This issue finds Willow realizing the reality of her situation in Abhainn. Rather than use this as an opprtunity to showcase a battle of witches, Tamaki opts to let more of Willow’s base instincts take over. When magic and might would serve the comic from an artistic standpoint, having Willow act like the nerd she is at times works. This consistency to the character proves Tamaki understood who Willow is and makes sure to impress this upon the audience. Teenage Willow would much rather talk it out than battle, at least for now.

Whedoncon are hosting a charity screening of Juliet Landau’s A Place Among the Dead on 21 November 2020. As well as the screening the event…

Written by Jordie Bellaire and Jeremy Lambert with art by Ramon Bachs and Raúl Angulo (and based on the iconic series created by Joss Whedon), this issue raises serious questions about the nature of Xander and Willow’s friendship, but it also raises an even bigger questions of who the story’s “big bad” really is.

To call this a step down from what Dark Horse was doing with their long-running, engaging, and yes, flawed but always daring Buffy comics in an understatement. Increasingly, it’s not only the timeline that has been changed but the core of the characters, the values of the series, the universality of the themes, and, most of all, the quality of the storytelling. It’s not that this doesn’t work as a Buffy comic. It’s just not a good comic.

It is this dynamic, established with a familiar snarky wit, that has allowed the characters to grow increasingly complex. Here is a group who are stuck with each other, but would also die with each other, as they hide out in underground bunkers or their perpetually clocked spy plane. Even in a world where there is always a “solve”, actions have real and lasting consequences, and guilt is a recurrent motivation – exactly the dynamic that Buffy mined so well.

he actress gives “a huge credit to the producers [who cast] Mulan. “Back then, the whole idea of trying to cast the right ethnic actors for the right ethic characters, I don;t think it was in the back of most people’s minds. So the fact that they really went out and looked for as many actors who were of Asian descent is a real credit to them.”

Kristy Swanson has been cast alongside Scott Baio (Arrested Debelopment, Happy Days) in a new rom-com from Pure Flix/Quality Flix. Courting Mom & Dad follows…

“I want the world to laugh, I want us to have fun. In America, we have like 40 per cent of people who are pretty solidly, like, alright with racism – what is going on? We’re in a world here where we’re all being attacked for socialism. But it’s like, OK, are there certain elements of socialism that could be kind of cool? Like healthcare and education? Like I love libraries!” They’re social, right?

When I listen to music, I’m definitely moving, dancing, jumping, singing, and this speaker gets really loud. I took it on a recent road trip to Utah with my boyfriend. We rented this beat-up Jeep, and I brought the speaker because I didn’t know if I was going to be able to hook my phone up to the old-ass Jeep. The sound filled the whole car and it always fills every room that I am in. Ten out of ten, would recommend.

Something’s not quite right with the Scooby Gang. Of course, making such a statement about the Buffyverse seems obvious. But there’s something more abnormal than the usual supernatural goings-on in this new issue.