Last Wednesday I think I doubled my life-time total of geek points. It went something like this:<\/p>\n
1. I bought a single issue comic book
\n2. that I’d pre-ordered,
\n3. from a comic book store,
\n4. on the first day it was released.
\n5. I had a conversation with the guy in the store about the quality of the book
\n6. that ended with me saying “of course it’s good it’s written by Joss Whedon.”<\/p>\n
I am now the proud owner of the first issue of Buffy: Season 8. I even have it in my hands, which is rare – it’s been lent out to various people pretty constantly since I bought it.<\/p>\n
I’ve never tried to review a comic book before, and it seems to be quite a difficult exercise. I’ve only got a very small part of the story. It’s like reviewing a TV show at the end of the first Act<\/p>\n
I’ll start with the art-work – it’s not as bad as I’d thought <\/a> it<\/a> would<\/a> be. The preview art showed the most obvious distortions of women who already have a body-type. It helps that I like the cover<\/a>, while the proportions are annoying, the basic image is of Buffy strong and confident. Or maybe I’m getting desensitised already<\/p>\n As for the words (far more important to me, since they were the bits done by Joss), I’m excited. There’s not much there, and I’m nitpicking all over the place. But it’s definitely worth reading, and I’m excited about what’s going to happen next.<\/p>\n Now the problems:<\/p>\n So those are my gripes. I love the dialogue (of course I love the dialogue, Joss wrote it). I’m very excited that the US military are treating Buffy like a terrorist cell – definitely a plot with a lot of potential.* I like where Buffy is emotionally, it seems quite realistic to me – the thing about changing the world is that when you do it the world’s all different. Sounds like a good starting point.<\/p>\n * Although hopefully less annoying than the actual potentials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last Wednesday I think I doubled my life-time total of geek points. It went something like this: 1. I bought a single issue comic book 2. that I’d pre-ordered, 3. from a comic book store, 4. on the first day … Continue reading \n