*Book source ~ Library
Title ~ Season 9, Vol. 1
Series ~ Angel & Faith
Publisher ~ Dark Horse
Published ~ 24 March 2015
Genre ~ Graphic Novel | Paranormal
Pages ~ 279
My Rating ~ 5 bites
From Goodreads:
The
supernatural world is reeling after the loss of magic in Buffy the Vampire
Slayer Season 8. The death of Buffy's mentor, Giles, at Angel's (possessed)
hand has the vampire with a soul looking for a way to make amends. He's going
to bring the Watcher back from the grave! Faith, rebel Slayer, is helping Angel
with his quest, if only to keep him from going too far. But there's more
keeping this duo sword ready: a set of demon twins, Angel's former guide
Whistler, Faith's vengeful Slayer sisters, and the crazed vampire Drusilla!
Wow. Just…wow. I love this volume and what a
volume it is! It’s giganamous! According to Amazon it weighs 3.7 lbs and I don’t
think that’s an exaggeration. I didn’t want to return it to the library. I vow I
will own it myself someday. It’s so pretty! The artwork is gorgeous. Granted, I
wasn’t always happy with the way the characters looked depending on who was
rendering them, but it’s still a very visually appealing graphic novel.
There are four stories in this volume: Live Through This, In Perfect Harmony, Daddy
Issues and Women of a Certain Age. All
are thoroughly enjoyable with my least favorite being the one about Harmony. I’m
not a huge fan of that bint. There are references to H.P. Lovecraft, Doctor Who and Star
Wars. Awesome! There are probably more, but those are the ones I caught (and
remembered) on the first read. Also, Drusilla!! I love seeing her involved and
hope there will be more of her in future episodes. I’m really curious about
Pearl and Nash and I have to say, wtf Whistler?! Quite intriguing and I’m
looking forward to Volume 2.
Bonus stuff: sketches/gallery and bios. Nice!
I have yet to read any comics about Buffy, why on Earth haven't they been translated in French ?! I'm currently eyeing a Spike comic by Frank Urru on Amazon, I guess I'll let myself be tempted. How lucky you are to be able to borrow them at your library !
ReplyDeleteGood question! I've loved all the Spike ones I've read so far, so I don't think you'll go wrong with your pick. I need to go back and start from the beginning of the Buffy ones. I have the first Omnibus, just need to find time to fit it in. My library rocks! :)
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