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‘Buffy Season Ten’ #16 resurrects a famous love triangle

Buffy Season Ten #16 is a successful start to what will probably be the climactic storyline of the Season Ten Buffyverse with its character driven storytelling in both art and writing with splashes of action. Gage uses the pre-existing emotional connections between important characters like Buffy, Angel, and Spike to correspond with the raised stakes in their fight against the Big Bad, Archaeus. Archaeus uses Angel and Spike’s pasts to tempt them to become soulless killers once again, and they must also confront their pasts with Buffy and each other in order to become effective allies to the Slayer and Scoobies. Christos Gage and Rebekah Isaacs effectively use both internal and external conflict along with one of the greatest fictional love triangles to kick off this mini-crossover in a way that will make fans smile and squee.

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‘Buffy’ Season Ten #7 is the Perfect Guys’ Night Out

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten #7 shows that Spike and Xander together as roommates is both comedic and dramatic gold. Christos Gage and Nicholas Brendon land joke after joke starting with the first page where Spike asks Xander to move over his “dolls” so he can have room for his hundreds (possibly thousands) of Soap Digests. (Vampires watching soap operas makes weird, yet logical sense. You have to do something to pass the time while the sun is up, and not everyone can read Jean-Paul Sartre in the original French like Angel.) Artist Rebekah Isaacs adds some more humor with her spot-on reaction shots of the other characters’ faces to Spike and Xander’s odd couple antics. An issue of Spike and Xander trading banter would be an entertaining read in and of itself, but Gage and Brendon do what Buffy did and still does best by mixing its comedy with a heavy helping of interpersonal drama and a focus on character relationships. Beyond the hilarious banter, hijinks, and strange, yet fitting baddie, Spike and Xander have a lot in common.

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 10 #2 continues the good vibes reunion

“New Rules: Part Two” picks up immediately after the previous issue left off, in the middle of a daytime brawl between Buffy and her Scoobies, and a gang of vampires who are mysteriously immune to sunlight, and who can shapeshift into ravenous animals. A daytime vampire battle is unlike anything we’ve seen in this series before, its universe in the midst of establishing a new status quo. When Buffy and Giles look through the “Vampyr” book, they notice a mostly blank book, but also new pages springing forth with new information. The rules of the vampires are currently being rewritten, and as long as there are blank pages, there are sure to be more surprises to come in regards to their abilities.

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Amazing Spider-Man #1 is Funny and Entertaining, But Almost Overwhelmed by Subplots

Amazing Spider-Man #1 Written by Dan Slott, Christos Gage, Joe Caramagna, Peter David, Christopher Yost Pencilled by Humberto Ramos, Javier Rodriguez, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Chris Elioupolos, Will Sliney, David Baldeon, Ramon Perez Inked by Victor Olazaba, Alvaro Lopez, John Dell, Cam Smith, Jordi Tarragona Colors by Edgar Delgado, Javier Rodriguez, Antonio Fabela, Jim Charalampidis, Ian Herring, Rachelle …

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Will Season 10 Become the Best Buffy Comics Season Yet?

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 10 #1 Written by Christos Gage Art by Rebekah Isaacs Colours by Dan Jackson Executive Produced by Joss Whedon Published by Dark Horse Comics Rejoice, rejoice we are about to experience the finest Buffy season in comics to date? Well, perhaps such a declaration is too premature. Season 8 and …

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The End of SpOck Starts in Superior Spider-Man #25

Superior Spider-Man #25 Writers: Dan Slott and Christos Gage Art: Humberto Ramos Colors: Edgar Delgado Publisher: Marvel Comics By now, most comic fans with Internet access have had some Spider-Man related news spoiled this week. Spoilers and “leaks” are just an unfortunate part of comic book marketing these days, and it can be pretty difficult …

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10 Best Comics of 2013: Part One

2013 was a big year for comics, both mainstream and independent. DC celebrated Superman’s 75th birthday with the launch of the much hyped (and delayed) Superman Unchained by superstar creators Scott Snyder and Jim Lee. There were also the big crossover events “Trinity War” and its follow up Forever Evil which will continue into 2014.  This year also marked …

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Spider-Man and Venom are One Once Again in Superior Spider-Man #24

  Superior Spider-Man #24 Writers: Dan Slott and Christos Gage Art: Humberto Ramos Colors: Edgar Delgado Publisher: Marvel Comics Long time Marvel readers may have been tempted to roll their eyes at the sight of the Venom symbiote bonding with Spider-Man in issue #23. After reading the original story, various retellings, cartoon, and movie adaptations, …

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Superior Spider-Man #23 Bites off More Than Even Venom Can Chew

Superior Spider-Man #23 Writers: Dan Slott and Christos Gage Art: Humberto Ramos Colors: Edgar Delgado Publisher: Marvel Comics Lots of ongoing comics today can feature long and sometimes year-spanning story arcs that last up to eleven issues or longer (we’re looking at you, Scott Snyder!). This can make for some truly epic and serious story-telling, …

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Spider-Man Battles Venom for the First Time Ever in Superior Spider-Man #22

Superior Spider-Man #22 Writers: Dan Slott and Christos Gage Art: Humberto Ramos Colors: Edgar Delgado Publisher: Marvel Comics One of the more intriguing and entertaining aspects of The Superior Spider-Man so far has been watching Otto’s interactions with the rest of the Marvel universe based on memories from Peter Parker and his own experiences as …

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In Wonderland, Willow Branches Out into Her Own Miniseries

Willow: Wonderland #1-5 Writers: Jeff Parker and Christos Gage Artist: Brian Ching Publisher: Dark Horse As a television show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer has been off the air for a decade, but the Buffyverse is still going strong. When the series was cancelled after season seven, Joss Whedon and co. took season eight to Dark Horse, and 2013 …

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Angel & Faith is a Fantastic Addition to the Buffyverse

“Angel & Faith” #1-25 (2011-2013) Written by Christos Gage (#1-25) Art by Rebekah Isaacs (#1-4, 6-9, #11-14, 16-25), Phil Noto (#5), Chris Samnee (#10), David Lapham (#15), Lee Garbett (#15), Derek Fridolfs (#15) Coloured by Dan Jackson (#1-25) Executive Produced by Joss Whedon Published by Dark Horse Comics Joss Whedon’s cult hit television series Buffy …

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