that pushes forward the drama of Twilight, the secret anti-Slayer group that’s trying to destroy every Slayer on the streets. This collection of comics serves as housekeeping, as well as character and world building asides. Perhaps channeling the modern […]