So last week Angel began its Season 6 comic book outing. As I am currently loving Buffy Season 8 and being a huge fan of Angel and especially the direction it went in season 5 (aside from killing off Cordy) I was eager to pick up the first issue. As soon as I reached the last page I turned right back to the start.
Was it because I loved this book more than any other comic in recent memory? Uhh no. I hated it, I hated it so much that I wanted to reread it to make sure I wasn't missing something.
I was missing the characters I cared about, hell I was even sad Spike didn't show up. What i got was Wesley who sure was killed in the series finale and Gunn who apparently is a vampire now. See when Dawn showed up in Buffy Season 8 as a giant you just accepted it and saw how perfectly that fit in with the new format. Angel having a pet dragon just made me...disappointed.
Dare I even mention that LA in the series is a post apocalyptic demon-run city. I'm thinking that might have been mentioned in Buffy, you know a throwaway line even "Wow sure sucks to be in LA, let's move to Ireland."
Yes I'll pick up issue 2, but I don't know how much of a chance I'm going to give this. IDW has a habit of releasing their books at 3.99 and I'm not wasting that kind of money on the rape and beating of a beloved franchise.
This makes me weep for the Doctor Who series coming in January.
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Crap, I have to find a non-shitty comicbook shop here to pick that up! I have to go to stupid Borders to get my Buffy fix.
I heard Dark Horse sold the title to another publisher, is that true? Could account for some craptastic-ness...
NO BLONDEY BEAR?!?!?!?! BLASPHEMY!!!
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