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…would definitely love

Angel Aftermath HC Vol. 05

Yo!

Well, maybe we should be committed anyhow…

Just think, an asylum specifically for Whedonverse addicts!

Talk about improving mental health care!

Of course it wouldn’t be an improvement if we weren’t still allowed a dose every now and then… say, once a day? Would that be enough? Too much? Just right?

Ah, these are the considerations that try our souls… not to mention our soulful vampires…

Later.

Springing out of Joss Whedon and Brian Lynch’s Angel: After the Fall storyline, novelist Kelley Armstrong The Summoning comes aboard to explore the many repercussions following the explosive last issue of Angel: After the Fall. Artist Dave Ross also joins up to present the first arc of ‘Aftermath,’ wherein we learn who lived, who died, and who will be forever changed from the experience.

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…should unquestionably have a keen interest in

Angel Hole In The World #2

Breaking of hearts, horrible curses, treachery, betrayal… don’t you think Joss Whedon’s creations are always at their best when they are at their worst?

Recently, I was confronted by a comment that BtVS and Angel were shows for the immature.

It pains me when I hear this sort of thing. It usually means the person has either never watched the shows very much or very seriously or hasn’t any sophistication.

Unfortunately, persons of this opinion generally won’t admit the former, and of course it’s rarely considered pleasant for one to suggest the latter.

Because the shows are, respectively, about young people coming of age and phantasmagoric battles between good and evil, does not mean the show is strictly for an immature audience.

Yes, Joss has referred to the Buffy show as sophomoric, more than once, but I’ve always been of the opinion his tongue was planted quite firmly in his cheek when he said this, because the subjects of friendship, love, sex, the struggle for survival, death, grief, betrayal, vengeance, use and abuse of power, etc., are the subjects of great myth and great literature and always have been.

When William Shakespeare wrote about kings and queens, he was not writing for a royal audience. He was writing about many of the same things — love, sex, death, betrayal, vengeance — and more to the point, about human nature.

And I would say much the same is true of Joss and BtVS and Angel.

As a matter of record, I came across a quote of Joss’s recently that I may share on this blog someday soon.

I suppose it appealed to me in particular because it seemed like fairly good advice for writers.

It doesn’t apply directly to this discussion, but it does tangentially, and it’s one of the many things Joss has said that demonstrates a seriousness of purpose about what he was attempting to do with the Buffy show.

I’ll get around to posting that quote (it’s fairly long), and probably others, I’m sure; but that’s all for now.

IDW’s series of adaptations of landmark Angel episodes continues with A Hole in the World , one of the series’ most heartbreaking episodes! As Fred begins to succumb to a horrible curse, Angel and his crew frantically race to find a cure, and discover only treachery in their midst, in the form of a betrayal from one of their own…

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…should be wild about

Buffy & Angel Figure Coll Mag #2 Angel

Ha. Fooled you this time. Did not mention ‘Angel’ in the title of the post, did I? Yep. Got to stay on your toes around me and my blog.

Seriously.

Not.

Kinda cool pic of David, though.

This second special in a series of magazines/figures focusing on Joss Whedon’s Buffyverse features the vampire with a soul, Angel, an extremely popular character from Buffy, The Vampire Slayer who ultimately went on to star in his own smash hit show. Packed with stunning imagery and extensive details on Angel, this collector’s edition magazine includes a hand-crafted lead figure boasting a highly detailed sculpt of actor David Boreanez. Each figure comes packaged with the magazine in an individual box.

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…will have designs on

Fallen Angel Reborn TPB Vol. 01

What? Huh? Peckish? Did I say, Peckish? Wouldn’t that word be more appropriate for a product related to Spike, or Rupert or Wesley? Or some character other than Illyria?

You bet. Can’t get one by you, can I?

So you’re too sharp to let that go are you? What? You want an I’m-Too-Smart-For-Peckish-Illyria Award or something?

Okay, send me $500 and I’ll try to come up with some cheap certificate or something…

What? You won’t go for that either? C’mon!, I’ll even sign it. Might be collectible some day…

No?

All right, well, thanks for visiting.

As for today’s product, here’s the write up:

In this all new collection, the Fallen Angel finds herself pitted against a special guest-star… Joss Whedon’s Illyria. On a mission to reclaim three objects of power, which she hopes will restore her former glory, Illyria must also dispatch of another ‘fallen’ godlingÖ namely Liandra, the Fallen Angel, Magistrate, and protector of Bete Noire. Who will win in this ultimate battle of wills, the fallen demon god, or the fallen angel?

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…will probably die for

Spike Omnibus TPB

Hey, all you fellow Spike lovers!

Love him or hate him, few can deny that this was and is one of the most fascinating characters — and character arcs — ever to appear on television.

He had and has style and wit. He was and is sexy, vicious, romantic, loyal… a monster with the soul of a poet and even, eventually, a champion…

And did James Marsters ever play him convincingly!

Could anyone else have played him as well? I find it hard to imagine.

Learn more about the bad boy of the Buffy-verse in Spike’s earliest stories like Lost & Found, Old Wounds and Old Times, then read along as Spike battles that lord of the undead in Spike vs. Dracula, and finally catch up with Spike as he heads to the Asylum on a work-for-hire mission before heading to Japan to stop maniacal puppets in Shadow Puppets. It’s more Spike than you can shake a sharp, wooden stake at!

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