Buffy season 10 no 3
Read the issue and have to say that, after the first two, which I enjoyed quite a bit (the first time I could ever say that for these comics since the very first issue of season 8), I ended up feeling...
Vaguely spoilery
...ki-inda disappointed. And I'm not even sure why, as I wasn't expecting very much to begin with. Okay, it's fun - most of you have seen the preview pages with the rather hilarious Xander/Dawn/Dracula scene, right? Well, the rest of the issue is pretty much in the same vein (heh! that's a joke) - but somehow or other it doesn't do it for me.
Maybe I'm just not in the mood or something.
Not really sure still why it didn't work for me. It's like most of Gage's stuff - reasonably coherently plotted, if rather wordy. It also doesn't have the aggravation of the Angel!Whitewash stuff from A&F in season 9. But I still don't really like it.
I think maybe in the end the comedy is just too broad. I dunno. I just know that NB contributing hasn't improved things. On the other hand, I can't say that the reason why I don't like it is down to him.
:Shrug: Anyway, it's just a comic.
Nothing of any interest on the letters page, unless you count a letter from someone in Singapore, who says how much Spuffy means to her and consequently how upsetting she found seasons 8&9. Season 10 no 1 is much better.
This is true. Doesn't mean anything, though, especially as this person seems to think they have now become a 'normal couple.'
ETA: Rebekah Isaacs continues to not be able to draw Spike. There's only one panel where he looks even half way decent.
ETA2: I felt the same way as this person from Singapore after reading no 1. I didn't think Spike had been permanently friendzoned.
Now, I do. Plus, some of his dialogue is really off in this issue - way too 'Cor blimey, guv, strike a light' faux Cockerney.
Vaguely spoilery
...ki-inda disappointed. And I'm not even sure why, as I wasn't expecting very much to begin with. Okay, it's fun - most of you have seen the preview pages with the rather hilarious Xander/Dawn/Dracula scene, right? Well, the rest of the issue is pretty much in the same vein (heh! that's a joke) - but somehow or other it doesn't do it for me.
Maybe I'm just not in the mood or something.
Not really sure still why it didn't work for me. It's like most of Gage's stuff - reasonably coherently plotted, if rather wordy. It also doesn't have the aggravation of the Angel!Whitewash stuff from A&F in season 9. But I still don't really like it.
I think maybe in the end the comedy is just too broad. I dunno. I just know that NB contributing hasn't improved things. On the other hand, I can't say that the reason why I don't like it is down to him.
:Shrug: Anyway, it's just a comic.
Nothing of any interest on the letters page, unless you count a letter from someone in Singapore, who says how much Spuffy means to her and consequently how upsetting she found seasons 8&9. Season 10 no 1 is much better.
This is true. Doesn't mean anything, though, especially as this person seems to think they have now become a 'normal couple.'
ETA: Rebekah Isaacs continues to not be able to draw Spike. There's only one panel where he looks even half way decent.
ETA2: I felt the same way as this person from Singapore after reading no 1. I didn't think Spike had been permanently friendzoned.
Now, I do. Plus, some of his dialogue is really off in this issue - way too 'Cor blimey, guv, strike a light' faux Cockerney.