Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight | |
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![]() Trade paperback cover of The Long Way Home. Art by Jo Chen | |
Publication information | |
Publisher | Dark Horse Comics |
Schedule | Monthly |
Format | Limited series |
Genre | Horror[1] |
Publication date | March 14, 2007 – January 19, 2011 |
No. of issues | 40 (core series) 3 (one-shots) |
Main character(s) | Scooby Gang |
Creative team | |
Created by | Joss Whedon |
Written by | Joss Whedon Brian K. Vaughan Drew Goddard Jane Espenson Brad Meltzer and others |
Penciller(s) | Georges Jeanty Karl Moline |
Inker(s) | Andy Owens |
Colorist(s) | Dave Stewart Michelle Madsen |
Collected editions | |
The Long Way Home | ISBN 1593078226 |
No Future for You | ISBN 159307963X |
Wolves at the Gate | ISBN 1595821651 |
Time of Your Life | ISBN 1595823107 |
Predators and Prey | ISBN 1595823425 |
Retreat | ISBN 1595824154 |
Twilight | ISBN 1595825584 |
Last Gleaming | ISBN 1595826106 |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight is a comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics from 2007 to 2011. The series serves as a canonical[2] continuation of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and follows the events of that show's final televised season.[3] It is produced by Joss Whedon, who wrote or co-wrote three of the series arcs and several one-shot stories. The series was followed by Season Nine in 2011.
The series was originally supposed to consist of about 25 issues,[4] but eventually expanded to a 40-issue run. The series also spawned a handful of spin-off titles, including a Tales of the Vampires follow-up and one-shots focusing on Willow and Riley.[5]
The success of the series prompted IDW Publishing and Joss Whedon to publish a concurrent continuation of the Angel television series, titled Angel: After the Fall, and a Spike comic book series, which bridges some aspects of continuity between After the Fall and Season Eight.[6] A motion comic version of the series debuted in 2010.[7]