Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight
Trade paperback cover of The Long Way Home. Art by Jo Chen
Publication information
PublisherDark Horse Comics
ScheduleMonthly
FormatLimited series
GenreHorror[1]
Publication dateMarch 14, 2007 – January 19, 2011
No. of issues40 (core series)
3 (one-shots)
Main character(s)Scooby Gang
Creative team
Created byJoss Whedon
Written byJoss 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 HomeISBN 1593078226
No Future for YouISBN 159307963X
Wolves at the GateISBN 1595821651
Time of Your LifeISBN 1595823107
Predators and PreyISBN 1595823425
RetreatISBN 1595824154
TwilightISBN 1595825584
Last GleamingISBN 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]

  1. ^ "BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 8 LIBRARY EDITION VOLUME 1 HC". Dark Horse Comics.
  2. ^ Rudolph, Ileane (December 7, 2006). "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Is Back: The Complete Joss Whedon Q&A". TV Guide. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  3. ^ Jennifer Vineyard (February 1, 2007). "Re-Buffed: New Comic Book Series Resurrects Vampire Slayer". MTV. Archived from the original on February 2, 2007. Retrieved February 15, 2007.
  4. ^ "News > Interviews > Interview with Buffy creator Joss Whedon March 26, 2007". Darkhorse.com. December 17, 2010. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
  5. ^ Elizabeth@TFAW (August 10, 2009). "Check out Dark Horse's One-Shot Wonders!". TFAW.com. Archived from the original on July 23, 2010. Retrieved August 27, 2009.
  6. ^ "(SPOILER) Brian Lynch talks about his upcoming Spike series". Whedonesque.com. July 31, 2010. Archived from the original on August 3, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
  7. ^ "Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Motion Comic, Ep.1 Issue 1: The Long Way Home, Part 1". Amazon.com. July 19, 2010. Retrieved July 24, 2010.

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